AEB_A14d Iron Age in Central Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Goláňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Goláňová, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 M12
Prerequisites
convenient to attend together with AEB_A07c
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 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course is targeted at the Iron Age in Central Europe in a wider cultural-genetic context. The focal point of lectures rests in methodological aspects of study of the Bohemian, Bavarian, Moravian, Austrian, Slovak and Hungarian territory from the 8th century BC to the turn of the eras.
Presentations are partly prepared in English.
Learning outcomes
The students, who will attend the lectures will: - obtain good knowledge of the problem of Central European Iron Age - be able to define and summarize crucial aspects of individual periods of the Iron Age and describe the basic characteristics of archaeological cultures - be able to compare the differences between historical and present interpretations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Spatial and temporal definition, basic terminology. Mediterranean in the 8th-1st century BC. Ethnicity in the Iron Age.
  • 2. Relative and absolute chronology of the Iron Age. Periodisation systems overview. Basic chrono-historical overview.
  • 3. Hallstatt. Hallstatt period, culture and civilisation. Economy of the Hallstatt Period. Lusatian Culture during the Hallstatt Period.
  • 4. Bylany Culture in Central Bohemia. Princely wagon graves. Hallstatt Tumulus Culture in Southwest Bohemia.
  • 5. Horákov Culture in South Moravia. Hlásnica near Horákov. Princely barrows. Relations to the Danube region and Lusatian Culture. Kalenderberg Group in the Middle Danube region. Košariská Group.
  • 6. Late Hallstatt Period. Býčí skála cave. Scythians. Vekerzug Culture. Late Hallstatt "princely" milieu in Rhineland and eastern France, contacts with Mediterranean area (Greek and Etruscan imports).
  • 7. Beginning of the La Tène Period. Early La Tène princely graves. Settlement structure and fortifications. "Historical Celts" in Bohemia and Moravia. "Celtic" expansion.
  • 8. Characteristics and chronology of flat La Tène cemeteries, pre-Dux and Dux-Münsingen horizons. Grave goods and social stratification. Regional differences.
  • 9. Settlement areas. Forms and structure of settlements during the Late Iron Age. Viereckschanze. Production and distribution agglomerations. Oppida and their emergence, fortification and function. Oppida in Bavaria, Bohemia and Moravia.
  • 10. Carpathian Basin in the 1st century BC - Bratislava and Devín. Decline of La Tène Culture (written sources and archaeological finds). Transition from La Tène to Roman Period. Cultural groups at the periphery of the La Tène Culture - Podmokly and Kobyly Group, Dacians on the territory of Slovakia.
  • 11. Púchov Culture - chronology, settlement structure, contacts. Northwest Slovakia during the La Tène Period. Economy of the Late Iron Age: agriculture.
  • 12. Specialized production during the Iron Age. Technology and innovation. Religious and ritual activities, art. Hoards. Trade and minting.
Literature
    required literature
  • ČIŽMÁŘ, M. Keltská okupace Moravy (doba laténská). In Pravěké dějiny Moravy. 1993, p. 380-432. info
  • VENCLOVÁ, Natalie. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 6: Doba halštatská. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2008, 173 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-79-7. info
  • VENCLOVÁ, Natalie. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 7: Doba laténská. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2008, 164 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-80-3. info
    recommended literature
  • PIETA, Karol. Keltské osídlenie Slovenska : mladšia doba laténska. 1. vyd. Nitra: Archeologický ústav SAV, 2008, 384 s. ISBN 9788022410274. info
  • ČIŽMÁŘ, Miloš. Keltské oppidum Staré Hradisko. Olomouc: Vlastivědné muzeum v Olomouci, 2002, 69 s. ISBN 8085037327. info
  • VENCLOVÁ, Natalie. Mšecké Žehrovice in Bohemia :archaeological background to a Celtic hero : 3rd - 2nd cent. B.C. Edited by Mark Beech. Sceaux Cedex: Kronos B.Y. Editions, 1998, 384 s. ISBN 2-910652-04-1. info
  • SOUDSKÁ, Eva. Die Anfänge der keltischen Zivilisation in Böhmen : das Gräberfeld Manětín-Hrádek. Edited by Natalie Venclová. Prague: Krystal OP, 1994, 220 s. ISBN 8090152864. info
  • VENCLOVÁ, Natalie. Výroba a sídla v době laténské :projekt Loděnice. Edited by Evžen Neustupný. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2001, x, 399 s. ISBN 80-86124-22-3. info
    not specified
  • NEKVASIL, J. 1993: Archeologie moravského halštatu. In: Podborský, V. et al.: Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Vlastivěda moravská. Země a lid. Nová řada, svazek 3. Brno, 337–372
  • OLIVA, Martin, Martin GOLEC, Radim KRATOCHVÍL and Petr KOSTRHUN. Jeskyně Býčí skála ve svých dějích a pradějích (Býčí skála Cave: History and Prehistory). Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2015, 214 pp. Anthropos Vol 39/N.S. 31. ISBN 978-80-7028-461-2. info
Teaching methods
lectures; reading
Assessment methods
Requirements for the exam: knowledge of given specialized literature, general knowledge of the issues addressed in lectures
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Informace ke způsobu ukončení viz sylabus.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
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