Course: Prehistorical Archaeology 3

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Course title Prehistorical Archaeology 3
Course code KAR/APR3
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)
  • Makovička Tomáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- chronological frame - cultures of the Eneolithic - symbolic systems - resident areas - burial areas - other areas - pottery prduction - other movable finds This course is focused on detailed introduction to the archaeological finds of this time period. Topics mentioned above will be presented and discussed in detail. Students will be presented knowledge of the symbolic system of the period studied, ways of gathering food, settlement and burial aspects of the Neolithic society. Indoeuropean aspects of the society are mentioned as well. Region of the Czech Republic will be emphasized, excursions to its broader surrounding will be included.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' self-study, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 44 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 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 sources
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize of the chronology of Eneolithic in Bohemia and Central Europe
To summarize the issue of archaeological resources and their importance for understanding and reconstructing of life conditions in the Bohemian Eneolithic, and, partially, in Europe
To summarize the status of preserved immovable monuments of the monitored period
To summarize material culture in the Bohemian Eneolithic
To have an overview of settlement strategies of individual archaeological cultures
To give examples of symbolic human behaviour in the Eneolithic, and its archaeologically intelligible manifestation
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
To demonstrate social and cultural changes of chosen Eneolithic artifacts individually
To be able to describe settlement strategies and burial rites of the monitored period
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Matoušek, V. - Turek, J. Nález nádoby sídlištního typu šňůrové keramiky z vrchu Bacína (k.ú. Vinařice). Archeologické rozhledy 50, 359-374, 486.. 1998.
  • Neustupný, E. # Úvaha o specializaci v pravěku. Archeologické rozhledy 47, 641-650.. 1995.
  • Pleiner, Radomír. Pravěké dějiny Čech. Praha : Academia, 1978.
  • Pleinerová, Ivana. Kultovní objekty z pozdní doby kamenné v Březně u Loun, Památky archeologické. Památky archeologické. Praha Československá akademie věd, 1980.
  • Pleslová-Štiková, Emilie. Makotřasy : A TRB site in Bohemia. Praha : Museum Nationale Prague, 1985.
  • Podborský, Vladimír. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno : Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1993. ISBN 80-85048-45-0.
  • Terek, J. - Daněček , V. Symbolické zbraně z měkkých hornin v období kultury se šňůrovou keramikou v Čechách, Sborník Miroslavu Buchvaldkovi. 2000.
  • Turek, Jan. Osídlení pražské kotliny v závěru eneolitu, Archaeologica Pragensia. Archaeologica Pragensia. Praha Muzeum hlavního města Prahy, 1996.
  • Turek, Jan. Žárové pohřby období zvoncovitých pohárů z Lovosic. Sborník Drahomíru Kouteckému ISBN 80-86531-00-7 Mo. 2002.


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