AEA_67 Latene Period in Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Miloš Čižmář, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Dobešová
Timetable
Wed 8:20–9:55 C43
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
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course continues the Central European related La Tène instruction gone through in cycle I of the study. It brings about new findings to the entire territory of the Celtic presence, including Asia Minor. Lectures based on the territorial principle prevail over thematic cycles that are only selective because of time limitations. Attention is paid not only to the Celts themselves and their cultural manifestations but also to civilizations and ethnics, with which the Celts have entered into many-sided contacts. The cultural and historical life and customs of the latter half of the 1st millennium BC are accompanied by a vast collection of slides illustrating the material culture.
Syllabus
  • 1. Cultural and ethnical picture of Europe at the turn of the 6th /5th cent. BC. European Celtologists; the development of knowledge of the La Tène period. The decisive discoveries of the Celtic archaeology. 2. European periodization systems: problems of their synchronization. Late Hallstatt “princely” milieu, its contacts with the Greeks and the Etruscans. Overview of magnate fortified seats and richly equipped barrow tombs (Heuneburg, Hochmichele, Kleinaspergle, Grächwil, Chatillon sur Glane, Mont Lassois, Vix...). 3. Forming of the Early La Tène culture. The Etruscans and their contribution to the emergence of the Old La Tène style. Centre of power in the Upper Rhine and Eastern France areas. Main directions of expansion. 4. La Tène of France. Marne culture. Territorial division of Gallia; division of tribes and their oppida (Bibrakte, Gergovia, Noviodunum, Alesia). Comparison of written sources with archaeological sources. 5. Celts in Italy. The relation of north Italian region to the territory of Moravia. La Tène in Switzerland: the period of flat cemeteries (Münsingen, Dietikon). Discovery sites of important hoards. Excavations of Swiss oppida. Helvetii. 6. Pre-oppidal La Tène in the territory of South Germany. Excavations of South Germanic oppida. Vindelici. Development of the La Tène settlement of the today's Austria. Norici. 7. Celts in the Carpathian basin (Slovakia, Hungary, Transylvania). Flat cemeteries in Transdanubia and Transylvania. Boii, Eravisci. Celts and Dacians. 8. Celts in the Balkan peninsula. Scordisci. Intervention of the Celts into the Thracian tribes development. Characteristic of the cultural level of the Thracians. Celtic enclave in Asia Minor (Galatians). 8. Celts in the marginal areas (South Poland, East Slovakia, the Ukraine). Celts and Germans in the contact zones. 9. Celts in the Iberian peninsula. Celtiberians. 10. Insular Celts. Their origins and development in the territory of Great Britain. Arras culture. Invasion of the Belgae – the Aylesford culture. 11. Celts in the territory of Ireland. Specifics of their material culture. Issues of surviving of the Irish Celts. 12. Religious conceptions and the art of the European Celts (sanctuaries, hoards, plastic art, burial rite). 13. Process of Romanization of the Celts; their surviving and assimilation under Roman supremacy. Repetitions.
Literature
  • FILIP, Jan. Keltská civilizace a její dědictví. 4. rozšířené vydání. Praha: Academia, 1995, 259 stran. ISBN 8020005269. info
Assessment methods
Requirements for the colloquium: - Knowledge of the assigned specialist literature - Overview of knowledge acquired at the lectures
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Posluchači dvouoborového studia volí z přednášek pravěku a středověku evropy tak, aby získali alespoň 18 kreditů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019.
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