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Course title Seminar 1
Course code KAR/SMM1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
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)
  • Sládek Jan, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic topics: 1. Definition of the field 2 The basic categories of sources, their nature, telling power and limits, exhaustiveness. 3. Differences in the study of the past on the basis of different historical sources, their reflection in historical heritage 4. Differences in the study of living and extinct culture, interdisciplinary cooperation 5. Characteristics of various information sources (literature, maps with specialized content, databases, 3D visualizations, etc.), their evaluation and critical use; differences between general sources (especially on the Internet) and specialized text 6. Basic types of professional texts: monographs and chapters in monographs, articles in periodicals, articles in proceedings, critical exhibition catalogue, information and evaluation of professional literature (annotation, report, review); annotation, working with professional text 7. Internet sources and critical evaluation of sources 8. ethics in professional and scientific work, original and adopted data and information, citation of sources. 9 Critical analysis, evaluation and use of professional text 10. Presentation of the results of the study of professional texts through a seminar paper

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 9 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To summarize basic principles and methods of scientific work
Skills
To discuss and to argument at a seminar relevantly
To understand and to reproduce a scientific text in Czech
To use and to understand the scientific language
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the issue of information sources
To summarize the characteristics of individual types of professional texts
To summarize the issue of study of living and past cultures
Skills
To be able to build their own information systems
To have knowledge of building scientific apparatus and ethical principles of scientific work
To possess advanced skills of rhetoric and discussion
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Skills
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Competences
Seminar
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Oral exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Bintliff, John L.; Kuna, Martin; Venclová, Natalie. The future of surface artefact survey in Europe. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000. ISBN 1-84127-134-9.
  • Campana, S. - Dabas, M. Archaeological impact assessment: The BREBEMI Project (Italy), Archaeological Prospection 18, 139-148.. 2011.
  • GOJDA, M. - JOHN, J. A KOL. Archeologie a letecké skenování krajiny. 2013.
  • Gojda, Martin. Archelogie krajiny : vývoj archetypů kulturní krajiny. Praha: Academia, 2000. ISBN 80-200-0780-6.
  • Gojda, Martin; Dreslerová, D. - Foster, P. - Křivánek, R. - Kuna, M. - Vencl, S. - Zápotocký, M. Velké pravěké ohrazení v Klech (okr. Mělník). Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2002.
  • John, J. Počítačová podpora dokumentace terénních reliktů v archeologii. In: Počítačová podpora v archeologii 2. Brno-Praha-Plzeň, 360-371.. Brno-Praha-Plzeň, 2008.
  • Křivánek, R. - Gojda, M. Půdní a geologické podmínky při leteckém a geofyzikálním průzkumu, Živá archeologie - REA 11, 92-95.. 2010.
  • Křivánek, Roman. Způsoby využití geofyzikálních měření jako metody průzkumu hradišť, Archeologie ve středních Čechách, str. 489-503. Praha: ÚAPPSČ, 2000. ISBN 80-902457-6-5.
  • Kuna, M. : Povrchový sběr a intenzita využití krajiny v pravěku. In: Kozłowski, J. K. - Neustupný, E. (eds.), Archeologia przestrzeni. Metody i wyniki badań osadniczych w dorzeczach górnej Łaby i Wisły. Kraków Polska Akademia Umijetnosci. Kraków Polska Akademia Umijetnosci., 2001. ISBN 83-88857-09-6.
  • Kuna, M. a kol. Nedestruktivní archeologie. Praha, 2004.
  • Kuna, M. Archeologický průzkum povrchovými sběry, Zprávy ČAS - Suplément 23.. Praha, 1994.
  • Novák, R. Zaměřování a vizualizace antropogenních reliéfních tvarů. In: P. Vařeka (eds): Archeologie zaniklých středověkých vesnic na Rokycansku I, 61-67.. Plzeň, 2006.
  • Schiffer, M. B. Formation processes of the archaeological record.. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1996. ISBN 0-87480-513-9.
  • Smetánka, Zdeněk; - Klápště, Jan. Geodeticko-topografický průzkum zaniklých středověkých vsí na Černokostelecku, Památky archeologické. Praha: Československá akademie věd, 1981.
  • Trefný, M. - Švejcar, O. Výsledky povrchových průzkumů metodou sběru. In: Gojda, M. - Trefný, M.: Archeologie krajiny pod Řípem. 80 - 102.. Plzeň, 2011.
  • Vencl, S. K otázce věrohodnosti svědectví povrchových souborů, Archeologické rozhledy 47, 11-57.. 1995.


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