AEB_108 Southwest Bohemia and upper Danube River durning the bronze Age and older iron Age

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Chvojka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Dobešová
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 15:50–19:05 C31
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
there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course of lectures will be focused on Southern and Western Bohemia and the adjacent Bavarian and Upper Austrian Danube region in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. Students will learn about the history of research as well as about current knowledge of individual periods in given regions, significant localities, material culture, theoretical problems and concepts, and basic literature on the topic in question. Maps, plans and photographs of selected sites and artefacts will be shown to students using computer presentation facilities. The information on problems and regions which are paid only basic attention in ordinary teachings will thus be enhanced in a substantial way. The course supplements the elective lectures by Prof J. Bátora and Prof V. Furmánek on the Eneolithic and Bronze Age in eastern parts of Central Europe.
Syllabus
  • 1. Natural conditions, sources of raw material, resident potential, tradition of stone age, cultural situation in south and west Bohemia and Bavarian and Upper Austrian Danube region in young and late chalcolithics. 2. Beginning of bronze age, alteration of cupper age. 3. Old bronze age, Straubing culture, south bohemian Aunjetitzer culture, interrupt in west Bohemia. 4. Copper metallurgy, sources of raw materials, mining, distribution, deposits. 5. End of the old bronze age, Maďarov-Věteřov culture intervention. 6. Tumulus cultures. 7. Beginning of urn field period, definition and interrelations to nearby regions. 8. Young bronze age, Knovíz and Milavče culture. interrelations to nearby regions. 9. Late bronze age. Fall of settlements, disconnection in west Bohemia, culmination in upper danubic region. 10. Transmision from bronze age to hallstatt, influence of nomad cultures. 11. Hallstatt in south and west Bohemia. 12. Late hallstatt age and transition to Laténe, formation of Celts.
Literature
  • Pravěké dějiny Čech. Edited by Radomír Pleiner - Alena Rybová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 870 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
The colloquium is held as an oral discussion-based exam during which a student is examined in the relevant topic taught in the course and in basic literature. To pass successfully the colloquium, students are required to answer at least 60% of all questions and be knowledgeable in basic literature
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2015, Spring 2018.
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