Course: Introduction to Archaeology

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Course title Introduction to Archaeology
Course code KAR/UDA
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
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pospíšil Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Melzer Petr, Mgr.
  • Makovička Tomáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Havel René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic topics: 1. Definition of the field of archaeology 2. Introduction to the prehistoric archaeology 3. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic 4. Neolithic and Eneolithic 5. Bronze Age 6. Iron Age (Hallstatt Period, La Téne Period) 7. Roman Period and the Migration Period 8. Introduction to the medieval archaeology and the archaeology of the Modern Age 9. Early Medieval Period 10. High Medieval Period 11. Modern Age 12. Modernity

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Basic knowledge of human past.
Skills
Understanding of prefessional texts
Understanding of professional oral presentation
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the issues of individual periods of prehistory, the Middle Ages and the Modern Age
To summarize the issue of study of living and past cultures
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
Competences
o assign the artefacts forming the basic part of material culture in the monitored periods chronologically
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Competences
Lecture with visual aids
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Skills
Oral exam
Competences
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Klápště, Jan. Proměna českých zemí ve středověku. Vyd. 1. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005. ISBN 80-7106-175-1.
  • Kuna, Martin. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. 1, Pravěký svět a jeho poznání. Praha : Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86124-75-9.
  • Podborský, V. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno, 1993. ISBN n.
  • Renfrew, C. - Bahn, P. Archaeology. Theories, Methods and Practice. Thames and Hudsons, London, 2016.
  • Sklenář, Karel; Sklenářová, Zuzana. Biografický slovník českých, moravských a slezských archeologů a jejich spolupracovníků z příbuzných oborů. Praha : Libri, 2005. ISBN 80-7277-253-8.
  • Sklenář, Karel; Sklenářová, Zuzana; Slabina, Miloslav. Encyklopedie pravěku v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezku. Praha : Libri, 2002. ISBN 80-7277-115-9.
  • Smetánka, Zdeněk. Legenda o Ostojovi : archeologie obyčejného života v raně středověkých Čechách. 1. vyd. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1992. ISBN 80-204-0044-3.
  • Vařeka, Pavel. Archeologie 19. a 20. století přístupy ? metody ? témata. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2013. ISBN 978-80-261-0221-2.


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