PAPVA_01 Introduction to archaeology of the Near East

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Charvát, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Katarína Válová
Timetable
Thu 15. 4. 10:00–14:55 K22, Thu 22. 4. 10:00–14:55 K22, Thu 29. 4. 10:00–14:55 K22, Thu 6. 5. 10:00–14:55 K22, Thu 13. 5. 10:00–14:55 K22, Thu 20. 5. 10:00–14:55 K22
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
This course will provide the students with review of the basic fatures of development of Near Eastern archaeology.
Syllabus
  • The beginnings in the 19th century (english and french researches).
  • The birth of field archaeology in the Near East after 1920: Leonard Woolley and his school.
  • French and German excavations between the two world wars.
  • The birth of Near Eastern archaeology as a historical discipline: Henri Frankfort
  • Post-1945 developments: "interdisciplinary and problem-oriented" approach: Robert and Linda Braidwood, and the dynamics of historical development.
  • Post-1945 developments: "longue durée" structures and their research: Frank Hole.
Literature
  • Thomas E. Levy (ed.): The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, London 1995.
  • Marion V. Cutting: The Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Farmers of Central and Southwest Anatolia – Household, Community and the Changing Use of Space (BAR International Series 1435), Oxford 2005.
  • The archaeology of the Society in the Holy land
  • Frank Hole: Archaeology of Western Iran – Settlement and Society: From Prehistory to the Islamic Conquest, New York 1987.
  • Peter Akkermans, Glenn Schwartz: The Archaeology of Syria – From complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies [c. 16,000-300 BC], Cambridge 2003.
  • Chris Scarre (ed.): The Human Past, London 2005.
  • CHARVÁT, Petr. Mesopotamia before history. Rev. and updated ed. London: Routledge, 2002, 281 s. ISBN 0415251044. info
  • PAPOUŠEK, Dalibor. Jiří Prosecký (ed.), Encyklopedie starověkého Předního východu (Jiří Prosecký (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the Ancient Near East). Religio : revue pro religionistiku. Brno: Česká společnost pro studium náboženství, 1999, vol. 7, No 2, p. 215-217. ISSN 1210-3640. info
Teaching methods
lectures with class discussion
Assessment methods
examination - written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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