DSBcB018 Nomads in the Black Sea and the Danube Area in Antiquity

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Plocek (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 B2.33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will acquire basic knowledge about the nomadic tribes of the ancient Mediterranean and the area of Black Sea - Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians and Avars.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction and basic literature 2. Basic knowledge of nomadic society 3. Cimemrians - the first wave of nomadic tribes in the area of Black Sea 4. Scythians - history according to ancient sources and archaeological finds 5. Scythians - arts and Scythians influence in the culture of Western civilizations 6. Sarmatians - successors of Scythians 7. Sarmatians - first clashes with the Roman Empire 8. Sarmatians - culture and arts 9. Avars - coming into Europe and their history on this continent
Literature
  • Cozzoli, U. I Cimmeri. Rome Italy: Arti Grafiche Citta di Castello, 1968
  • Wilkes, J. J. (1996). The Danubian and Balkan provinces. In A. Bowman – E. Chaplin – A. Lintott, (Eds.), The Cambridge ancient history, The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C—A.D. 69 (volume X., 545-553). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Dobrzańska, H. (1999). Sarmaci na ziemiach Polski - mit czy rzeczywistość? In Archeologia Polski. (Vol. 44 No 1-2. 75-91). Warszawa: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk.
  • Anisimova, L.,Bonora, G. L., and Plakhov, V., (2005) Dai Sauromati ai primi Sarmati In I Tesori della steppa di Astrakhan (Treasures of the Astrakhan Steppe), Milano, Electa, 70 - 107
  • Kristensen, A. K. G.. Who were the Cimmerians, and where did they come from?: Sargon II, and the Cimmerians, and Rusa I. Copenhagen Denmark: The Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters. 1988
  • Abramova, M. P. (1995). Sarmatian in the North Caucasus. In J. Davis-Kimball, (Ed.), Nomads of the Eurasian steppes in the early Iron Age. (164-183). Berkeley, Cal.: Zinat Press.
  • Kulturwandel in Mitteleuropa : Langobarden, Awaren, Slawen : Akten der Internationalen Tagung in Bonn vom 25. bis 28. Februar 2008. Edited by Jan Bemmann - Michael Schmauder. Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt, 2008, xiii, 706. ISBN 9783774935938. info
  • SULIMIRSKI, Tadeusz. Sarmatians. Moskva: Centrpoligraf, 2008, 190 s. ISBN 9785952437128. info
  • Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatiansin memory of Professor Tadeusz Sulimirski. Edited by Jan Chochorowski. Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, 2004, 481 s. ISBN 8371887965. info
  • POHL, Walter. Die Awaren : ein Steppenvolk in Mitteleuropa, 567-822 n. Chr. 2., aktual. Aufl. München: C.H. Beck, 2002, x, 533. ISBN 3406489699. info
  • IVANČIK, Askol'd Igorevič. Kimmerijcy i Skifykulturno-istoričeskije i chronologičeskije problemy archeologiji vostočnoevropejskich Stepej i Kavkaza pred- i ranneskifskogo vremeni. Moskau: Deutsches archäologisches Institut Eurasien-Abteilung, 2001, 323 s. ISBN 589526008X. info
  • SMIRNOV, Aleksej Petrovič. Skytové. Translated by Josef Vlášek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Panorama, 1980, 203 s. URL info
  • Ausstellung des Niederösterreichischen Landesmuseums Germanen, Awaren, Slawen in Niederösterreich : das erste Jahrtausend nach Christus. Edited by Helmut Windl. Wien: Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, 1977, 156 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures (twoo hours per week)
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015.
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