PAPVA_02 Palaeolithic of the Near East

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Martin Oliva, Ph.D., DSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 C42
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
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
Course objectives
The course shall offer a basic overview on Palaeolithic development and material culture in the Near East from the emergence of modern people up to the adoption of productive economy. The topics will focus on the questions of interaction between the Man and nature, on social and spiritual development during the last glacial period, and on changes of society preceding the emergence of agriculture in the Near East. Students will acquire the basic overview on literature and main topics of that time discussed among the researchers.
Syllabus
  • List of topics: 1. Chronological and geographical determination 2. History of Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic research in the Near East 3. Problem of the earliest settlement evidences 4. Lower Palaeolithic 5. Middle Palaeolithic – the Neanderthals vs. modern people 6. Beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic – ex oriente lux? 7. Advanced Upper Palaeolithic 8. Late Palaeolithic hunters and gatherers (Kebarian) 9. The way of subsistence and material culture in the Late Palaeolithic 10. Burials and ritual in the Late Palaeolithic 11. Preconditions for the rise of Neolithic in the Near East (climate, raw material base, domestication, social maturity…) 12. Beginnings of domestication (Natufian, Nemrikian) 13. Emergence of agriculture in the Near East
Literature
  • Akkermans, P.M.M.G. and Schwartz, G.M. 2003: The Archaeology of Syria. From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (ca. 16 000-300 BC). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Bar-Yosef, O. and Valla, F. 1991: The Natufien Culture in the Levant. Ann Arbor, Michigan: International Monographs in Prehistory.
  • Matthews, R. 2000: The early prehistory of Mesopotamia 500,000 to 4,500 bc. Subartu V, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers.
  • Mithen, S. 2006: Konec doby ledové. Dějiny lidstva od r. 20 000 do r. 5000 př. Kr. Praha: Nakl. BB/art s.r.o.
  • Moore A.M.T. – Hillman, G.C. – Legge, A.J. 2000: Village on the Euphrates. From foraging to farming at Abu Hureyra. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • DICTIONNAIRE DE LA PRÉHISTOIRE A. Leroi-Gourhan. PUF Paris 1988 a další aktualizovaná vydání. 1222 stran.
  • Laet, S.J. De ed.: History of Humanity vol. I: Prehistory and Beginning of Civilisation. UNESCO Paris and Routledge London 1994. 716 stran
  • Bosinski, G.: Les origines de l’homme en Europe et en Asie. Atlas des sites du Paléolithique inférieur. Errance, Paris 1996, 176 stran.
Teaching methods
lectures, documentary film
Assessment methods
Requirements for the examination: a sound orientation in the issues of the Palaeolithic in the Near East; knowledge of the terminology and chronology of the individual groups of relics incl. the relevant literature. Å knowledge of the material culture sources of the studied period and territory. Presence:70%
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2017, Spring 2019.
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