AEA_28 Seminar of the Prehistory Period

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Vladimír Podborský, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Kolář, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:50–12:25 T227
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Among the fundamental goals of the seminar we count the enhancement of the knowledge on prehistoric archaeology of students. After successful finishing of the course students will be able to put their own research into the inter-disciplinary and international context. Students will also improve their discussion and argumentation skills, in both spoken and written form. Emphasis will be put on the presentation of their own ideas and understanding of written text.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Archaeological culture 3. Analogies in archaeology 4. Social theory and methods of studies of prehistoric society 5. Warfare 6. Gender and identity in archaeology 7. Coming of Indoeuropeans 8. Ethnicity 9. Chronology 10. Economic changes in Neolithic 11. Economy in Bronze Age and Halstatt period 12. Long-distance contacts 13. Social interactions and methods of its research
Literature
  • HARDING, A. F. Warriors and weapons in Bronze age Europe. Budapest: Archaeolingua Alapítvány, 2007, 228 s. ISBN 9789638046864. info
  • MALLORY, J. P. and Douglas Q. ADAMS. The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, xxiv, 731. ISBN 9780199287918. info
  • EARLE, Timothy K. Bronze Age economics : the beginnings of political economies. Boulder: Westview Press, 2002, xi, 452. ISBN 0813338778. info
Teaching methods
homework with compulsory literature, discussions, essay
Assessment methods
Requirements for the course-unit credit: homework, an adequately active participation at the seminars (3 absences tolerated); essay of sufficient quality
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2020.
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