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Lecturer(s)
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Vála Zdeněk, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Ambros Pavel, prof. PhDr. CSc., DSc.
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Course content
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Class is taught in English. Following topics will be discussed: - Middle Age archaology, paradigms, methods - archaeology of burial sites of the Early and High Middle Age (cremation and inhumation, barrow burial sites of the Early Middle Age, skeletal burial rite of the High Middle Age) - archaeology of rural area (early Middle Age village, transformation and settlement nucleation, deserted villages of the Late Middle Age, rural homestead and house, architecture, agriculture) - town environment (tradition of the towns, origins and formation of the Middle Age towns, important sites) - archaeology of the fortified settlements (hillforts, castles, strongholds, siege capms) - movable artifacts (pottery)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture with visual aids
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 40 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| No particular prerequisites specified. |
| learning outcomes |
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| Students will orient in the questions of the archaeology of Medieval Ages and Post-modern period. They will also get to know basic system of artifacts in these periods. |
| teaching methods |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| assessment methods |
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| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Klápště, J. Studies of structural change in medieval settlement in Bohemia. 1991.
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Vařeka, P. (red.). Archaeology in Bohemia 1985-1990. Praha, 1991.
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