Course: Landscape archaeology 1

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Course title Landscape archaeology 1
Course code KAR/KRAJ1
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)
  • Pacák Štěpán, prof. PhDr. CSc., DSc.
  • Sýkorová Jiřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Main topics: 1. Introduction into landscape archaeology, terminology, historical development, theoretical approaches. 2. Fields integrated into research on past landscapes and settlements.. 3. Types of immovable heritage preserved in the landscape relief (Prehistoric Age - Modern Age).

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 53 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 25 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To summarize basic non-destructive survey methods, and the possibilities of their application in researching past settlement patterns
Skills
To understand a scientific text in English/German
To use adequate terminology in Czech
To understand a scientifically-structured lecture
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the current issues and questions in landscape and non-destructive archaeology
To summarize theories and methods of the discipline
To summarize the development of the landscape in the period of prehistory - modern times
Skills
To use the methods of remote sensing in archaeological practice, and to apply them in modern archaeological projects
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Practicum
Multimedia supported teaching
assessment methods
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Comer, D. C., Harrower, M. J. (eds.). Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space. New York: Springer, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4614-6074-9.
  • Cowley, David C.; Standring, Robin A.; Abicht, Matthew J. Landscapes through the lens : aerial photographs and historic environment. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84217-981-9.
  • D. Cowley (ed.). Remote Sensing for Archaeological management. Budapest, 2011.
  • Doneus, M. Die hinterlassene Landschaft. Prospektion und Interpretation in der Landschaftsarchäologie. Mitteilungen der Prähistorischen Kommission, Band 78.. Wien: Verlag der Ősterreichischen Akademie der Wissentschaften., 2013. ISBN 978-3-7001-7197-3.
  • Gojda, M. Krajina v současném pojetí britské středověké archeologie - Landscape in the Perspective of British Medieval Archaeology. 1989.
  • Hoskins, W.G. The Making of the English Landscape (Penguin Books).
  • Kamermans, H.,; Gojda, Martin,; Posluschny, Axel. A sense of the past : studies in current archaeological applications of remote sensing and non-invasive prospection methods. Oxford : Archaeopress, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4073-1216-3.
  • Kuna, Martin. Nedestruktivní archeologie : teorie, metody a cíle = Non-destructive archaeology : theory, methods and goals. Praha : Academia, 2004. ISBN 80-200-1216-8.
  • LASAPONARA, R. - Masini, N. Beyond modern landscape features. New insights in the archaeological area of Tiwanaku in Bolivia from satellite data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 26/2014: 464-471.
  • LOŽEK, V. - CÍLEK, V. Krajina jako přírodní a kulturní fenomén. In: Střední Čechy. Příroda, člověk, krajina. Praha, 2004.
  • Martin Gojda. Archeologie krajiny. Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-2000-0780-6.
  • Opitz, Rachel S.; Cowley, David C. Interpreting archaeological topography : airborne laser scanning, 3D data and ground observation. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2013. ISBN 978-1-84217-516-3.
  • Pokorný, P. Neklidné časy. Kapitoly společných dějin přírody a lidí. 2011.
  • Sádlo, Jiří. Krajina a revoluce : významné přelomy ve vývoji kulturní krajiny českých zemí. Praha : Malá Skála, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86776-06-4.
  • WHIMSTER, R. The Emerging Past. Air Photography and the Buried Landscape. London, 1989.


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