KLB_008 Central Europe and Mediterranean Civilisations I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Monika Zobková Koróniová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The graduation of Aegean Prehistory and Prehistory of Europe is befitting.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to compare Aegean prehistory with prehistory of other european regions, mainly Balcans and Central Europe.
Syllabus
  • 1. Chronology of European prehistory, specifics of European and Aegean chronological systems. Enviroment and paleolithics. 2. Neolit period: first farmers 3. Eneolit/chalcolit: Rexlexion of firts states 4. Late Chalcolit and Early Bronze Age - spreading of knowledge of the metal technology 5. Early Iron Age - reflexion of Near East empires 6. Final phase of Early BA - first urban centres in Central Europe 7. Middle BA - "Age of heroes" and warship 8. Late BA - Urnfield cultures - influence of Mycenaean and Solar cults. 9. Final phases of L BA and beginning of Iron Age - Hesiod's Iron Era 10. Halstatt - New era is coming. 11. Etruscans and Central Europe 12. Overview of metodological approaches to cultural changes
Literature
    required literature
  • Bouzek, J. 2010: Pravěk egejské oblasti. Zprávy ČAS, Suppl. 79. Praha
  • Kristiansen, K. Larsson, T. B. 2005: The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations. Cambridge.
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Pravěk českých zemí v evropském kontextu. 2. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Triton, 2011, 173 s. ISBN 9788073874636. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Prehistory of Europe as seen from its centre : Czech lands from Paleolithic to the end of the La Tène period in European context. Pragae: Charles University, Faculty of Arts, 2011, 190 s. ISBN 9788073083335. info
    recommended literature
  • Bouzek, J. 1997: Greece, Anatolia and Europe in the Second Millenium B. C. Praha-Goeteborg
  • Earle, T. Kristiansen, K. 2000: Organizing Bronze Age Societies: The Mediterranean, Central Europe and Scandinavia Compared. Cambridge.
  • BOUZEK, Jan. The aegean, anatolia and Europe : cultural interrelations in the second millennium B.C. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1985, 269 s. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture, class discussions. There is accented ability to create question and creation of metodology directed to their answer.
Assessment methods
Final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016.
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