Course: Archaeology of Ancient Mediterranean

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Course title Archaeology of Ancient Mediterranean
Course code KAR/AAS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Broum Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Pašvic Kryštof, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kovanda Tomáš, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course brings results of the classical archaeology projects in southern Europe. Apart from basic chronological and topographical information concerning various areas of the territory the development of settlement forms and structure of settlement in the Mediterranean area in the antiquity will be presented.. The attention will be also given to the problems of the Mediterranen Sea as a means of contacts and spread of culture.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To characterize individual periods of prehistory and the Middle Ages
To summarize the importance and difference of archaeology and history as scientific disciplines for understanding the past
Skills
To understand a scientific text in English/German
To use adequate terminology in Czech
To understand a scientifically-structured lecture
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize prehistoric and historical evolution of the area
To summarize the development of architecture and material culture in the western Mediterranean from the earliest evidence to the outset of the Roman Republic, and in the eastern Mediterranean from the Geometric period to the Classical period
Skills
To identify Mediterranean artefacts
To put Mediterranean imports into context
To compare artefacts of the western and eastern areas
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
assessment methods
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Bouzek, Jan. Objevy ve Středomoří. Praha : Odeon, 1979.


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