KLBcA38 The Archaeology of Aegean Civilisations

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 C42
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire the knowledge in Aegean prehistory. The course atrs by first traes of human habitation, accents the Bronze Age culture of Minoans and Mycenaeans and concludes with Early Iron Age.
Syllabus
  • 1. Enviroment and paleolithic period 2. Neolitic period 3. Cycladic Early Bronze Age 4. Early Bronze Age on Crete 5. Early Bronze Age in Mainland 6. Old (first) palaces in Crete 7. New (second) palaces in Crete 8. Early Mycenaean culture 9. Late Mycenaean 10. Crete in LM IIIA and B 11. Collapse of palatial civilisation 12. Early Iron Age
Literature
    required literature
  • The Oxford handbook of the Bronze age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC). Edited by Eric H. Cline. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, xxxiii, 93. ISBN 9780195365504. info
  • The Cambridge companion to the Aegean Bronze Age. Edited by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xxxvi, 452. ISBN 9780521891271. info
  • DICKINSON, Oliver. The Aegean from bronze age to iron age : continuity and change between the twelfth and eighth centuries BC. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2006, xvi, 297. ISBN 0415135907. info
  • CULLEN, Tracey. Aegean prehistory: a review. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 2001, 506 pp. American journal of archaeology., Supplement 1. ISBN 978-0-9609042-4-2. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Pravěk egejské oblasti. Praha: Československá Společnost Archeologická, 1967, 41 pp. Zprávy CSSA, Supplement. info
    recommended literature
  • BETANCOURT, Philip P. Introduction to Aegean art. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2007, xx, 212. ISBN 9781931534215. info
  • The Cycladesdiscovering the Greek islands of the Aegean. Edited by John Freely. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006, 256 p. ISBN 1845111605. info
  • PREZIOSI, Donald and Louise HITCHCOCK. Aegean art and architecture. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, ix, 252. ISBN 9780192842084. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. The aegean, anatolia and Europe : cultural interrelations in the second millennium B.C. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1985, 269 s. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture, disscussion with students, accent to the contextual understanding.
Assessment methods
3 tests during the semester, final oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
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