PAPVA_23 Specifics of Archaeological Research in the Near East

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Maria Gabriela Micale, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Dr. phil. Maximilian Wilding (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18. 3. 9:10–12:25 K21, Tue 19. 3. 9:10–12:25 K21, Wed 20. 3. 9:10–12:25 K33, Thu 21. 3. 9:10–12:25 L32, Mon 25. 3. 9:10–12:25 K21, Tue 26. 3. 9:10–12:25 K21, Wed 27. 3. 9:10–12:25 K33, Thu 28. 3. 9:10–12:25 L32
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
Course objectives
Both the lecture and the seminary will focus on preparing the students for archaeological research in the Near East. The students will be firstly made familiar with the specifics of the research of tell sites. In subsequent classes the students will further be made acquainted with the documentation techniques used during the archaeological campaigns of the Czech expedition at the Late Neolithic site Tell Arbid Abyaḑ in Syria.
Syllabus
  • Introduction • Presentation of the course. Introduction to the Near Eastern archaeology: methodological assumption and aims of the discipline; History of the archaeological researches in the Near East: • History of the archaeological researches in Near East: development of methods and regional differentiation (Anatolia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Palestine and Levant, Syria, Arabic Peninsula); The sources of the Near Eastern archaeological research: different approaches in theory and method • Identification and classification: visual, chorographic, archaeological; • The archaeology of the City; • Vertical investigation: the third-dimension of excavation and stratigraphy; • The archaeology of Landscape; • Horizontal investigation: two-dimensional images and the archaeology without excavation; Fruition and visualization • Restorations and reconstructions; • Informational approaches: simulation and the “virtualization” of the Near Eastern past; Epilogue • Future perspectives of Near Eastern Archaeology in the light of the contemporaneity.
Literature
  • Při výuce se bude vycházet z dosud pořízené archeologické dokumentace a pracovních manuálů.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, seminary
Assessment methods
final report, filled database
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2015, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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