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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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Basic topics: 1) Archeological tranformations. 2) Systematics of archaeological sources. 3) Archeological field research as the physical analysis of sources. 4) Analysis in the laboratory; descriptive systems and their realization by databases. 5) The concept of archaeological structure, the search for structures in traditional archaeology, mathematical approach to structures. 6) Interpretation of structures. 7) The category of a living culture, archaeological model and its construction. 8) The use of models in the analysis and interpretation. 9) The interpretation of the practical function, social sigificance and symbolic sense. 10) Iterativenness of the archaeological method.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 50 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize the importance of archaeology and history for understanding the past |
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| 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 |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To explain the terminology of archaeological method (e.g. transformation, analysis, structure synthesis, interpretation) |
| To have an overview of the archaeological paradigms of the 20th-21st century |
| To explain the construction of archaeological models |
| To explain the physical analysis of archaeological sources |
| To explain laboratory analysis and creation of descriptive systems |
| To explain the importance of databases in archeology |
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| To intepret structures through modelling |
| To classify archaeological transformations |
| To approach to artefactual, ecofactual and natural sources |
| To describe archaeological resources |
| teaching methods |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Practicum |
| Competences |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| assessment methods |
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| Combined exam |
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| Seminar work |
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| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Binford, L. R. Middle-range Research and the Role of Actualistic Studies. In: L.R. Binford, Working at Archaeology. New York: Academic Press (=L.R.Binford, Bones: Ancient Man and Modern Myths. New York: Academic Press, 1981) 411-422.. 1983.
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Hodder, Ian. Reading the past : current approaches to interpretation in archaeology. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-521-40957-8.
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Neustupný, E. Nástin archeologické metody - An outline of the archaeological method. Archeologické rozhledy 38, 525-549. 1986.
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Neustupný, Evžen. Die Besiedlung Böhmens im Äneolithikum, Praehistorica 15, str. 81-84. Praha Univerzita Karlova, 1989.
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Neustupný, Evžen. K matematické analýze pravěkých pohřebišť, Současné úkoly československé archeologie, str. 190-193.. Praha Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1981.
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Neustupný, Evžen. Metoda archeologie. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-075-8.
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Neustupný, Evžen. Syntéza struktur formalizovanými metodami - vektorová syntéza. Příspěvky k archeologii 2 Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2005. 2005.
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Neustupný, Evžen. Teorie archeologie. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7380-244-8.
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Neustupný, Evžen. The significance of facts. Journal of European Archaeology 3, 189-212. Aldershot, 1995.
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Neustupný, Evžen. Whither archaeology?. Cambridge Antiquity Publications, 1971.
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Renfrew, C. - Bahn, P. Archaeology. Theories, Methods and Practice. Thames and Hudsons, London, 2016.
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Schiffer, M. B. Behavioural Archaeology. New York, 1976.
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