Course: Prehistorical Archaeology 1

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Course title Prehistorical Archaeology 1
Course code KAR/APR1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
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)
  • Dobeš Tomáš, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Král David, doc. PhDr. DSc.
  • Melzer Petr, Mgr.
Course content
Chronological frame Human origins Movable artifacts of the PAleolithic - chipped industry (classification, technologies of production) Movable artifacts - others (figures, decorations) Paleolithic settlement Burial rite in the Paleolithic and its other ritual aspects Movable artifacts of the Mesolithic (classification of the chipped industry, technologies of its production) Settlement in the Mesolithic Ritual aspects of the Mesolithic including burial rite

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' self-study, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 44 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To characterize individual periods of prehistory
To summarize the importance of archaeology and history for understanding the past
Skills
To understand a scientifically-structured lecture
To read and to understand a scientific text in Czech
To use adequate terminology in Czech
To use electronic information resources
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the chronology of archaeological cultures in the monitored periods
To summarize settlement strategies of specific cultures in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods
To have an overview of symbolic human behaviour in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods, and its archaeologically intelligible manifestation
To summarize climatic conditions in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods
Skills
To assign the artefacts forming the basic part of material culture in the monitored periods chronologically
To interpret the artefacts forming the basic part of material culture in the monitored periods functionally
To evaluate available information on monitored issues critically
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Neústupný, Evžen; Neústupný, Jiří. Muzeum a věda. Praha : Národní muzeum, 1968.
  • Neustupný, Evžen. Téze o pravěku a učebnice pravěku. Archeologické rozhledy. Praha Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1996.
  • Neústupný, J. Pravěk Československa. Brno, 1986.
  • Pleiner, Radomír. Pravěké dějiny Čech. Praha : Academia, 1978.
  • Svoboda, Jiří. Čas lovců : dějiny paleolitu, zvláště na Moravě. Brno : Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1999. ISBN 80-86023-19-2.
  • Vencl, Slavomil. Hostim : magdalenian in Bohemia. Praha : Institute of Archeology, 1995.


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