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Lecturer(s)
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Coufalová Hana, PhDr. Ph.D.,DSc.
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Krahula Jaroslav, Mgr.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to the environmental archaeology, history and contemporary trends 2. Changes of environment and their dating: survey of dating methods used in archaeology and environmental archaeology (dendrochronology, radioactive carbon, optical luminiscenc and others) 3. Holocene vegetation changes - pollen analysis as the main mean for research of the vegetation changes and of the human impact on the landscape 4. Macroremain analysis of plants - method reseraching changes in the landscape, in way of gathering food, way of agricultural production, diet and food preparation, beasics of plant domestication 5. Malakofauna analysis - one of the methods for researching past natural environment especially the paleoclimate, vegetation and also the human impact on the landscape 6. Archaeozoology - analysis of the bone remains of animals in the archaeological contexts- It has essential significance for examining animal domestication, development of agriculture, technological inovations, diets and landscape changes 7. - 8. Quarternary geology and geomorphology - development of Quarternary period, period of human origins. Changes of climate and the terrestrial surface and their causes. Utility of geological and geomorphological methods in archaeology 9. Pedology - method researching contemporary terrestrial surface. Development of soil, survey of basic soil types and practical information for using pedological knowledge in archaeology 10. Paleoclimatology - basic knowledge on the causes of the climate changes in the Quarternary period and survey of contemporary climate models for the last 10 000 years. Consequences of the climate changes on the human behaviour 11. - 12. Landscape development and human settlement development as perceived on the base of latest results of environmental archeaology
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 35 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 17 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 summarize chemistry and biology within the range of secondary education |
| To summarize the basics of current archaeological theory and method |
| To outline climate development in the Quaternary |
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| To understand a scientifically-structured lecture |
| To read and to understand a scientific text in Czech and English |
| To use adequate terminology in Czech |
| To use electronic information sources |
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize the applied methods of research of natural environment and biofacts in archaeological context |
| To state examples and goals of interdisciplinary collaboration in archaeology |
| To name chosen flora and fauna in Latin |
| To explain the issue of environmental sampling and sample processing theoretically |
| To summarize the issues of Quaternary geology |
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| To choose between appropriate research methods concerning natural environment in the past with respect to questions given |
| To be able to take basic environmental samples |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
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| Project-based instruction |
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| Oral exam |
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| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Čulíková, V. Archeobotanika v české archeologii na prahu 3. tisíciletí, Archeologické rozhledy 56/3 (2004), s. 661-671 ..
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Kuna, Martin. Nedestruktivní archeologie : teorie, metody a cíle = Non-destructive archaeology : theory, methods and goals. Praha : Academia, 2004. ISBN 80-200-1216-8.
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Kyselý, R. Kvantifikační metody v archeozoologii. Archeologické rozhledy LVI, 279-296.. 2004.
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Pokorný, P. Problémy krajinné archeologie v pylových analýzách přirozených uloženin: příspěvek k mezioborové spolupráci, ARLIII, 191-210.. 2001.
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Světlík, I. - Dreslerová, D. - Limburský, P. - Tomášková, L. Radiouhlík v přírodě a jeho využití pro datovací účely. Archeologické rozhledy LIX.. 2007.
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