AEB_A13d Practical training in archaeological excavation IV (Rokštejn)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Mazáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Vaněčková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Žaža (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Mazáčková, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
AEB_A13a Practical excavation I || AEB_A13b Practical excavation II
The course is part of the compulsory elective block of field practice.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
In the real conditions of systematic archaeological excavations of the Rokštejn Castle the students apply their current theoretical and practical knowledge of field theory and practice, geodesy and material culture. The high medieval and late medieval archaeological contexts are practical aspects of the multi-stratified historical building and its free and operating space. Students are involved in fieldwork, preparation of individual contexts and their documentation (drawing and photographic), total station surveying and evaluation of data in the GIS. They take part in other post-excavation works such as sorting, washing and inventorying of material (artefacts). They take part in primary documentation of artefacts (description, photographing and 3D modelling) for other analyses with instruments used in the laboratory of ceramics and archaeobotany in Panská Lhota.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, student will be able to:
- choose an appropriate method of field research
- make on-site documentation
- capture in photographs the key contexts on site
- identify archaeological artefacts, keep them safe and treat them in a laboratory
- take samples for environmental analyses
- enter the information on terrain contexts, finds and samples into a database
Syllabus
  • Excavations - fieldwork:
  • includes manual work in real conditions of a multi-stratified castle ruin
  • detection and interpretation of find contexts
  • filling out the field forms, documentation of excavated contexts (drawing, photo, total station surveying), or 3D modelling with the help of photogrammetry
  • Post-excavations works:
  • sorting, cleaning and inventorying of the archaeological material (artefacts)
  • primary documentation of artefacts and their analyses in laboratories
Literature
    required literature
  • MAZÁČKOVÁ, Jana. Rokštejn: příklad zmapování vojenské kampaně proti hradu (Rokštejn: mapping a military campaign against the castle). In Brych, V. Arma diaboli. O kuších a střelcích. Praha: Národní Muzeum Praha, 2012, p. 51-54. ISBN 978-80-7036-374-4. info
  • MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk. Hrad Rokštejn. Dějiny, stavební vývoj a výsledky čtvrtstoletí archeologického výzkumu 1981-2006 (Castle Rokštejn. History, construction development and results of 25 years of archaeological research). 1st ed. Brno: Městský úřad v Brnici; ÚAM FF MU Brno, 2007, 150 pp. Edice Vysočiny. ISBN 978-80-239-9340-0. info
  • MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk. Rokštejn, mittelalterliche Burg im Kreis Jihlava (Iglau) : Ergebnisse der archäologischen Forschungen in den Jahren 1981-1992. [S.l.: s.n., 1992, S. 97-104. info
  • MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk. Hrad Rokštejn na Jihlavsku. [Brno: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost], 1991, 15 s. info
  • MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk and Miroslav PLAČEK. Rokštejn : středověký hrad na Jihlavsku : jeho dějiny, stavební vývoj a výsledky archeologického výzkumu 1981-1989 : vydáno k 700. výročí první historické zmínky o Rokštejně (1289-1989). Brno: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1989, 70 s. info
    recommended literature
  • MAZÁČKOVÁ, Jana and Lenka LISÁ. Geoarcheologická studie vzniku, využívání a zániku hradního příkopu na hradě Rokštejn (Geoarchaeology analyses of creation, use and destruction of castel moat Rokštejn). Archaeologia historica. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, vol. 41, No 2, p. 77-97. ISSN 0231-5823. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/AH2016-2-4. Digitální knihovna FF info
  • MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk. Burg Ruckstein/Rokštejn (Katastergebiet Panská Lhota, Stadt Brtnice/Pirnitz, Mähren), Ergebnisse der archäologischen Forschungen zwischen 1981 und 2010 und die Zukunftsperspektiven (Castle Ruckenstein / Rokštejn (cadastral area Panská Lhota, City Brtnice / Pirnitz, Moravia), results of archaeological research 1981-2010 and future perspectives). In Klápště, Jan. Tradition - Umgestaltung - Innovation: Transformationsprozesse im hohen Mittelalter. Praha: Karolinum, 2014, p. 471-481. STUDIA PRAEHISTORICA XXXI./2. ISBN 978-80-246-2282-8. info
  • BOČKOVÁ, Zdeňka and Karel SLAVÍČEK. Analýzy keramiky z nejstarších horizontů hradu Rokštejn. In 45. mezinárodní konference archeologie středověku. 2013. info
  • MAZÁČKOVÁ, Jana. Rokštejn Castle (Czech Republic) : archaeological evidence of military activities. In Lech, Marek. Weapons Bring Peace? Warfare In Medieval And Early Modern Europe. Wrocław: University of Wrocław Institute of Archeology, 2013, p. 255-289. ISBN 978-83-61416-96-8. URL info
  • ŠLANCAROVÁ, Věra. Fede Rings from Rokštejn Castle. In Zaměřeno na středověk. 1st ed. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010, p. 448-454. ISBN 978-80-7422-027-2. info
Teaching methods
Participation in archaeological field research in Rokštejn Castle or on other archaeological site
Assessment methods
During the excavations students are supposed to participate actively and individually in preparation, documentation and excavation of archaeological contexts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 3 týdny.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 3 týdny.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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