CLASSICS
175C The Archaeology of Greek Sanctuaries
and Religion
Professor: Kim Shelton
No.
14775
Office: 7207 Dwinelle
Day/Time:
MWF 3-4
Office Hours: MWF 2-3
or by
appointment
Place: 219 Dwinelle
E-mail:
sheltonk@berkeley.edu
Course Description and Goals
This course will
examine the
sacred spaces of ancient Greece, with particular emphasis on the
origins,
structure and evolution of cult sites, on the diverse ritual practices
and
sacred festivals associated with different divinities and geographic
regions,
on the range and importance of votive dedications as religious
offerings as
well as works of art, and on the development of monumental architecture
to meet
the needs of ancient Greek worship. A familiarity will be attained with
the
material configuration of belief in the context of the major
sanctuaries and on
a more intimate domestic context. Evidence will be primarily
archaeological,
together with iconographic, epigraphic and literary sources whenever
possible.
Both Pan-Hellenic and lesser known regional cults will be studied with
the aim
of exploring the role of sanctuaries in the religious, social, and
artistic
culture of ancient Greece.
Texts
J. Mikalson, Ancient
Greek
Religion (2005)
A.W. Lawrence, Greek
Architecture,
5th ed. (1996)
Course Reader (available
9/2 at Zee Zee Copy 2431-C Durant Ave.)
Attendance policy
You are responsible
for all
material discussed, assigned and displayed during class lectures and
acquiring
this first-hand will lead to a better performance on exams, especially
on slide
identification. You will not be graded on your attendance, however,
during the
calculation of final grades, a good attendance record can influence the
"rounding-up" of a borderline mark.
Grading
Lectures will be
heavily
illustrated with images of the ancient sanctuaries and the artifacts
related to
them. Grades will be based on two hour-long tests (consisting of image
identification, short answers and essays – 20%), a research project
(group oral presentation – 10%, and individual paper – 20%) and a
final exam (30%).
(A=100-90, B=89-80,
C=79-70,
D=69-60, F=59-0) For PASS credit you must achieve a final average of at
least
70.