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Lecturer(s)
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Havlín Theodor, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction, romantic and evolucionistic paradigms - theory in archaeology, events and structures of development, characteristics of paradigm itself (T. Kuhn, E. Neustupný), main ideas and personalities of the romantic and evolucionistic paradigms (e.g. J. L. Píč, L. I. Červinka; O. Montelius, L. Niederle, J. Paliardi) 2. Cultural-historic paradigm - origins and development, leading personalities of foreign as well as homeland archaeology (Vienna school of cultural history, G. Kossina, J. Kostrzewski, G. V. Childe, A. STocký, J. Schránil, J. Neustupný, J. Böhm, J. Filip), general theory and methodology 3. Processual paradigm - origins and development of the new archaeology, leading personalities (D. L. Clarke, C. Renfrew, L. R. Binford, M. B. Schiffer), theory and methodology, chosen approaches and schools, analytical archaeology (D. L. Clarke), neo-evolucionism (L. White, E. Service, M. H. Fried), l'ecole invisible (O. Soudský), behavioral archaeology (W. Rathje, M. B. Schiffer), processual approach in the Czech archaeology 4. Post-processual paradigm - origins and development, leading personalities (I. Hodder, M. Shanks, Ch. Tilley), theory and methodology, various post-processual approaches (e.g. symbolic archaeology, interpretative archaeology, gender studies), reflection of post-processualism in the Czech archaeology (M. Gojda, M. Kuna, E. Neustupný) 5. Chosen trends in contemporary archaeological theory - cognitive archaeology, (C. Renfrew), artifactual paradigm (E. Neustupný), Theoretical Archaeology Group 6. Development of theoretical thinking in the archaeology of the Middle Ages
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Project-based instruction, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Textual studies
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 46 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 2 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize basic theoretical and methodological approaches towards archaeological sources |
| To summarize specific ideas in European archaeology |
| Skills |
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| To be able to work with adequate scientific literature critically |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To describe approaches towards archaeological sources based on paradigms which have influenced approaches towards archaeological sources in the 20th century |
| Skills |
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| To formulate basic aims of theoretical archaeology in Czech and foreign environment |
| To outline the development of theoretical thinking in prehistoric and medieval archaeology |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Textual studies |
| Skills demonstration |
| Project-based instruction |
| Students' portfolio |
| Discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| assessment methods |
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| Oral exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Oral exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
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Recommended literature
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Neustupný, Evžen. Metoda archeologie. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-075-8.
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Neustupný, Evžen. Téze o pravěku a učebnice pravěku. Archeologické rozhledy. Praha Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1996.
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