Course: Medieval and Post-medieval Archaeology 5

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Course title Medieval and Post-medieval Archaeology 5
Course code KAR/AST5
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)
  • Havel René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics related to the archaeology of the MOdern period (16th - 19th Century) will be presented in this course. - definition of the Postmedieval archaeology and Industrial archaeology. - rural environment - towns and other kinds of sites - survey of specific movable artifacts

Learning activities and teaching methods
Individual study, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum, Field trip
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 4 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To characterize individual periods of Middle Ages
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 issue of archaeological and (partially) other resources and their importance for knowledge and reconstruction of life in Bohemia in 16-19th century
To create an overview of preserved immovable monuments of the monitored period
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 identify different movable and immovable artefacts of the 13th-15th Century
To evaluate available information on monitored issues critically
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Individual study
assessment methods
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Jones, William. Dictionary of industrial archaeology. Stroud : Sutton Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-7509-4457-9.
  • Palmer, Marilyn; Neaverson, Peter. Industrial archaeology : principles and practice. London : Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0-415-16769-8.
  • Smetánka, Zdeněk; Žegklitz, Jaromír. Studies in postmediaeval archaeology 1 = Postmediální archeologie 1. Praha : Archeologický ústav ČSAV, 1990.


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