FF:HIA103 The History of Prehistory - Course Information

HIA103 The History of Prehistory

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Josef Jan Kovář (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Irena Ostrá (seminar tutor)
Mgr. David Válek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 7:30–8:15 zruseno D22

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

HIA103/A: Wed 14:10–14:55 C42, I. Ostrá
HIA103/B: Wed 15:00–15:45 C42, I. Ostrá
HIA103/C: Mon 15:50–16:35 C42, J. Kovář
HIA103/D: Mon 16:40–17:25 C42, J. Kovář
HIA103/E: Wed 17:30–18:15 C42, D. Válek

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 120 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/120, only registered: 0/120, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/120

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The aim of the course is to acquire: A general knowledge of archaelogical methods; A good knowledge of the periodization and dating of the prehistoric and ancient periods; A grasp of the most important eras in prehistoric and ancient history; a grasp of the trends in the developments in the prehistoric and ancient periods of history; an informed knowledge of the basic sources of material culture.

Syllabus

• The course looks at the prehistoric ages and the early periods of history from the development of human society to the middle settlement age (Great Moravia). Due to the extensive time period in question it is necessary to limit the themes in a “pyramidical” form: from a world view of ancient times (anthropogenesis, paleolithic) then gradually narrowing to Europe (neolithic), Central Europe (the Hallstatt period to the Migration Period) and to the lands of the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Great Moravian culture). The study is historically based rather than archaeologically, therefore it does not analyse the classification of cultural material, only historical approaches are used, derived from analyses of the sources of material culture. In the introduction information is given on archaeology as a scientific subject, on the methodology of its research and the present organisation of archaeology in the Czech Republic. Particular developments in the prehistoric era and ancient periods of history are then examined. Emphasis is placed on the hampered development of the law and on material, social and spiritual life at the ethnogenesis of historical nations. Students are made aware of the roots of racism, nationalism and chauvanism and are oriented towards the humanistic idea connected to the equality of peoples and nationhood. This interpretation is followed by seminars, where the main ideas of the course are added to and expanded. They are further illustrated by artefacts from the material culture of the prehistoric age and from ancient history.1. Introduction to the study of the prehistoric and ancient historical periods.
• 2. The natural environment in prehistory. Anthropogenesis.
• 3. History of the Middle and Old Stone Age.
• 4. History of the New Stone Age (Neolithic)
• 5. History of the Copper Age (Eneolithic)
• 6. History of the Bronze Age
• 7. History of the early Iron Age (Hallstatt)
• 8. History of the late Iron Age (La Tène)
• 9. Central Europe at the time of the Roman emperors
• 10. Migration Period
• 11. Europe at the time of the arrival of the historical Slavs
• 12. The middle settlement age – the Great Moravian Empire

Literature

• Bouzek, J. – Buchvaldek, M. – Sláma, J. a kol., Nástin evropského pravěku, Praehistorica IX,
• PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Dějiny pravěku a rané doby dějinné. 3. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 325 s. ISBN 9788021041530. info
• MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk. České země od příchodu Slovanů po Velkou Moravu I (Czech lands from the comming the Slavs to the Great Moravia I). Praha: LIBRI, 2002, 564 pp. LIBRI, I. ISBN 80-7277-104-3. info
• SKLENÁŘ, Karel, Zuzana BLÁHOVÁ-SKLENÁŘOVÁ and Miloslav SLABINA. Encyklopedie pravěku v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 427 s. ISBN 8072771159. info
• PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Edited by Jaromír Kubíček. V Brně: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1993, 543 s. ISBN 8085048450. info
• BUCHVALDEK, Miroslav. Dějiny pravěké Evropy. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 279 s. URL info
• PEČÍRKA, Jan. Dějiny pravěku a starověku. Vydání 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, Strana 615. info
• VLČEK, Emanuel. Dějiny pravěku a starověku. Edited by Miroslav Buchvaldek - Jan Pečírka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 607 s. info
• Pravěké dějiny Čech. Edited by Radomír Pleiner - Alena Rybová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 870 s. URL info
• DEKAN, Ján and Josef POULÍK. Veľká Morava : doba a umenie. Translated by Božena Grečnerová, Photo by Alexandr Paul - Ivan Július Kovač. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Tatran, 1976, 280 s. info
• POULÍK, Josef. Mikulčice : sídlo a pevnost knížat velkomoravských. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1975, 207 s. URL info
• SKLENÁŘ, Karel. Památky pravěku na území ČSSR : od lovců mamutů ke státu Přemyslovců. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1974, 352 s. URL info
• FILIP, Jan. Evropský pravěk : nástin vývoje prvobytné pospolné společnosti. Edited by Miroslav Buchvaldek - Jiří Sláma. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1962, 161 s. URL info

Teaching methods

lecture, seminar, e-learning

Assessment methods

completion (of a course): oral examination; written test; online test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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