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Lecturer(s)
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Podlena Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction 2. Ethnoarcheology and paradigms 3. Anthropology vs. archeology 4. Evidence, inference, transformation 5. Analogies and mods 6. Mortuary practices I 7. Mortuary practices II 8. Mortuary practices III 9. Subsistence 10. Practice 11. How to use ethnographic data in retrospective research 12. Presentations of projects 13. Presentations of projects
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Project-based instruction, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Textual studies
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain the basic terms of epistemology, methodology and theory of social and natural sciences |
| Skills |
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| to understand and interpret a professional text in Czech |
| to understand and interpret a professional text in English |
| to use electronic information resources |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to explain and describe the relationship between anthropology and archaeology |
| to characterize and explain the importance of transformation processes |
| to critically review the information received |
| Skills |
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| operate a computer program (PowerPoint) |
| to find and apply relevant ethnographic data |
| to create a model that can be tested on archaeological data |
| work with the HRAF database |
| prepare and interpret their own project using computer and audiovisual technology |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Discussion |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Skills demonstration |
| Discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Students' portfolio |
| Competences |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Project |
| Oral exam |
| Skills |
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| Oral exam |
| Project |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Oral exam |
| Project |
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Recommended literature
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Binford, Lewis Roberts. Constructing frames of reference : an analytical method for archaeological theory building using hunter-gatherer and environmental data sets. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001. ISBN 0-520-22393-4.
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David, Nicholas; Kramer, Carol. Ethnoarcheology in action. 1st pub. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-521-66779-8.
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Fogelin, L. Inference to the Best Explanation: A Common and Effective Form of Archaeological Reasoning. American Antiquity 72:603-625.. 2007.
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Gillespie SD, and Nichols DL. Archaeology is Anthropology. Arlington: American Anthropological Association, 2003.
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Parker, P. M. Mortuary Practices, Society and Ideology: an Ethnoarchaeological Study," in Symbolic and Structural Archaeology. Edited by I. Hodder, pp. 99-113.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 1992.
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Robben, Antonius C. G. M. Death, mourning, and burial : a cross-cultural reader. Malden : Blackwell Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-4051-1471-1.
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