AEA_64 The Roman Era and the Great Migrations in Central Europe - Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dagmar Vachůtová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Dobešová
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 C43
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
Course objectives
The course links to the themes of lectures, which increases and elaborates the form of comments and presented papers prepared by students.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction and entering of individual papers (including the recommended literature).
  • 2. The Roman-provincial architecture of the North-Pannonian border in Slovakia and close parts of Hungary (topography, excavations and finds of the sites: Gerulata-Rusovce, Čunovo, Jarovce, Iža-Leányvár, Brigetio).
  • 3. The most important Roman style buildings in the forland of North-Pannonian frontier (sites Stupava, Dúbravka, Cífer-Pác, Devín, Mušov - Burgstall).
  • 4. Roman building techniques, bricks and evidence of Roman architecture in Middle European Barbaricum. New discovered Roman temporary camps (Mušov, Modřice, Olomouc-Neředín, Hulín). Roman warfare and Roman military finds.
  • 5. Main groups of Roman-provincial finds (metal vesssels, glassware, pottery, coins, jewellery).
  • 6. Important personalities and historical events of the Roman period. The settlement structure and the settlements of the Roman period.
  • 7. Burial practices and rites in the Roman period, examples the most important cremateted burial grounds.
  • 8. Economy of Germanic tribes (Suebi) and the influence of Roman culture in the middle European Barbaricum.
  • 9. Inhumation graves in Germania Libera. Graves of Lübsow/Lubieszewo and Leuna-Hassleben types.
  • 10. Settlement of Middle European Barbaricum in the decline of Roman period and at the beginning of the Migration period.
  • 11. Early Migration period (settlements, graves, finds). 12. Cemeteries and burial rites of the Migration period in the Middle European Barbaricum and theme of craftsmen graves.
Literature
  • see below
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Teaching methods
Theoretical preparing for papers, working with scientific literature and other information sources, presentations of papers by students, class discussion about the topic.
Assessment methods
Seminar, credit.
Completion requirements: presens, active engagement in lessons, paper (verbal and written elaborated).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Ke získání kolokvia je třeba dostatečná a aktivní účast a splnění zadaných referátů.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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