Course: Theory of Archaeological Events

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Course title Theory of Archaeological Events
Course code KAR/SULS2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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)
  • Pacák Štěpán, prof. PhDr. CSc., DSc.
Course content
The antithesis of structure and event, the content of the term "event", two concepts of time. Media of memory, material memory and writing. The antithesis of historical and anthropological concepts of the past. The resolution of these problems in traditional and processual archaeology. The study of trajectories, genealogies and archaeological narratives. Diffusion and demographic mobility as forms of event.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To summarize basic theoretical and methodical approaches to archaeological sources
To summarize schools of thought in European archaeology
Skills
To work with relevant scientific literature critically
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the issue of difference between structural and eventual archaeology
To explain the meaning of "event" in archaeology
To summarize the difference of historical and anthropologic approach to the past
To summarize the issue of trajectory, genealogy, archaeological narration, diffusion and demographic mobility seen as archaeological events
Skills
To formulate the options of dealing with the issue of memory means, material memory and palaeography in both traditional and processual archaeology
To observe not only formal properties but also the purpose of an artefact in a practical, social and symbolic level
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
assessment methods
Written exam
Recommended literature
  • Bárta, Miroslav; Kovář, Martin. Kolaps a regenerace: cesty civilizací a kultur : minulost, současnost a budoucnost komplexních společností. Praha : Academia, 2011. ISBN 978-80-200-2036-9.
  • Černý, V. - Hofmanová, Z. - Květina, P. Synopse populační genetiky evropského pravěku, Archeologické rozhledy 69, 331-360.. 2017.
  • Diamond J. Svět, který skončil včera: Co se můžeme naučit od tradičních společností? Jan Melvil. 2012.
  • Neustupný, E. Demografie pravěkých pohřebišť. Archeologický ústav ČSAV Praha, 1983.
  • Neustupný, Evžen. Metoda archeologie. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-075-8.
  • Neustupný, Evžen. Teorie archeologie. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7380-244-8.
  • Sedláček, Tomáš. Ekonomie dobra a zla Po stopách lidského tázání od Gillgameše po finanční krizi. Praha : 65. pole, 2012.
  • Tainter, Joseph A. Kolapsy složitých společností. Praha : Dokořán, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7363-248-9.


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