Educational itinerary "The Byzantine province of Spania"

The aim of this conference is to introduce teachers to the contents of the exhibition ".Trousseaus for eternity"currently on display in the foyer of the MARQ Archaeological Museum of Alicante. This small corner, destined to exhibit singular pieces of Alicante archaeology, is proposed as an area of diffusion for new discoveries in research.

On this occasion, the group presented is related to the Cabezo del Molino site, located in the present-day municipality of Rojales, as this is one of the first sites in the province of Alicante where the presence of a population from the Byzantine period (6th-7th centuries AD) has been confirmed. A large necropolis or burial area has been located here, which is also recognised as one of the first manifestations of Christian communities in the rural world.

The presence of imperial troops from the Eastern Mediterranean in our lands was unknown until today, which is why this training course is an extraordinary opportunity to delve into a little-known period of history, with the participation of the leading experts on the subject on the Peninsula.

PROGRAMMING

Day 18 November
Timetable: 17:30 to 21:00h

"Museography for an exciting story". 
Teresa Ximénez de Embún Sánchez and Ángel Luis Rocamora Ruiz

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Day 19 November
Timetable: 17:30 to 21:00h

"Archaeology and biology as bridges to the past". 
Teresa Ximénez de Embún Sánchez and Susana Gómez González

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Day 20 November
Timetable: 17:30 to 20:30h

"Didactics in the Middle Ages classroom".
José María Galán Boluda

OBJECTIVES

- To show how to carry out research: hypotheses, scientific method, interdisciplinary approach, etc.

- Learning archaeology and history as well as science through the application of new tools such as genetics or organic chemistry (study of isotopes).

- To become acquainted with a somewhat obscure period in history, the Byzantine occupation of the SE Peninsula, the renovatio imperii Emperor Justinian and the social and economic implications of the presence of the Eastern Empire in our lands.

CONTENTS

- The renovatio Imperii of Justinian and Theodora

- The creation of the Province of Spania

- The archaeological context: the study of the Necropolis of Cabezo del Molino

- What Physical Anthropology tells us

- Organic Chemistry and its Recent Applications in Archaeological Science

- The "Justinian plague" and genetic analysis.

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