PAPVA_01 Introduction to archaeology of the Near East

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Charvát, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Timetable
Thu 22. 9. 10:50–18:15 Zahraniční oddělení, Thu 29. 9. 10:50–18:15 Zahraniční oddělení
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course will provide the students with review of the basic fatures of development of Near Eastern archaeology.
Syllabus
  • The beginnings in the 19th century (english and french researches).
  • The birth of field archaeology in the Near East after 1920: Leonard Woolley and his school.
  • French and German excavations between the two world wars.
  • The birth of Near Eastern archaeology as a historical discipline: Henri Frankfort
  • Post-1945 developments: "interdisciplinary and problem-oriented" approach: Robert and Linda Braidwood, and the dynamics of historical development.
  • Post-1945 developments: "longue durée" structures and their research: Frank Hole.
Literature
  • Frank Hole: Archaeology of Western Iran – Settlement and Society: From Prehistory to the Islamic Conquest, New York 1987.
  • Thomas E. Levy (ed.): The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, London 1995.
  • Peter Akkermans, Glenn Schwartz: The Archaeology of Syria – From complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies [c. 16,000-300 BC], Cambridge 2003.
  • Chris Scarre (ed.): The Human Past, London 2005.
  • Marion V. Cutting: The Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Farmers of Central and Southwest Anatolia – Household, Community and the Changing Use of Space (BAR International Series 1435), Oxford 2005.
  • The archaeology of the Society in the Holy land
  • CHARVÁT, Petr. Mesopotamia before history. Rev. and updated ed. London: Routledge, 2002, 281 s. ISBN 0415251044. info
  • PAPOUŠEK, Dalibor. Jiří Prosecký (ed.), Encyklopedie starověkého Předního východu (Jiří Prosecký (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the Ancient Near East). Religio : revue pro religionistiku. Brno: Česká společnost pro studium náboženství, 1999, vol. 7, No 2, p. 215-217. ISSN 1210-3640. info
Teaching methods
lectures with class discussion
Assessment methods
examination - written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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