Course: Experimental archaeology

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Course title Experimental archaeology
Course code KAR/EXPA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Havlín Theodor, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kesl Roman, M.A.
Course content
1. Introduction to scientific experimentation. 2. The development of experimentation in archaeology. 3. Rules of archaeological experimentation and available fields of experimental archaeology. 4. Categories of experiments in archaeology. 5. Reconstruction and construction. 6. Experiments in the field of construction. 7. Technological experiments (prehistoric technology). 8. Technological experiments. 9. Experiments in subsistence. 10. Archaeological parks, open-air museums and experimental centres both home and abroad. 11. Experiment in archaeology, education and obtaining experience. 12. Experience-based archaeology as part of popularisation (public and community archaeology).

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 39 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To characterize individual periods of prehistory and Middle Ages
To summarize the importance of archaeology and history for understanding the past
Skills
To understand a scientific text in English/German
To use adequate terminology in Czech and English
To understand a scientifically-structured lecture
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the importance of experimental archeology
To summarize the approaches in the experiment in archeology in Europe
To summarize the rules of the archaeological experiment
Skills
To design and implement an archaeological experiment
To evaluate the results of archaeological experiments critically
To document an archaeological experiment
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
assessment methods
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Public Archaeology.
  • Rekonstrukce a experiment v archeologii : studie, materiály, zprávy, zahraničí, popularizace, polemika, recenze. Hradec Králové : Společnost experimentální archeologie Hradec Králové, 2000.
  • The EXARC Journal.
  • Živá archeologie (online). Hradec Králové. ISSN 1213-1628.
  • Coles, John. Archaeology by experiment. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1973. ISBN 0-09-116871-6.
  • Červinková, Helena; Červinka, Jiří; Tintěra, Ladislav. Výpravy do pravěku : náměty pro táboření v přírodě. 2. rozš. a dopl. vyd. Praha : Česká tábronická unie, 1997. ISBN 80-902441-0-6.
  • Ferguson, Jeffrey R. Designing experimental research in archaeology : examining technology through production and use. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60732-022-7.
  • Flores, Jodi Reeves; Paardekooper, Roeland. Experiments past : histories of experimental archaeology. 2014. ISBN 978-90-8890-251-2.
  • Chowaniec, Roksana. Archaeology for everyone : presenting archaeological heritage to the public in Poland. 2017. ISBN 978-83-61376-08-8.
  • Malinová, Renata. Vzpomínky na minulost aneb Experimenty odhalují tajemství pravěku. 1. vyd. Ostrava : Profil, 1982.
  • Merriman, N. (ed). Public Archaeology. London, 2004.
  • Pavel, Pavel. Rapa Nui : the man who made the statues walk. 2009. ISBN 978-80-87373-00-2.
  • Sandner, R. - Schmotz, K. - Traxler, S. (eds.). Archäologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ostbayern/West- und Südböhmen/Oberösterreich, 25. Treffen, 17. bis 20. Juni 2015 in Bärnau. Fines Transire 25. Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH.. 2016.
  • Tichý, Radomír. Expedice Monoxylon : pocházíme z mladší doby kamenné. Hradec Králové : Společnost experimentální archeologie, 2001. ISBN 80-238-7391-1.


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