Course: Rural House of Medieval Europe

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Course title Rural House of Medieval Europe
Course code KAR/DUM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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
1.Introduction to the archaeology of residential space: sources, archaeological transformation of buildings. 2.Theoretical approaches to the research of residential space, the assortment of applied methods. 3.Rural houses in European context: Scandinavia and isles of Northern Atlantic zone 4.British Isles 5.France 6.Italy, Spain, Portugal 7.Northwest Germany, Netherland, Belgium 8.Central Germany, Switzerland 9.Bohemia, Moravia, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland 10.Southeast Europe

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with visual aids
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 51 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To characterize the basic prehistoric, medieval and modern periods
To summarize the importance and differences of archaeological, historical and ethnographic approaches as scientific disciplines essential for understanding the past
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 issue of archaeological transformations affecting built-up areas
To summarize theoretical approaches in surveying built-up areas, and to choose appropriate methods
To describe the genesis and form of residential housing in different European areas
To characterize the importance of a house as material source and its spiritual element
Skills
To evaluate the level of connection between housing forms and regionally-specific cultural, climatic and other conditions
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
assessment methods
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Vařeka, Pavel. Archeologie středověkého domu. I, Proměny vesnického obydlí v průběhu staletí 6.-15. století. Ústí nad Labem : Vlasta Králová, 2004. ISBN 80-903412-1-7.


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