AEB_94 Introduction to theoretic chipped stone industry and ceramics study

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Hložek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, 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
Mon 15:50–17:25 zruseno D22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course is a theoretical introduction to practical study of chipped stone industry and pottery. During the first half of the course the students will get acquainted with chipped stone industry as archaeological source, and with the interpretation potential represented by this source in particular prehistoric periods. Students will gradually get acquainted with main manufacturing processes in production of chipped artefacts, with cardinal tool types and lithic raw materials occurring in Moravian prehistory. Further they will get practically acquainted with basic principles of drawing documentation of chipped stone industry. At the end of the lecture course the students should: 1) gain the basic idea of chipped stone industry as archaeological source; 2) be able to perform a basic evaluation of chipped stone industry with regard to technology, typology and petrography; 3) have the basic overview of the most important literature to this topic
Syllabus
  • 1. Chipped stone industry as archaeological source. 2. The basics of evaluating chipped stone industry (classification database). 3. The most frequent sorts of lithic raw materials. 4. Morphology of basic forms of chipped artefacts and their definition (nucleus, flake, blade, tool). 5. Technology of manufacturing chipped artefacts (by direct blow, punch and pressure). 6. Basic tool types and their definition. 7. Drawing of chipped artefacts.
Literature
  • Dzieduszycka-Machnikowa, A. - Lech, J. 1976: Neolityczne zespoły pracowniane z kopalni krzemienia w Sąspowie. Wrocław - Warszawa - Kraków - Gdańsk: Ossolineum.
  • Ginter, B. - Kozłowski, J.K. 1990: Technika obróbki i typologia wyrobów kamiennych paleolitu, mezolitu i neolitu, Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
  • Hahn, J. 1993: Erkennen und Bestimmen von Stein- und Knochenartefakten. Einführung in die Artefaktmorphologie. Archaeologica Venatoria 10 (2nd edition), Tübingen: Institut für Urgeschichte.
  • Kaczanowska, M. 1985: Rohstoffe, Technik und Industrien im Nordteil des Flussgebietes der Mitteldonau. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
  • Martingel, H. - Saville, A. 1988: ‘Illustration of Lithic Artefacts: A Guide to Drawing Stone Tools for Specialist Reports’ Technical Paper no. 9. Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors and the Lithic Studies Society.
  • Mateiciucová, I. 2008: Talking stones: the chipped stone industry in Lower Austria and Moravia and the beginnings of the Neolithic in Central Europe (LBK), 5700-4900 BC. Dissertationes Archaeologicae Brunenses/Pragensesque 4. Praha – Brno.
  • Přichystal, A. 1994: Zdroje kamenných surovin. (In:) J. Svoboda et al., Paleolit Moravy a Slezska, Dolnověstonické studie 1,Brno, 42-49.
  • Weiner, J. 1987: Techniken und Methoden der intentionellen Herstellung von Steingeräten (mit Bibliographie). (In:) M. Rind (ed.), Feuerstein: Rohstoff der Steinzeit. Bergbau und Bearbeitungstechnik. Arch. Mus. Stadt Kelheim, Museumsheft 3, 46-102.
  • Zimmermann, A. 1995: Austauschsysteme von Silexartefakten in der Bandkeramik Mitteleuropas. Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, Band 26, Bonn: In Kommission bei Dr. Rudolf Habelt.
Teaching methods
lectures and operative practice
Assessment methods
Teaching: 2 hours lecture per week Assessment: Credit activ participation, sufficient knowledge of subject matter
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Informace ke způsobu ukončení viz sylabus.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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