PAPVB_44 Palaeolithic Stone Industries of the Near East and the Mediterranean

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Francesca Romagnoli, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
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
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed to present the current data about Palaeolithic evidences in Near East and Europe and to show how multidisciplinary analysis of stone industry techniques can be used to understand and interpret past human activities within theoretical frames. Students will learn how to analyse knapped stone tools and how to relate knapped stone tools to socio-economic phenomena. They will also become familiar with the present understanding of the evolution of Palaeolithic cultures in the Near East and in the Mediterranean regions. The course will be organized in topics and will be given in English.
Syllabus
  • 1. From linear to branched, from simple to complex: how is changing our knowledge of the European Middle Palaeolithic? 2. Neanderthal coastal adaptation on Mediterranean Sea shore. 3. High-resolution approach: reconstructing social and technical dynamics. 4. Nothing is wasted! Recycling behaviour during Middle Palaeolithic.
Literature
  • 2. Akazawa T., Aoki K., Bar-Yosef O. (Eds.), 1998. Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia. Plenum Publishers, New York.
  • 2. Carbonell E., Sala R., Rodríguez X. P., Mosquera M., Ollé A., Vergès J.M., Martínez-Navarro B., Bermúdez de Castro J.M., 2010. Early hominid dispersals: a technological hypothesis for “out of Africa”. Quaternary International 223-224:36-44.
  • 1. Bamforth DB., Finlay N., 2008. Introduction: Archaeological approaches to lithic production skill and craft learning. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 15:1-27.
  • 1. Akazawa T., Nishiaki Y., Aoki K., (Eds.), 2013. Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans. Volume 1 Cultural Perspectives. Springer, Tokyo.
  • 3. Bar-Yosef O., Belmaker M., 2011. Early and Middle Pleistocene faunal and hominins dispersals through Southwestern Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews 30:1318-1337.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Spring 2019.
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