SPECIAL COURSE
INSTRUMENTUM DOMESTICUM
of
LATE ANTIQUITY AND EARLY MIDDLE AGES

(ECTS 5)

Year XIII
ACADEMIC YEAR 2010/2011

Via Napoleone III, 1
I – 00185 ROME

Tel. 06/44 65 574 –
Fax 06/44 69 197
Website: www.piac.it
Email: piac@piac.it

Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology
Academic Year 2010/2011

Course focus:
Intrumentum Domesticum
Of Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages

Year XIII

Via Napoleone III, 1
I – 00185 ROME

Tel. 06/44 65 574 –
Fax 06/44 69 197
Website: www.piac.it
Email: piac@piac.it

Lesson Program

Monday March 28th
At 2:30 pm
Lucia Saguì
Glass

Tuesday March 29th
At 2.30 pm
Gianluca Soricelli
Fine table ware and African kitchen ware

Wednesday March 30th
At 2:30 pm
Tommaso Bertoldi
Transport containers: guidelines for a history of Mediterranean commerce

Friday April 1st
At 2:30 pm
Maria Cristina Molinari
The monetization of late antiquity and the coins in archaeological excavation

Monday April 4th
At 2:30 pm
Giorgio Nestori
Archaeological photography

Filippo Avilia
The archaeological drawing of pottery finds

Tuesday April 5th 
At 2:30 pm
Fulvio Coletti
Ilaria De Luca
Glazed pottery in late antiquity and high middle ages
Wednesday April 6th
At 2:30 pm
Helga Di Giuseppe
Textile instrumentum

Gianfranco De Rossi
Clay lamps

Friday April 8th
The day’s monograph: Islamic pottery
At 2:30 pm
Alessandra Molinari
Table ware of Islamic age in Italy (sec. X-XI)

Carmelo Pappalardo
The pottery of the first Islamic age in Jordan

Monday April 11th
At 2:30 pm
Aurora Cagnana
Building materials in late antiquity and early middle ages

Luigi Gambaro
Daniel De Conca
Goods and commerce in Western Liguria from late antiquity to the early middle age in light of recent research

INFORMATIVE NOTE
Registration
Registration is open until the 40 open seats are filled.  The course is reserved for ordinary students of the P.I.A.C., doctoral candidates of the P.I.A.C.,  and for external students.  The minimum requirement is the laurea in archaeological studies.  It is possible to register for a single lesson of the course, with the issue of a relative degree.  However, the registration must be turned in by March 5th, with the relative payment of the fee.  The registration can be given to the Segreteria of the Institute from Monday to Friday between 9:00 am and 12:30 pm.

Registration fee
Doctoral candidates of the P.I.A.C.
100 euro

External participants
200 euro

Single lesson or day
40 euro

Lessons
The course, in Italian, begins on Monday March 28th.  The lessons, each about four hours long, will be held at the Institute.

Diploma
When the cycle of lessons has ended, you will be given a diploma of participation for 36 hours of the course; the students have to attend every lesson.  Another form of diploma is not provided.

For more information about the progress of the course you can ask Dr. Gianfranco De Rossi in the Institute.  Prior to that you can ask the Segreteria, or by email at gderossi@interfree.it .