AES_607 Special topics of Historical Archaeology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Hrubý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Mazáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Žaža (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Hrubý, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the subject AEB_A06b Basic study of medieval and modern archaeology.
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 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to expand the knowledge about the transformation of structures of modern society based on archaeological research, to present everyday life, economy, production, military and architecture of modern times. There will be presented using the historical sources (written, iconographic, maps) by making the complex archaeological outputs and analyses.
Learning outcomes
Orientation in issues, methods and approaches of early modern archaeology. Building awareness of important research and scientific questions of early modern archaeology.
Syllabus
  • 1. Landscape and man of the early modern age (Petr Žaža) 2. Agriculture of the early modern age, village ( Petr Žaža) 3. Agriculture of the early modern age, village ( Petr Žaža) 4. Military of the early modern age (Jana Mazáčková) 5. Houses of nobility, changes of architecture (Jana Mazáčková) 6. Cities in the early modern age (Rudolf Prochazka) 7. Modern fortification of cities and example of Brno (Václav Kolařík) 8. Industrialization of cities (Hynek Zbranek) 9. Early modern glassworks ( Petr Hrubý) 10. Modern ceramics in Moravia (Samuel Španihel) 11. Anabaptists in Moravia and their ceramics (Jiří Pajer) 12. Prague Castle in the early modern age: ceramics (Gabriela Blažková)
Literature
  • PETRÁŇ, J., 1995, 1997: Dějiny hmotné kultury II./1, 2. Od 16. do 18. století. Praha
  • VOREL, Petr, 2005: Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Svazek VII. 1526-1618. Praha.
  • ČORNEJOVÁ, Ivana – KAŠE, Jiří – MIKULEC, Jiří – VLNAS, Vít, 2008: Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české, svazek VIII. 1618-1683. Praha.
  • BĚLINA, Pavel – KAŠE, Jiří - KUČERA, Jan P., 2001: Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Svazek X. 1740-1792. Praha.
  • Bělina, Pavel - Mikulec, Jiří - Kaše, Jiří - Vlnas, Vít - Veselá, Irena, 2011: Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české, svazek IX. (1683 – 1740).
  • BŮŽEK, Václav, a kol., 2010: Společnost českých zemí v raném novověku. Praha.
  • Krajíc, Rudolf; Měřínský, Zdeněk; Vařeka, Pavel, 2017: Archaeology of the 16th–20th century in the Czech Republic, Archaeologia historica. 2017, roč. 42/2, 367-399.
  • Studies in Post-Medieval Archaeology 1-4.
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical demonstrations, if possible. Syntheses of topics (landscape and man, villages, cities, military, fortified settlements, etc.) using examples of archaeological research.
Assessment methods
A basic overview test in the form of a separately elaborated essay of at least 3 standard pages of text with references, graphic over this range are welcome, but not required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
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