PAPVA_25 The Iron Age in the Near East

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Alessandra Anna Hnila Gilibert, PhD. (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Timetable
Mon 21. 11. 9:10–13:15 Zahraniční oddělení, Tue 22. 11. 9:10–12:25 Zahraniční oddělení, Wed 23. 11. 13:15–18:15 Zahraniční oddělení, Thu 24. 11. 9:10–12:25 Zahraniční oddělení, Fri 25. 11. 9:10–12:25 Zahraniční oddělení, Mon 28. 11. 9:10–13:15 Zahraniční oddělení, Tue 29. 11. 9:10–12:25 Zahraniční oddělení, Wed 30. 11. 13:15–18:15 Zahraniční oddělení, Thu 1. 12. 9:10–12:25 Zahraniční oddělení, Fri 2. 12. 9:10–12:25 Zahraniční oddělení
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides the introductory overview of the problems concerning visual culture and its architectonical heritage in Western Asia during Iron Age. In the lectures the students will be at first acquainted with the archaeological and socio- cultural aspects of this topic and they will eventually discover specific and relevant case studies. The course will be held in English. No previous knowledge and understanding of the range of topics is required from the students.
Syllabus
  • Geography and chronology Part 1 : Syro- Anatolian Region 1. Syro- Anatolian City States, I. 2. Syro- Anatolian City States, II. 3. Kingdom of Urartu 4. Phrygia and Lydia Part 2 : Levant Phoenician Cities 5. Kingdom of Israel and Judea Part 3 : Northern Mesopotamia 6. Neo-Assyrian Empire, I. 7. Neo-Assyrian Empire, II. Part 4 : Southern Mesopotamia Babylonian Empire 8. Neo-Babylonian Empire Part 5 : Iran 9. Iran during Neo- Elamite Period 10. Achaemenid Empire
Literature
  • Mazar, Amihai and Ginny Mathias (eds. ) 2001. Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan. Sheffield Academic Press. [pdf]
  • van de Mieroop, Marc. 2003. Reading Babylon. American Journal of Archaeology 107/2:257-275 [pdf]
  • Markoe, Glenn E. 2000. The Phoenicians. University of California Press.
  • Curtis, J.E. and J.E. Reade, Art and empire: treasures from Assyria in the British Museum, London: British Museum Press, 1995.
  • Merhav, Rivka. Urartu: A Metalworking Center in the First Millennium B.C.E.. Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 1991.
  • Potts, D.T. 1999. The Archaeology of Elam, Cambridge University Press, ch. 8-9 [pdf]
  • Aro, Sanna. 2003. “Art and architecture,” in The Luwians, ed. by H. Craig Melchert, Leiden, 281-337.
  • Simpson, Elizabeth. 1990. "Midas' Bed" and a Royal Phrygian Funeral”. Journal of Field Archaeology, 17/1:69-87 [pdf]
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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