Course: Prehistorical Archaeology 5

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Course title Prehistorical Archaeology 5
Course code KAR/APR5
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)
  • Pacák Štěpán, prof. PhDr. CSc., DSc.
Course content
1. Hallstatt period in central Europe; Bohemia, Moravia; introduction, history of the early Iron Age studies, chronology, natural environment, economy - production, settlement areas and their parts, material culture; 2. La Téne period in central Europe; introduction, history of the Late Iron Age studies, chronology, natural environment, economy - production, settlement areas and their parts, material culture 3. Roman period; introduction, territorial, chronological and ethnical background to the periods; types of sources (written, archaeological, art-historical); representatives of two distinct worlds (Germans and Romans); Archaeology on the contacts between Roman empire and the Barbarians. Roman period in Bohemia and Moravia - chronology, natural environment, economy - production, settlement areas and their parts, material culture;large-scale field projects.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Individual study, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 44 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 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 the chronology of archaeological cultures in the Hallstatt, La T?ne, Roman imperial and Migration periods
To explain settlement strategies of specific cultures in the monitored periods
To summarize the issue of archaeologically intelligible manifestation of symbolic human behaviour in the Hallstatt, La T?ne, Roman imperial and Migration periods
To create an overview of movable and immovable artefacts of specific cultures in the monitored periods
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 be able to describe settlement strategies of the monitored period
To be able to describe burial rite 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 Hallstatt, La T?ne, Roman and Migration Periods
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Individual study
assessment methods
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Collis, J. The Celts. Origins, Myths and Inventions. London, 2003.
  • Drda, P. - Rybová, A. Keltové a Čechy. Praha : Academia, 1998.
  • Golec, M. O konci bohatých horákovských hrobů a datování Býčí skály podle keramiky. Archeologické rozhledy 55. 2003.
  • Salač, Vladimír. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. 8, Doba římská a stěhování národů. Praha : Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86124-81-0.
  • Venclová, Natalie. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. 7, Doba laténská. Praha : Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86124-80-3.
  • Waldhauser, J. Encyklopedie Keltů v Čechách. Praha : Libri, 2001.


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