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Lecturer(s)
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Fialová Miriam, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Material culture of shepherds and nomads. 2. Spiritual culture of shepherds and nomads. 3. Natural environment and climate change 4. Raw materials and technologies of shepherds and nomads 5. Bronze metallurgy and nomadic culture. 6. Iron metallurgy in Europe and the migration of the Pre-Scythian population from Asia. 7. Scythians and Sakas in Asia and Europe. 8. Early Iron Age Europe - Scythian migration. 10. Written sources and archeology of the nomad. 11. Cultural situation in Asia (700-600 BC) 12. The beginning of the migration of peoples in Europe.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture with visual aids
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 52 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| To characterize and to classify individual prehistoric, medieval and modern periods chronologically |
| To summarize the importance of archaeology for understanding the past |
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| To understand a scientific text in English/German |
| To use adequate terminology in Czech |
| To understand a scientifically-structured lecture |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize general nomadic cultural model |
| To summarize ethnogenesis, cultural framework, burial rites and material and spiritual culture in the light of archaeological sources within the monitored areas |
| To outline the expression of art of these societies |
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| To identify basic outlines of material base of individual cultures in the monitored areas based on different settlement strategies in contrast with agricultural cultures |
| To put imported goods into context |
| To compare artefacts of eastern and western regions |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
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| Skills demonstration |
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| Skills demonstration |
| Lecture with visual aids |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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L'or des Amazones : peuples nomades entre Asie et Europe, VIe si?cle av. J.-C.-IVe si?cle apr. J.-C. : M usée Cernuschi, Musée des arts de l'Asie de la ville de Paris, 16 mars-15 juillet 2001.. Paris ; Paris-Musées, 2001. ISBN 2-87900-538-8.
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Čermáková, Eva. Krajinami cizích časů : vnímání prostoru a času usazenými a nomádskými kulturami. 1. vyd. Praha : Dokořán, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7363-388-2.
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Harmatta, János. History of civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. II, Development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 B.C. to A.D. 250. Paris : Unesco, 1994. ISBN 92-3-102846-4.
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Spradley, James P. You owe yourself a drunk : an ethnography of urban nomads. Long Grove : Waveland Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-57766-085-9.
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