Course: Prehistorical Archaeology 4

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Course title Prehistorical Archaeology 4
Course code KAR/APR4
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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)
  • Chládek Tomáš, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. A history of research, building-up the chronological systems of the Bronze Age 2. An overview of archaeological cultures related to the territory of the Czech Republic 3. The significance of metallurgy for the understanding of the Bronze Age 4. Houses and settlements 5. Burial 6. Economy and trade 7. Crafts 8. Transport 9. Cult and religion 10. Warfare 11. Hoarding 12. Important archaeological sites, current research

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/reproduce a scientific text in Czech
To use adequate terminology in Czech
To use electronic information sources
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the chronology of archaeological cultures in the monitored periods
To summarize the settlement strategies of specific cultures in the Bronze Age
To create an overview of symbolic human behaviour in the Bronze Age, and its archaeologically intelligible manifestation
To create an overview of movable and immovable artefacts of the monitored period
Skills
To assign the artefacts forming the basic part of material culture in the monitored period chronologically
To interpret the artefacts forming the basic part of material culture in the monitored period functionally
To describe settlement strategies and burial rites of the monitored period
To evaluate available information on monitored issues critically
To be able to demonstrate social and cultural changes of chosen artifacts within the monitored period
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Written exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Bátora, Jozef. Das Gräberfeld von Jelšovice / Slowakei : ein Beitrag zur Frühbronzezeit im nordwestlichen Karpatenbecken. Teil 2. Kiel : Verlag Oetker/Voges, 2000. ISBN 3-9804322-9-7(2.d.
  • Blažek, Jan; Ernée, Michal; Smejtek, Lubor. Die bronzezeitlichen Gußformen in Nordwestböhmen. Most : Ústav archeologické památkové péče severozápadních Čech, 1998. ISBN 80-901828-2-8.
  • Blažek, Jan; Hansen, Svend. Die Hortfunde von Saběnice in Nordwest-Böhmen. Most : Ústav archeologické památkové péče severozápadních Čech, 1997. ISBN 80-901828-1-X.
  • Brunn. W. A. 1968. Mittledeutsche Hortfunde der juengeren Bronzezeit.
  • Furmánek, V. - Veliačik, L. - Vladár, J. 1991. Slovensko v dobe bronzovej.
  • Harding, Anthony F. European societies in the bronze age. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-36729-8.
  • Jiráň, Luboš. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. 5, Doba bronzová. Praha : Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86124-78-0.
  • Kohl, Philip L. The making of bronze age Eurasia. Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-84780-3.
  • Koryakova, Ludmila; Epimakhov, Andrej Vladimirovich. The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages. 1st ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-82928-1.
  • Moucha, Václav. Horfunde der frühen Bronzezeit in Böhmen. Praha : Archäologisches Institut der Akademie der Wissenschaften der Tschechischen Republik, 2005. ISBN 80-86124-57-6.
  • Mueler - Karpe, H. 1980. Handbuch der Vorgeschichte IV. Bronzezeit.
  • Neugebauer, Christine; Neugebauer, Johannes-Wolfgang. Franzhausen : das frühbronzezeitliche gräberfeld I. Horn : Ferdinand Berger & Söhne, 1997. ISBN 3-85028-285-6.
  • Neugebauer, Johannes-Wolfgang. Die Bronzezeit im Osten Österreichs. Wien : Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, 1987. ISBN 3 85326 834 X.
  • Novotná, Mária. Die Bronzehortfunde in der Slowakei : Spätbronzezeit. Vyd. 1. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1970.
  • Podborský, Vladimír. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno : Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1993. ISBN 80-85048-45-0.
  • Říhovský, Jiří. Lovčičky : jungbronzezeitliche Siedlung in Mähren. München : Verlag C. H. Beck, 1982. ISBN 3-406-09060-5.
  • Točík, Anton. Opevnená osada z doby bronzovej vo Veselom. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1964.
  • Točík, Anton. Výčapy-Opatovce : a ďalšie pohrebiská zo staršej doby bronzovej na juhozápadnom Slovensku. Nitra : Archeologický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1979.
  • Vladár, Jozef. Pohrebiská zo staršej doby bronzovej v Branči. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Slovenská akademia vied, 1973.


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