Course: Archaeological heritage management

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Course title Archaeological heritage management
Course code KAR/MNGA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tesař Jan, PhDr. PhD.
  • Košta Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic topics: 1. Introduction to archaeological heritage management, archaeological heritage as an object of public interest. 2. Types of threats to archaeological heritage and their solutions - basic concepts. 3. Preventive care of archaeological heritage. 4. The law on state heritage care and archaeological heritage. 5. International conventions on the protection of archaeological heritage and other legal norms related to the care of archaeological heritage. 6. Crisis cases of destruction of archaeological heritage and their solution. 7. Management of archaeological heritage abroad. Selected examples of comparison of domestic and foreign practice. 8. Types of organizations operating in the field of archaeological heritage care and their scope. 9. Contract archaeology and archaeological project. 10. Contract archaeological research: characteristics, preparation, course, outputs. 11. Exploratory archaeological research: characteristics, preparation, process, outputs. 12. Presentation of research to the public and its importance for the protection of archaeological heritage.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 32 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
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 compare different approaches of archaeological heritage management in the Czech Republic and abroad
To summarize current function and hierarchy of archaeological institutions in the Czech Republic
To summarize the issue of current legislation
To summarize the issues of preparation and implementation of an archaeological project
To summarize the issue of contract research in archeology
Skills
To be able to assess benefits and negatives of current norms, to interpret legal norms for managing archaeological heritage
To apply relevant legal and moral norms within the process of archaeological heritage management
To assess and to solve cases of arbitrary destruction of archaeological heritage
To assess legal and administrative forms of archaeological institutions critically
To recognize interests of various interest groups in the process of archaeological heritage management
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture with visual aids
assessment methods
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Zákon č. 20/1987 Sb., o státní památkové péči, a další legislativní předpisy v oblasti památkové péče. 2006.
  • Zákon č.183/2006 Sb. o územním plánování a stavebním řádu(stavební zákon). Praha : Codex Bohemia, 1998. ISBN 80-85963-62-0.
  • Bureš, Michal. Management archeologického dědictví. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-261-0378-3.
  • Kobyliński, Zbigniew. Metodyka badań archeologiczno-architektonicznych. Warszawa : Stowarzyszenie Naukowe Archeologów Polskich, 1999. ISBN 83-908931-6-9.
  • Kobyliński, Zbigniew. Teoretyczne podstawykonserwacji dziedzictwa archeologicznego. Warszawa : Res Publica Multiethnica, 2001. ISBN 83-909001-7-3.
  • Peška, Jaroslav. Archeologická památková péče - legislativa a skutečnost : problematická současná archeologie v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku : sborník konference, Odry, 30.-31. ledna 1996. Olomouc : Menhir, 1997.
  • Poláková, Jana (ed.). Mezinárodní dokumenty o ochraně kulturního dědictví. Národní památkový ústav.. Praha, 2007.
  • Stehlík, M. Kam kráčíš, památková péče?. Brno, 2018.
  • Zídek, Martin - Tupý, Michal - Klusoň, Jiří. Zákon o státní památkové péči. Praktický komentář. Wolters Kluwer.. Praha, 2019.


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