Course: The Bronze Age in Central European context

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Course title The Bronze Age in Central European context
Course code KAR/BROS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Navrátil Vratislav, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Černý Radek, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Attention will be paid to region of Central Europe (Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary) in the Bronze Age. Information about the regions will be enhanced which were analyzed only briefly in the BA study. Emphasized will be chronology and typology of the movable artifacts in individual European regions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with visual aids, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To characterize and to classify individual prehistoric periods chronologically
Skills
To understand a scientific text in English/German
To use adequate terminology in Czech
To understand a scientifically-structured lecture
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the development of bronze metallurgy in Europe
To summarize the importance of bronze artefacts in practical in symbolic level
To outline the overview of archaeological topic-related sources
To summarize existing knowledge about material culture of the Bronze Age in the monitored areas
Skills
To date basic bronze artefacts forming a part of material culture of the Bronze Age in Europe
To interpret basic bronze artefacts forming a part of material culture of the Bronze Age in Europe functionally
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
assessment methods
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Bátora, J. Štúdie ku komunikácii medzi strednou a východnou Európou v době bronzovej. Bratislava, 2006.
  • Furmánek, Václav; Veliačik, Ladislav; Vladár, Jozef. Slovensko v dobe bronzovej. Bratislava : Veda, 1991. ISBN 80-224-0350-4.
  • Furmánek, Václav. Zlatý vek v Karpatoch : keramika a kov doby bronzovej na Slovensku (2033-800 pred n. l.). Nitra : Slovenská akadémie vied, 2004. ISBN 80-88709-69-5.
  • Harding, Anthony F. European societies in the bronze age. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-36729-8.
  • Müller-Karpe, H. Handbuch der Vorgeschichte IV. Bronzezeit.. München, 1980.
  • Neugebauer, Johannes-Wolfgang. Bronzezeit in Ostösterreich. Wien : Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, 1994. ISBN 3 85326 004 7.


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