FF:AEB_22 The Basics of Archaeology - Course Information

AEB_22 The Basics of Archaeology for Natural Sciences Students

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martin Hložek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jan Petřík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 10:50–12:25 C41

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 36 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Archaeological examples are utilized extensively throughout this background section, but coverage of the details of the techniques is limited. Some of the discussions of specific analytical techniques later in the course are done by guest lecturers, and it has proven helpful to them and to the students to have had the basics covered in advance, and appropriately written background material provided. Along with the background, some limitations of the techniques are introduced in order to counteract a tendency observed among the students to hold an exaggerated view of the abilities of scientific analysis to provide clear solutions to archaeological problems.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction to archeology, basic terminology of archeology, archeometry, analytical methods in archeology.
• 2. Paleolithic, petroarchaeology, geoarchaeology, archeomineralogy.
• 3. Neolithic, anthropology, archaeogenetics, paleopathology, paledermatology.
• 4. Eneolithic, archaeozoology, osteology, malacology, ichthyology.
• 5. Bronze Age, archaeobotany, palynology, phytolith analysis.
• 6. Urnfield period, environmental archaeology, non-destructive archeology, landscape archeology.
• 7. Hallstatt period, aviation archaeology, marine archeology.
• 8. Latène period, industrial archeology, montane archeology.
• 9. Roman period, experimental archeology, etnoarchaeology.
• 10. Migration period, speleoarchaeology.
• 11. Archeology of the early Middle Age, geophysical methods in archeology.
• 12. Medieval Archaeology for scientists, conservation in archeology.
• 13. Postmedieval Archeology for scientists, dating methods in archeology.

