Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

A.A. 2024/2025 A.A. 2023/2024 A.A. 2022/2023 A.A. 2021/2022 A.A. 2020/2021 A.A. 2019/2020 A.A. 2018/2019 A.A. 2017/2018 A.A. 2016/2017 A.A. 2015/2016 A.A. 2014/2015 A.A. 2013/2014 A.A. 2012/2013 A.A. 2011/2012 A.A. 2010/2011 A.A. 2009/2010 A.A. 2008/2009

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If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea in Beni culturali - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
B
IUS/10
6
A
M-DEA/01
6
A
M-GGR/01
6
B
L-ANT/10
6
B
L-ART/02
One course to be chosen among the following
6
A
L-FIL-LET/02
6
A
L-FIL-LET/05
6
A
L-FIL-LET/04
6
A
L-FIL-LET/08
6
A
L-FIL-LET/09
Foreign language B1 (CB Test): English, French, German, Russian,Spanish
6
E
-
6
F
INF/01

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-ART/04
6
B
L-ANT/10
3 course to be chosen among the following
12
B
L-ANT/07
12
B
M-GGR/01
12
B
L-ART/03
12
B
L-ART/01
12
B
L-ART/02
12
B
L-ANT/08
2 course to be chosen among the following
6
B
M-STO/08
6
B
M-STO/08
6
B
ICAR/18
6
B
L-ART/04
6
B
L-ART/07
6
B
L-ANT/01
6
B
L-ANT/01
6
B
L-ART/06
One course to be chosen among the following
6
A
L-ANT/02
6
A
M-STO/04
6
A
M-STO/02
6
A
L-OR/01
6
A
M-STO/01
6
A
L-ANT/03

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
12
B
L-ANT/07
12
B
M-GGR/01
12
B
L-ART/03
12
B
L-ART/01
12
B
L-ART/02
12
B
L-ANT/08
One course to be chosen among the following
6
A
L-ANT/02
6
A
M-STO/04
6
A
M-STO/02
6
A
L-OR/01
6
A
M-STO/01
6
A
L-ANT/03
3 course to be chosen among the following
6
C
L-ART/02
6
C
M-GGR/02
6
C
M-STO/08
6
C
L-ART/01
6
C
L-ART/07
6
C
M-STO/05
6
C
L-OR/01
6
C
M-STO/02
6
C
L-ART/05
6
C
M-STO/07
6
C
L-ANT/03
6
C
M-STO/09
6
C
L-ART/04
6
C
M-STO/02
6
C
L-ANT/03
6
C
ICAR/06
6
C
L-ANT/09
Prova finale
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
B
IUS/10
6
A
M-DEA/01
6
A
M-GGR/01
6
B
L-ANT/10
6
B
L-ART/02
One course to be chosen among the following
6
A
L-FIL-LET/02
6
A
L-FIL-LET/05
6
A
L-FIL-LET/04
6
A
L-FIL-LET/08
6
A
L-FIL-LET/09
Foreign language B1 (CB Test): English, French, German, Russian,Spanish
6
E
-
6
F
INF/01
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-ART/04
6
B
L-ANT/10
3 course to be chosen among the following
12
B
L-ANT/07
12
B
M-GGR/01
12
B
L-ART/03
12
B
L-ART/01
12
B
L-ART/02
12
B
L-ANT/08
2 course to be chosen among the following
6
B
M-STO/08
6
B
M-STO/08
6
B
ICAR/18
6
B
L-ART/04
6
B
L-ART/07
6
B
L-ANT/01
6
B
L-ANT/01
6
B
L-ART/06
One course to be chosen among the following
6
A
L-ANT/02
6
A
M-STO/04
6
A
M-STO/02
6
A
L-OR/01
6
A
M-STO/01
6
A
L-ANT/03
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
12
D
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Other activitites
6
F
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations
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mMasterful

Prehistory (i)   (2017/2018)

Teaching code

4S004609

Teacher

Federica Gonzato

Coordinator

Federica Gonzato

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-ANT/01 - PREHISTORY AND EARLY HISTORY

Period

First half of Semester 2  dal Feb 26, 2018 al Apr 21, 2018.

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The aim of the cours is to prepare the student to manage the general topics on the cultural and economic evolution of the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic societies, in relation with the most relevant ecological changes. The geographic contexts are the African and the South-western Asiatic continents, but above all Europe, due to the dramatic geographic, climatic and bio-cultural changes which mostly occurred during the Middle and Late Pleistocene.

Program

Prerequisites
The following prerequisites are required for attending the course :
- Quaternary Chronology
- General notions of Palaeoanthropology
- Basic notions of Physical Geography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology
- Methods of Prehistoric Archeological Research

Programme
The course covers the chronological and cultural interval spanning from the oldest appearance of Modern Human Behaviour in Africa, represented from a set of different evidence, up to the complex record of last hunter-gatherers and the first productive neolithic societies. Following the geographic dispersion from the African continent of the species of Hominins which succedeed up to the Anatomically Modern Humans, the most important steps in the evolution of culture will be taken into consideration.
The chronology of the Palaeolithic, the Mesolithic and the Neolithic will be the reference scale for discussing the impact of innovations in technology which has supported the human population to interact in a more complex way with the ecological context than in earlier times. The dynamics of human peopling will be assessed in relation to modifications in the distribution of lithic, vegetal and alimentary resources.
The main topics are listed below:
- the emergence of the first knapping stone technologies in Africa and their impact;
- the first southeuropean peopling, contests and models;
- appearance of bifaces, the Acheulean and the North-european peopling;
- from the Lower to the Middle Palaeolithic, technological changes and in the Human-resources interaction;
- the age of the Neandertal Man: economy, technologies, settlements;
- the appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa and the first spreads;
- Anatomically Modern Humans and the Others: the state of art. Hypotheses, models and methodological problems;
- The Neandertal demise in Eurasia.
- The lower and middle phases of the Upper Palaeolithic: Aurignacian and Gravettian and climatic and ecological interactions;
- The Upper Palaeolithic during the Late-Glacial, demographic increase;
- The Holocene, the Mesolithic, the colonization of the ecological extremes, the demografic increase.
- The Neolithic, the first colonization of Europe and Italy, settlements and cultures.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
A. Pessina, V. Tinè Archeologia del Neolitico. L'Italia tra sesto e quarto millennio. (Edizione 1) Carocci 2008
Marco Peresani Come Eravamo. Viaggio nell'Italia paleolitica (Edizione 264) Il Mulino 2018 9788815275295
Manzi G. L'evoluzione umana Il Mulino 2007
G. Leonardi e V. Tiné (a cura di) Preistoria e Protostoria del Veneto, XLVIII Riunione Scientifica IIPP Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria 2015
Giorgio Manzi Ultime notizie sull'Evoluzione umana (Edizione 483) Il MUlino 2017 9788815272775

Examination Methods

Oral examination

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