AEA_55 Material Culture of the Stone Age

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Schenk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 C42
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The goal of the seminar is to familiarize the students with the typical inventory from the Stone Age. Examples of finds will be demonstrated in the chronological order to illustrate either the sequence of development or discontinuity of the Stone Age material culture. In the seminars the student will acquire knowledge of both settlement and grave finds through the departmental collections.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus 1. Usage of stone in the primeval era; types of raw materials; typology of artefacts in various primeval epochs. 2. Organic materials and their utilisation in the primeval era. Bone and antler industries; examples in the individual primeval epochs or cultures. 3. - 5. Basic content of material culture in the Paleolithic cultures. 6. - 7. Main categories of archaeological artefacts of the Neolithic period. 8. - 9. Main categories of archaeological artefacts of the Late Stone Age.
Literature
  • PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Edited by Jaromír Kubíček. V Brně: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1993, 543 s. ISBN 8085048450. info
Teaching methods
lectures, shows of departmental collections
Assessment methods
Completion Requirements for the course-unit credit: - Practical knowledge of archaeological material according to cultures - Basic orientation in the studied issues, also based on literary production
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019.
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