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Lecturer(s)
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Halva Jan, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
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Havel René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Studenovský Zdeněk, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Kobylák Čestmír, Mgr.
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Course content
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Ceramology is a scientific field focused on coplex understanding of pottery in synthesis of the archaeological, ethnological, history of art, historiographic, technological (technology of silicates), natural sciences (geology of the ceramic raw materials) knowledge. This cours is focused on historic pottery production, industrial and special pottery production ( for example archaic female pottery, archaic pottery, privilege specific production - grphite production for warfare purposes, medicine pottery terry sigillata etc.). Special attention is paid to technological understanding of pottery, specific technologies of the raw materials, forming, burning etc. Typological differences and specific kinds of pottery will be discussed as well. The second part of this course us focused on understanding of historic function of pottery. Pottery belongs to the most important sources of the Post-medieval archaeology and ethnology. Find context of pottery is emphasized as well as use of pottery for example in the field during the agricultural year. Questions of cultural contexts, special pottery imports, introduction of foreign technologies and other transgressions will be discussed as well.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 55 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 22 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize the importance of archaeology for understanding the past |
| Skills |
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| To understand a scientific text in English/German |
| To use adequate terminology in Czech |
| To understand a scientifically-structured lecture |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize the issues of current pottery studies, questions asked and the source base |
| To summarize historical production of pottery by guilds, business-licences professions, industrial pottery and other specific pottery |
| To describe the technology of pottery production and its specific types |
| To describe and to distinguish the categories of pottery goods |
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| To analyse the types of pottery production |
| To identify pottery made for different purposes and to describe the technology of production and its specific types |
| To describe and to distinguish the categories of pottery goods |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| Practicum |
| assessment methods |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
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Recommended literature
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Barta, Rudolf. Sklářství a keramika III. díl, Jemná keramika. Praha : Průmyslové vydavatelství, 1952.
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Bauer, I. Hafnergeschirr aus Altbayern. München. Berlin, 1971.
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Konta, Jiří. Keramické a sklářské suroviny. 1. vyd. Praha : Univ. Karlova, 1982.
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Landsfeld, Heřman. Lidové hrnčířství a džbánkařství : Besedy o řemesle džbánkařském, hrnčířském a kamnářském. 1. vyd. Praha : Orbis, 1950.
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Scheufler, V. Lidové hrnčířství v českých zemích. Praha, 1972.
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Štajnochr. Archaické technologie tváření keramiky. Archeologické rozhledy L, 95 - 110. Praha, 1998.
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Úlehlová-Tilschová, M. Česká strava lidová. Praha, 1945.
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