PAPVA_44 The Early and Middle Bronze Age of Mesopotamia and Levant - Seminary

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Zuzana Wygnańska, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 3. 3. 8:20–12:25 K23, Tue 4. 3. 12:30–16:35 K23, Wed 5. 3. 8:20–12:25 K32, Thu 6. 3. 12:30–16:35 U37, Fri 7. 3. 12:30–16:35 K32
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Seminary is based on active communication about topics which will be resolve during the cource "The Early Bronze Age in the Near East", Middle Bronze Age in the Near East" and "The Bronze Age Pottery of Mesopotamia and Levant".
Syllabus
  • - Ninevite 5 Pottery - Northern Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium - Northern Mesopotamia in MBA - Southern Mesopotamia in the 3rd and in the first half of the 2nd millennium
Literature
  • Moorey P.R.S., Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence, Oxford 1994.
  • Heinrich E., Die Paläste im Alten Mesopotamien, Berlin 1984.
  • Akkermans P.M.M.G. & Schwarz G.M., The Archaeology of Syria. From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies ( ca. 16.000 – 300 BC), Cambridge 2003.
  • Heinrich E., Die Tempel und Heiligtümer im Alten Mesopotamien, Berlin 1982.
  • Roaf M., Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, Oxford, 2000
  • Kuhrt A., The Ancient Near East c. 3000 – 330 BC, London-New York 1995.
  • KLENGEL, Horst. Geschichte und Kultur Altsyriens. Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1965. 226 s. info
  • Mazar A., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 10.000-586 BCE, New York 1990.
  • Orthmann W., Der Alte Orient, Berlin 1975.
  • Levy Th. E., The archaeology of the society in the Holy Land, London New York, 1998.
  • Sasson J. M., Civilisations of the Ancient Near East, 4 vols., London 1995.
  • Walker, Cuneiform. Reading the Past., University of California Press 1987.
  • Cotterell A., The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Ancient Civilisations, New York 1980.
Teaching methods
student´s presentations, discussions
Assessment methods
student´s presentation Presence: 70%
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2018.
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