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Lecturer(s)
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Makovička Tomáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Students are introduced to specific discoveries. The history of the discovery, a description of the site and significant artifacts, interpretation, and the significance of the discovery to the understanding of prehistoric societies are highlighted. Core Topics: 1) Hochdorf - the elite of the Hallstatt period and their burials 2) Cape Gelidonia - Bronze Age shipwrecks 3) Ötzi - the man from the glacier 4) Disk of Nebra - the role of astronomy in Bronze Age societies 5) Tollense - the Bronze Age battlefield 6) Bull Rock - the sanctuary of the Hallstatt Age 7) Hallstatt - prehistoric salt mines 8) Federseee - prehistoric settlements in a wet environment 9) Not just Stonehenge - megalithic buildings and prehistoric cult landscapes
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Lecture with visual aids
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 52 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize the importance of archaeology and history for understanding the past |
| To characterize individual periods of prehistory |
| To characterize individual periods of Middle Ages |
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| To understand a scientifically-structured lecture |
| To read and to understand a scientific text in Czech and English/German |
| To use electronic information sources |
| learning outcomes |
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| To summarize the crucial finds of European archaeology which are important for archaeological knowledge of prehistory |
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| To evaluate information potential of important archaeological finds, and the possibilities of their use |
| To identify research methods used during excavation and finds processing |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| Skills |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
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Recommended literature
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Fowler, Brenda. Iceman : uncovering the life and times of a prehistoric man found in an alpine glacier. London : Macmillan, 2001. ISBN 0-333-90178-9.
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Meller, Harald. Der Geschmiedete Himmel : die weite Weld im Herzen Europas vor 3600 Jahren. Stuttgart : Theiss, 2004. ISBN 3-8062-1907-9.
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Probst, Ernst. Deutschland in der Steinzeit : Jäger, Fischer und Bauern zwischen Nordseeküste und Alpenraum. München : Orbis Verlag, 1999. ISBN 3-572-01058-6.
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Schibler, Jörg. Ökonomie und Ökologie neolithischer und bronzezeitlicher Ufersiedlungen am Zürichsee. Bd. A, Text. Zürich : [Fotorotar AG], 1997. ISBN 3-905647-84-2.
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Schlichterle, H. Pfahlbauten rund um die Alpen. Stuttgart, 1997. ISBN 3-8062-1146-9.
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Sklenář, Karel. Tanec obrů. Není jen Stonehenge. Praha, 1996.
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Spindler, Konrad. Muž z ledovce. Vyd. 1. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1998. ISBN 80-204-0704-9.
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