AEA_41 Neolithic and Eneolithic in middle Europe B

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Dobešová
Timetable
Mon 11:40–13:15 C43
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Podmínkou je účast na přednáškách AEA_20 a AEA_41 (Neolit a eneolit středí Evropy A a B) a aktivní účast (referát, diskuse, práce s materiálem) v semináři AEA_61 (Neolit a eneolit stř. Evropy - seminář).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the lecture and seminar the students will gradually acquire knowledge of the Early and Late Stone Age in the territory of Central Europe and an overview of the basic cultures and issues. They will also learn to recognize archaeological material of the Neolithic and Eneolithic. A stress will be laid on the summary of development of the views on the studied primeval epoch, and also on the issues of the individual development stages within the Early and Late Stone Age. New and problematic knowledge that ensue from the current status of research ant the most recent theories will also be referred to, as well as the differences of the Early and Late Stone Age not only in material culture, but also in the spiritual sphere.
Syllabus
  • The Eneolithic as a new era in Stone Age of Central Europe. Dividing of the Late Stone Age into single parts (early, middle, young and late Eneolithic) in individual regions. The process of the gradually „eneolithization“ of the human society. The beginning of the early Eneolithic in Central Europe = the final stage of the Lengyel culture (Epi-Lengyel horizont, stage of Lengyel IV). Characterization of the Epi-Lengyel groups: Ludanice, Balaton-Lasinja, Bisamberg-Oberpullendorf, Jordanow group. The groups with ceramics ornamented by the furrowed-stroke technique: (Gajary-Bajč, Bajč, Retz, Křepice). The survey of the copper objects. The origin, spread and periodization of the Funnel Beaker culture (3900-3400 B.C.). Settlements, deposits of the pottery (Božice, Kostelec na Hané, Pikutkowo, Gajkowo). The funeral rituals, three groups of the burial mounds in central Moravia.The idea of megalithic structures. Sites of the socio-ritual meaning (Makotřasy, Březno u Loun). Ceramics survey and the other inventory of the Funnel Beaker culture. The early Eneolithic in the eastern Slovakia. Burial rites of the Tiszapolgár and Bodrogkeresztúr cultures. Ceramics survey and the objectes made of gold and copper. The middle Eneolithic: the Baden culture complex (3400-2900 B.C.). The origin, spread and periodization of the Baden culture. Settlement situation, open and height sites, architecture. Burial practices and rites, burial of domestic animals (cattle, dogs). The other cult manifestation (figural sculpture, sacral ceramics). The cause of the copper metalurgy damping. The younger Eneolitic (2900-2500 B.C.): Post-Baden cultures (Bošáca, Kostalac). Characterization of the Slavonien-Vučedol complex. The origin, spread and periodization of the Jevišovice culture. Its encroachment upon territory of SW Slovakia. Řivnáč, Cham -cultures and the encroachment of the Globular Amphora culture. Wachberg, Mödling-Zöbing groups in Lower Austria. The Kosihy-Čaka culture and Nyirség-Zatín group in territory of Slovakia. The late Eneolithic: the culture complex with Corded Ware in Europe. Its dividing into single find groups. The problem to distinguish of the settlement activities. Burial practices and rites. Characterization of the grave inventory, typologie of metal objects. The barrows culture with Corded Ware in eastern Slovakia. The culture complex with Bell Beakers. The origin, spread, periodization and burial rites of the Bell Beakers culture. The ceramics and the other inventory. The survey of metal objects.The position of the archers in Late Stone Age society. Chłopice-Veselé group and Protoúnětice culture. Summary of the Eneolithic period in central Europe.
Literature
  • PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Těšetice-Kyjovice. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1988, 311 s. URL info
  • PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Těšetice-Kyjovice. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1985, 217 s. URL info
  • KAZDOVÁ, Eliška. Těšetice-Kyjovice. Vyd. 1. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1984, 299 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Lecture, written test, oral examination. Knowledge of the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Central Europe from the both of semestral lectures (A and B).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: viz sylabus
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
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