PAPVA_32 The Bronze Age in the Anatolia

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Peter Pavúk, PhD. (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 8. 3. 15:50–19:05 J22, Fri 9. 3. 9:10–12:25 K33, Thu 22. 3. 15:50–19:05 J22, Fri 23. 3. 9:10–12:25 K33, Thu 19. 4. 15:50–19:05 J22, Fri 20. 4. 9:10–12:25 K33
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
The course will provide the basic overview of material culture, architecture and burial rites on the background of historical and cultural development during Bronze Age in the area of Western and Central Turkey, as well as its adjacent islands (Samothrace, Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Rhodes). Emphasis will be put on the sites of Troy, Beycesultan, Miletus and Boğazköy-Hatušša. A brief introduction to the topic of Hittites will be included.
Syllabus
  • 1. Geographical and historical overview of Anatolia. 2. The first high-cultures at the end of the 4thMilleniumand the royal tombs of Alaca Huyukin the 3rd Millenium BC. 3. Assyrian colonies in Central Anatolia (Early2ndMillenium BC) 4. The expansion of the Hittite empire, political geography, topography, cult and governance 5. Anatolian literature: types of texts, literary culture in Anatolia 6. Western Anatolia in the 3rd Millenium (Troia, Demircihüyük, Liman Tepe, Beycesultan + Eastern Aegean Islands) 7. Western Anatolia in the 2nd Millenium (Troia, Beycesultan and Milét) 8. Relations between Aegean, western Anatolia and the Hittites, Luwians, Assuwa countries, Wilusa, Seha, Arzawa and Ahhiyawa 9. The end of Bronze Age Anatolian Civilizations: migration of foreign elements from the Balkans, the problem of "sea peoples" and language issues
Literature
  • ALKIM, B. 1968: Anatolien I. München.
  • HROUDA, B. 1971: Vorderasien I. Mesopotamien, Iran, Babylonien und Anatolien. München.
  • ÖZGÜC, T. ET AL. 2002: Die Hethiter und ihr Reich. Ausstellungskatalog. Bonn.
  • MÜLLER-KARPE, A. 1994: Altanatolisches Metalhandwerk. Neumünster.
  • AKURGAL,E.-HIRMER,M. 1961: Die Kunst der Hethiter. München.
  • BAYNE, N. 2000: The Grey wares of North-Western Anatolia. Bonn.
  • METZGER, H. 1969: Anatolien II. München.
  • BLEGEN, C.W. et al. 1950, 1951, 1953, 1957: Troy. Princeton
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
control test during the semester; written final test
Language of instruction
Slovak
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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