KLA_003 Aegean prehistory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, 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
Thu 12:00–13:40 M11
Prerequisites
It is one of the main, basic courses of classical archaeology, suggested to be attended in the first semester. Therefore it is without any prerequisits. Combination with courses KLA_001 Introduction to classical archaeology and KLA_002 Actuall questions, theory and methods of classical archaeology is appropriate.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire the knowledge in Aegean prehistory. The course starts by first traces of human habitation in the region, accents the Bronze Age Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations and concludes in transition to the Early Iron Age.
Learning outcomes
Student - acquires good knowledge of facts (main sites, chronology, typology of material culture and art)
- knows and fossuces in the main bibliography
- knows to list the main issues of contemporary research realized in the field
Syllabus
  • 1. Enviroment and paleolithic period
  • 2. Neolitic period
  • 3. Cycladic Early Bronze Age
  • 4. Early Bronze Age in Crete
  • 5. Early Bronze Age in Greek Mainland
  • 6. Old (first) palaces in Crete
  • 7. New (second) palaces in Crete
  • 8. Early Mycenaean culture
  • 9. Late Mycenaean culture
  • 10. Crete in LM IIIA and B
  • 11. Collapse of palatial civilisation
  • 12. Early Iron Age
Literature
    required literature
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Pravěk egejské oblasti. Praha: Československá Společnost Archeologická, 1967, 41 pp. Zprávy CSSA, Supplement. info
  • The Cambridge companion to the Aegean Bronze Age. Edited by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xxxvi, 452. ISBN 9780521891271. info
  • BETANCOURT, Philip P. Introduction to Aegean art. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2007, xx, 212. ISBN 9781931534215. info
    recommended literature
  • The Oxford handbook of the Bronze age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC). Edited by Eric H. Cline. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, xxxiii, 93. ISBN 9780195365504. info
  • DICKINSON, Oliver. The Aegean from bronze age to iron age : continuity and change between the twelfth and eighth centuries BC. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2006, xvi, 297. ISBN 0415135907. info
  • The Cycladesdiscovering the Greek islands of the Aegean. Edited by John Freely. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006, 256 p. ISBN 1845111605. info
  • CULLEN, Tracey. Aegean prehistory: a review. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 2001, 506 pp. American journal of archaeology., Supplement 1. ISBN 978-0-9609042-4-2. info
  • PREZIOSI, Donald and Louise HITCHCOCK. Aegean art and architecture. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, ix, 252. ISBN 9780192842084. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. The aegean, anatolia and Europe : cultural interrelations in the second millennium B.C. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1985, 269 s. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture, disscussion with students, accent to the contextual understanding and explanation of historical issues/phenomena.
Assessment methods
3 tests during the semester, final oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf3/course/view.php?id=3070
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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