PAPVB_32 The medieval archaeology of the Islamic lands

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Karel Nováček, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
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
Fri 12:30–15:45 L32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The students will learn the circumstances of the origin and present state of the relatively new specialization in the field of Archaeology of the Near East, they will get to understand the basic problems, which are of interest of islamic archaeology. They will identify the most important categories of immovable and movable artifacts associated with islamic medieval culture. They will be able to compare the most important development trends of christian West and islamic East and they will be able to argument in favor of intercultural dialogue.
Syllabus
  • 1. Circumstances of origin and development of specialization, main problem areas, scholars, information structure, social relations of islamic archaeology, the state of knowledge in particular countries and regions 2. The beginnings of islamic civilization from the point of view of archaeology – continuity of settlement of city cetres, settlement dynamics of agricultural landscape, continuity of movable artifacts 3. Islamic locational ubanism – problem of the so called garrison cities andd syro-palestinian pseudo-cities, abbasian imperial locations, cities of orthodox dynasties in Maghreb; „nomadization“ and „renesaince“ of cities in the 10th – 13th century 4. Residential architecture of islam: archaeology of palatial complexes and fortifications, the problem of so called desert castles 5. Islamic home environment, functional structure and structural-architectonic form of private city build-up area 6. Present discussions about the beginnings of islamic religion and its archaeological reflexion. Development and typology of muslim religious buildings (mosques, madrasas, khankas, ribats), especially on the basis of archaeological evidence. 7. Islamic burial rite – ideal and practice (archaeological aspects) 8. Archaeological evidence of trade contacts and reception of technologies in islamic medieval environment 9. An overview of development and the main types of islamic ceramics (practical introduction) 10. Islam in Europe – forms of contacts and influences in archeological perspective
Literature
  • Hattstein, Markus – Delius, Peter 2006: Islám – Umění a architektura. Slovart, Bratislava.
  • Redman, Charles 1986: Qsar es-Seghir: An Archaeological View of Medieval Life. Tempe, Arizona.
  • Walmsey, Alan 2007: Early Islamic Syria. An Archaeological Assessment. Duckworth, London.
  • Creswell, K.A.C. – Allan, J.W. 1989: A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture. Cairo.
  • Insoll, Timothy 1999: The Archaeology of Islam (Social Archaeology). Blackwell Publ.
  • TAUER, Felix. Svět Islámu : jeho dějiny a kultura : nástin politického, sociálního, hospodářského a kulturního vývoje zemí, do nichž proniklo učení arabského proroka, od jeho vystoupení do konce První světové války. 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1984, 301 s. info
  • GRUBE, Ernst J. Islámské umění. Translated by Klement Benda. Praha: Artia, 1973, 201 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Teaching supported by multimedia, lecture with demostration
Assessment methods
oral exam
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 Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014.
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