FF:PAPVA_62 Special Topics-Archaeology - Course Information
PAPVA_62 Special Topics of the Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 12. 3. 9:10–12:25 U36, Tue 13. 3. 9:10–12:25 K12 nerezervovat, Thu 15. 3. 9:10–12:25 U35, Fri 16. 3. 9:10–12:25 U35
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- During this course student will be introduced to the experts on the archaeology of the Middle East, to their actual excavations and research. For this semester the actual topic is- Hosehold an Death in the Near Eastern Neolithic. Application of 1. a theoretical approach (The Social Life of Things) to household materials and 2. the use of a systemic Neolithic approach.
- Learning outcomes
- The practical outcome is to create a showcase for students of the Center of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East with original material, explained by texts referring to The Social Life of Things and the systemic approach.
- Syllabus
- 1. Lecture I- Household and Death in the Near Eastern Neolithic: The Meta-Theoretical Frameworks
- 2. Lecture II- Household and Death in the Near Eastern Neolithic:The Identification, Analysis and Interpretation of Findings, Finds and Subsistence Data. The Storage Issue, The Reconstruction of Active Households.
- 3. Theory in Practice Exercise I- Household Production: Original material explained by The Social Life of Things approach using a systemic framework.
- 4. Theory in Practice Exercise II- Household Production: Original material explained by The Social Life of Things approach using a systemic framework.
- 5. Practice I- Household production: Classifying and describing original artefacts (Free University of Berlin- Lindenberg)
- 6. Practice II- Household production: Classifying and describing original artefacts (Free University of Berlin- Lindenberg)
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, Practical Exercise, Practical Analysis of household materials from Basta and Ba`ja, South Jordan (7500-7000 BC)
- Assessment methods
- Participants are expected to deliver a practice report by the end of the semester, showing their application of the two approaches.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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