PAPVA_01 Introduction to archaeology of the Near East

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Tkáčová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucia Miškolciová
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 7:30–9:05 J22
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 (in Czech)
V této přednášce se studenti seznámí se základními charakteristikami archeologického poznání společností Předního východu v pravěku a raném starověku. Poučí se o oborovém zařazení tamního archeologického bádání, poznají jeho historická východiska, hlavní rysy jeho historického vývoje. Získají přehled o nejvýznamnějších badatelských strategiích, které určovaly profil oboru, i se současnou podobou metodické výbavy předovýchodní archeologie.
Syllabus
  • Introduction, introducing Centre of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East The beginnings of research interest: Biblical Studies, Antique stage English and French explorers in the 19th century Research before World War I. - Babylon, Ashur Bedřich Hrozný and decipherrment of the Hittite language Alois Musil: Moravian Lawrence of Arabia? Leonard Woolley and the birth of NE archeological fieldwork (1920) Women in Near Eastern archeology: Gertrude Bell, Kathleen Kenyon, Dorothy Garrod ... The inter-war period: French research, German research Henri Frankfort and the birth of Near Eastern archeology as a historical discipline Development since 1945: interdisciplinary approach, focus on issues, postprocessual archeology, community projects The current state of the discipline Major departments dedicated to the archeology of the Near East Significant periodicals related to the archeology of the Near East Important personalities of contemporary Near Eastern Archaeology
Literature
  • Frank Hole: Archaeology of Western Iran – Settlement and Society: From Prehistory to the Islamic Conquest, New York 1987.
  • Peter Akkermans, Glenn Schwartz: The Archaeology of Syria – From complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies [c. 16,000-300 BC], Cambridge 2003.
  • The archaeology of the Society in the Holy land
  • 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.
  • Thomas E. Levy (ed.): The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, London 1995.
  • 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 once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2018.
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