DSBcB017 The burial customs and rite in ancient times in the light of archeology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Bartůněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Dadák (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:50–12:25 L42
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about ancient Mediterranean cultures and adjacent barbaricum.
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
The course will focus on the study of individual burial customs of ancient cultures. The aim is to introduce students with how these nations is treated with their deaths, as awe they proved their identity and how they looked tombs and funerary complexes with their posthumous equipment. At the end of the course students will have basic knowledge about cultural rituals associated with the worship and burying the dead, tombs and funerary various civilizations and will be able to distinguish between them. The course will not focus only on the "rich" (eg. Pharao) funerals, but also to "the poor" (necropolis and burial place of the common people).
Syllabus
  • Topics: 1) The funeral rites of the Middle East and its transformations and traditions 2) Burial in Ancient Greece and influences to which he is, funerary art and architecture 3) Roman burial rite - Rome vs. provinces, skeletal vs. cremation rites, burial equipment, biritual necropolis, funerary art and architecture 4) Etruscan burial traditions, necropolis and tombs findings 5) The funeral rite in barbaricum in antiquity - changes and influences, elite burials, archaeological findings Mediterranean provenance barbarian graves ...
Literature
  • DROBERJAR, Eduard. Encyklopedie římské a germánské archeologie v Čechách a na Moravě. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 456 p. ISBN 978-807-2771-066.
  • MOREMAN, Christopher M. Beyond the threshold: afterlife beliefs and experiences in world religions. Lanham, Md.: Rowman, c2008, x, 301 p. ISBN 07-425-6228-X.
  • GRAJETSKI, Wolfram. Burial customs in ancient Egypt: life in death for rich and poor. 2nd impression. London: Duckworth, 2004, xxiii, 367 p. ISBN 07-156-3217-5.
  • TAYLOR, John H. Death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001, 272 p. ISBN 02-267-9164-5.
  • TOYNBEE, J. Death and burial in the Roman World. Johns Hopkins paperback ed. London: John Hopkins University Press, 1996, 336 p. ISBN 08-018-5507-1.
  • NELSON, Eric. The complete idiot's guide to the Roman Empire. Indianapolis, Ind: Alpha, 2002. ISBN 978-110-1199-183.
  • Život a smrt v mladší době kamenné: Leben und Tod in der Jungsteinzeit = Life and Death in the New Stone Age : katalog výstavy. Editor Zdeněk Čižmář. Brno: Ústav archeologické památkové péče, 2008, 290 s. ISBN 978-80-86399-51-5.
  • FILIP, Jan. Keltská civilizace a její dědictví. 4. rozšířené vyd. Praha: Academia, 1995. ISBN 80-200-0526-9.
  • DUNAND, Françoise a Roger LICHTENBERG. Mummies and death in Egypt. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006, xiii, 234 p. ISBN 08-014-4472-1.
  • KERRIGAN, Michael. Historie smrti : pohřební zvyky a smuteční obřady od starověku do současnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Deus, 2008, 187 s. ISBN 9788087087558. info
  • DAVIES, Douglas J. Stručné dějiny smrti. Translated by Mai Fathi Havrdová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Volvox Globator, 2007, 186 s. ISBN 9788072076284. info
  • ASSMANN, Jan. Smrt jako fenomén kulturní teorie : obrazy smrti a zádušní kult ve starověkém Egyptě : s doprovodnou studií Thomase Macha "Smrt a truchlení v kulturologické perspektivě". Edited by Thomas H. Macho. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 91 s. ISBN 8070215143. info
  • ARIÈS, Philippe. Dějiny smrti. Translated by Danuše Navrátilová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2000, 358 s. ISBN 8072032860. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015.
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