KLMgrB88 Landscape and climate of Aegean region

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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
Thu 12:30–14:05 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
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is understanding of the specifics of the Mediterranean enviroment in relation to the human history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the field, History of research, main bibliography, importance for historical studies 2. Geology of the Mediterranean region 3. Geology of the Aegean region 4. Contemporary enviroment 5. Changes of enviroment in holocene an pleistocene 6. Earthquakes in historical periods and their impact on human societies 7. Changes of clima of 2300 - 2200 BC and their impact to the Near East societies, Egypt and Aegean region 8. Changes of clima in the ěnd half of the 2nd millenium BC and thair impact to the Aegean region and european prehistory 9. Sources of raw materials 10. Sea as a source of raw materials and as a transport gadget 11. Methodology 12. Workshop
Literature
    required literature
  • Grove, A. T. Rackham, O. The nature of Mediterranean Europe: an ecological history. 2001
  • RAckham, O. Moody, J. A.: Maiking of Cretan landscape. 1996
  • Stiros, S. C. Social and historical impacts of earthquake-related sea-level changes on ancient (prehistoric to Roman) coastal sites. 2005
  • A geological companion to Greece and the Aegean, Michael Denis Higgins and Reynold Higgin
    recommended literature
  • RACKHAM, Oliver. Ancient woodland : its history, vegetation and uses in England. New ed. Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire: Castlepoint Press, 2003, xxxvi, 584. ISBN 1897604270. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with presentations, disscussion, quesst experts.
Assessment methods
Essay and presentation.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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