Literature

recommended literature
• HLOŽEK, Martin. Encyklopedie moderních metod v archeologii. Archeometrie. (Encyklopedia of Modern Methods in Archeology. Archaeometry.). 1st ed. Praha: Nakladatelství Libri, 2008, 230 pp. Archeologie, geografie, historie a PVH. ISBN 978-80-7277-230-8. info
• MALINA, Jaroslav, Dalibor ANTALÍK, František BAHENSKÝ, Luboš BĚLKA, Petra BERAN-CIMBŮRKOVÁ, Kateřina BOBEROVÁ, Pavel BRAVENÝ, Ivo BUDIL, František ČAPKA, Eva ČERMÁKOVÁ, Roman ČIHÁK, Martin ČUTA, Marie DOHNALOVÁ, Gabriela DRESLEROVÁ, Petr DUBOVÝ, Josef DUDA, Petra DUCHEČKOVÁ, Hana ELIÁŠOVÁ, Michaela ENDLICHEROVÁ, Eva FERRAROVÁ, Dana FIALOVÁ, Jan FILIPSKÝ, Eduard FUCHS, Jiří GAISLER, Martin GOLEC, Andrea GRÍGELOVÁ, Petr HLAVÁČEK, Martin HLOŽEK, Martin HOLUB, Helena HONCOOPOVÁ, Ladislava HORÁČKOVÁ, Drahomír HORKÝ, Břetislav HORYNA, Cyril HÖSCHEL, Blahoslav HRUŠKA, Ondřej HUBÁČEK, Petr CHARVÁT, Jan HUTÁK, Alena JAKLOVÁ, Mikoláš JURDA, Zdeněk JUSTOŇ, Jan KELLER, Helena KLEMPEREROVÁ, Josef KOLMAŠ, Stanislav KOMENDA, Kateřina KONÁŠOVÁ, Jaromír KOVÁRNÍK, Miroslav KRÁLÍK, Michaela KRÁLÍKOVÁ, Soňa KRÁSNÁ, Michaela KŘIVANOVÁ, Tereza KULDOVÁ, Monika LAŠTOVIČKOVÁ, Věra LINHARTOVÁ, Pavel LÍZAL, Miriam LÖWENSTEINOVÁ, Klára MACÚCHOVÁ, Tatiana MACHALOVÁ, Miloš MACHOLÁN, Giuseppe MAIELLO, Tereza MIKEŠOVÁ, Zuzana MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Vojtěch MORNSTEIN, Lucie MORNSTEINOVÁ, Tomáš MOŘKOVSKÝ, Rudolf MUSIL, Milan NAKONEČNÝ, Bedřich NOSEK, Marie NOVÁKOVÁ, Nea NOVÁKOVÁ, Vladimír NOVOTNÝ, Jaroslav OLIVERIUS, Lucie OLIVOVÁ, Libor PÁČ, Dalibor PAPOUŠEK, Marie PARDYOVÁ, Josef PAVLÍK, Jana PEČÍRKOVÁ, Lukáš PECHA, Markéta PECHNÍKOVÁ, Robin PĚNIČKA, Jana PETRÁSKOVÁ, Miloslav PETRUSEK, Mariana PFLEGEROVÁ, Jana PLESKALOVÁ, Ivo POSPÍŠIL, Miroslav PROKOPEC, Jiří PROSECKÝ, Martin PRUDKÝ, Vladimír PŘÍVRATSKÝ, Barbora PÚTOVÁ, Michaela RAČANSKÁ, Jiřina RELICHOVÁ, Markéta RENDLOVÁ, Olga REZÁKOVÁ, Martin RYCHLÍK, Alena ŘIHÁKOVÁ, Sandra SÁZELOVÁ, František SEHNAL, Vladimír SKLENÁŘ, Jaroslav SKUPNIK, Miloslav SLABINA, Irena SMETÁČKOVÁ, Ludmila SOCHOROVÁ, Tereza SOJKOVÁ, Vladimír SOUČEK, Martin SOUKUP, Václav SOUKUP, Eva STEINBACHOVÁ, Jiří SVOBODA, Leoš ŠATAVA, Jiřina ŠEDINOVÁ, Lukáš ŠÍN, Miloš ŠTĚDROŇ, Helena ŠULOVÁ, Lenka ŠULOVÁ, Richard THÉR, Michal TOŠNER, Zdeněk TVRDÝ, Zdeněk UHEREK, Josef UNGER, Petra URBANOVÁ, Břetislav VACHALA, Václav VANČATA, Marina VANČATOVÁ, Michaela VAŇHAROVÁ, Lenka VARGOVÁ, Jiří VORLÍČEK, František VRHEL, Martina WAGENKNECHTOVÁ, Renata WEINEROVÁ, Jiří WINKLER, Michaela RAŠKOVÁ ZELINKOVÁ, Marcela ZOUFALÁ, Jaroslav ZVĚŘINA, Milan BENEŠ, Zuzana BLÁHOVÁ-SKLENÁŘOVÁ, Vladimír BLAŽEK, Vít BUBENÍK, Lenka BUDILOVÁ, Petr BUREŠ, Miroslav ČERNÝ, Pavel DUFEK, Jan HELLER, Tomáš HIRT, Jiří HLUŠIČKA, Karel HNILICA, Jan HOLČÍK, Michal HORSÁK, Marek JAKOUBEK, Josef KANDERT, Oldřich KAŠPAR, Zuzana KORECKÁ, Stanislav KOMÁREK, Miloslav LAPKA, Tomáš MACHALÍK, Martin MATĚJŮ, Dagmar MUCHNOVÁ, Lucie NEČASOVÁ, Vlastimil NOVÁK, Jan NOVOTNÝ, Jiří PAVELKA, Petr PAVLÍK, Vladimír SADEK, Karel SKLENÁŘ, Věra SOKOLOVÁ, Jana SOUČKOVÁ, Jan SÝKORA, Irena ŠTĚPÁNOVÁ, Jana VÁLKOVÁ, Daniel VANĚK, Jiří WOITSCH, Jan ZÁHOŘÍK and Markéta ZACHOVÁ. ANTROPOLOGICKÝ SLOVNÍK (s přihlédnutím k dějinám literatury a umění) aneb co by mohl o člověku vědět každý člověk (The Dictionary of Anthropology (with consideration of the history of literature and art) or What Every Human Should Know about Humans). 1st ed. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM v Brně, 2009, 4738 pp. ISBN 978-80-7204-560-0. URL info

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

test, project

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• AEA_01 Introduction to the Study of Archaeology

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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