AEB_81 Scythians

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jan Bouzek, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Dobešová
Timetable
Wed 15:50–19:05 K33
Prerequisites
For students of prehistoric, medieval and Clasical archaeology
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 18 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Abstract
A srvey of Pontic area and its relations with Central Europe since Neolithic - Pontic and WEst Siberian steppes, their character, Pře Domestication of horse, Eneolithic period, Indoeuropeisation and the Corded are Pre-Cimmerian bronzes, Sabatinovka, Hordeevka, Cimerinas, Early Scythian art, Greek colonistion in the Blakc Sea, Classical Scyhian period, Sarmatians, Art of the phalerae, Roma empirein the Pontic area
Key topics
1. Neolithic in the Pontic area v pontské oblasti 2. Eneolithic, domestication of horse 3. Indoeuropeization and Corded Ware 4. Pre-Cimmerian bronzes, Sabatinovka, Hordeevka 5. Belozerka, rise of cavalry 6. Pontic Cimmerians 7. Cimmerians and Central Europe. 8. Origins of Scythian art. 9. Scythians and Greek colonisation 10. Scythians in 5th- 4th century BC 11. Sarmatians, art of phalerae 12. Black Sea and Rome
Study resources and literature
  • česky: A.P. Smirnov, Skytové, s doslovem J.B., Praha, Panorama 1980
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
lectures, class discussion
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
paper from chosen subject, written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
česky: A.P. Smirnov, Skytové, s doslovem J.B., Praha, Panorama 1980 jinak Artamonov, M. – Forman, B., Sokrovišča skigskich kurganov, Praha – Leningrad 1966 Bukowski, Z., The Scythian influence in the area of the Lusatian Culture, Warszawa etc, 1977 Bouzek, J. - 1983b: Caucasus and Europe and the Cimmerian Problem, Sborník NM v Praze, řada A, 37, č. 4. - 1997: Greece, Anatolia and Europe: Cultural Interrelations during the Early Iron Age, Jonsered (SIMA 122). - 2001: „Cimmerians and Early Scythians: the transition from Geometric to Orientalising syle in the Pontic area“, in: Tsekhladze, G.R., ed., North Pontic Archaeology, Recent Discoveries and Studies, Leiden, 33-44. - The tombs of Assyrian queens from NImrud and the beginnings of Scythian art, Studia Hercynia VII 2003, 125-138 Chochorowski, J. 1993: Expancija kimmeryjska na terene Evropy środkowej, Kraków Galanina, L.K. 1997: Kelermeskije kurgany - Die Kurgane von Kelermes, Moskva Gold der Steppe – Archäologie der Ukraine, katalog výstavy Kiel 1991 Goldman, B. 1977: “The Animal Style of Ziwieh”, IPEK 72 1974-77, 54-68 Hänsel, B. – Machnik, J., eds.1998: Das Karpatenbecken und die osteuropäische Steppe, Nomadenbewegungen und Kulturaustausch in den vorchristlichen Metallzeiten (4000-500 v. Chr.), Rahden/Westfalen. Gallus, S. – Horváth, T., Un peuple cavalier préscythique en Hongrie, Budapest 1939 Grakov, R.N. Skifi, Moskva 1971 Iljinskaja, V.A. Skifi dneprovskogo lesostepnogo Levobrežija, Kiev 1968 Jacenko, I.V., Skifija VII-V vv. do n.e., Moskva 1959 Jettmar, K. Die frühen Steppenvölker, Baden-Baden 1964 Kossack, G. 1980: „Kimmerische Bronzen, Bemerkungen zu ihrer Zeitstellung in Ost- und Mitteleuropa“, Situla 20-21 1980, 109-141. Kossack, 1983:”Tli Grab 85. Bemerkungen zum Beginn des skythenzeitlichen Formenkreises”, AVA-Beiträge 5, 89-186. - 1987: “Von den Anfängen des skytho-iranischen Tierstils”, in Skythika, München (Abh. Bayer Akad. München NF 98), 24-86 Minns, E.H., Scythians and Greeks, Cambridge 1913 Podborský, V. 1970a: Mähren in der Spätbronzezeit und an der Schwelle der Hallstattzeit, Brno. Rice, T.T., The Scythians, 3. vad. London 1961 Rudenko, S., Kultura naselenija Gornogo Altaja v v skifskoje vremja, Moskva – Leningrad 1953 Schilz, V. 1994: Les Scythes et les nomades des steppes, Paris, Galimard Smirnov, K.F. Savromaty, Moskva 1964 Sulimirski, T., The Sarmatians, London 1970 Terenožkin, A.I. 1976: Kimmerijcy, Kijev
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Study Materials
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Autumn 2010.
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