HIAKb103 The History of Prehistory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
8/8/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Renáta Přichystalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 15. 10. 9:00–12:40 B2.52, Fri 29. 10. 14:00–17:40 B2.52, Fri 26. 11. 9:00–12:40 B2.52, Fri 10. 12. 14:00–17:40 B2.52
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předpokladem studia je aktivní zájem o problematiku, účast na blokových přednáškách.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with prehistory and early history and their basic structure. The lectures will provide basic information about individual prehistoric and early historic periods, their characteristics, transformations of human society, technologies, settlement and burial rites.
Learning outcomes
Student competences after completion of the course: - general knowledge of archaeological methods; - good knowledge of the periodisation and dating of prehistoric and early historic eras; - grasp of the most important periods in prehistory and early history; - grasp of development trends in prehistory and early history; - an informed knowledge of the basic sources of material culture. - knowledge of basic terminology in English.
Syllabus
  • The course is targeted at prehistory and early history from the origins of human society to the Roman Period.
  • The study is based on history rather than on archaeology, therefore it does not analyse the classification of material culture, but presents only historical outputs derived from analyses of the sources of material culture.
  • 1. Chronology and periodisation of prehistory and early history. The natural environment in prehistory.
  • 2. Anthropogenesis. Old and Middle Stone Age (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic)
  • 3. New Stone Age (Neolithic)
  • 4. Late Stone Age / Copper Age (Eneolithic)
  • 5. Bronze Age
  • 6. Early Iron Age (Hallstatt)
  • 7. Late Iron Age (La Tène)
  • 8. Central Europe at the time of the Roman Empire
Literature
    required literature
  • PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Edited by Jaromír Kubíček. V Brně: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1993, 543 s. ISBN 8085048450. info
    recommended literature
  • DROBERJAR, Eduard. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. Edited by Vladimír Salač. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2008, 214 s. ISBN 9788086124810. URL info
  • ČUJANOVÁ, Eva. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. Edited by Jan Bouzek - Luboš Jiráň. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2008, 265 s. ISBN 9788086124780. info
  • Archeologie pravěkých Čech. Edited by Evžen Neustupný. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2008, 185 s. ISBN 9788086124773. info
  • DRDA, Petr. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. Edited by Natalie Venclová. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2008, 173 s. ISBN 9788086124797. info
  • DRDA, Petr. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. Edited by Natalie Venclová. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2008, 164 s. ISBN 9788086124803. info
  • FRIDRICH, Jan. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. Edited by Slavomil Vencl. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2007, 164 s. ISBN 9788086124766. info
  • ZÁPOTOCKÁ, Marie. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. Edited by Ivan Pavlů. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2007, 118 s. ISBN 9788086124711. info
  • BRŮŽEK, Jaroslav. Archeologie pravěkých Čech. Edited by Martin Kuna. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2007, 163 s. ISBN 9788086124759. info
Teaching methods
lecture, e-learning - presentations, terminology, 3D models virtual collection
Assessment methods
The course is evaluated by written test and oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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