AEB_108 Southwest Bohemia and upper Danube River durning the bronze Age and older iron Age

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Chvojka, 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
each even Wednesday 10:50–14:05 C43
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
there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Goals of the lecture: south and west Bohemia, Bavaria and upper Austria from bronze age to hallstatt, history of research, important localities, material culture, teoretical problems.
Syllabus
  • 1. Natural conditions, sources of raw material, resident potential, tradition of stone age, cultural situation in south and west Bohemia and Bavarian and Upper Austrian Danube region in young and late chalcolithics. 2. Beginning of bronze age, alteration of cupper age. 3. Old bronze age, Straubing culture, south bohemian Aunjetitzer culture, interrupt in west Bohemia. 4. Copper metallurgy, sources of raw materials, mining, distribution, deposits. 5. End of the old bronze age, Maďarov-Věteřov culture intervention. 6. Tumulus cultures. 7. Beginning of urn field period, definition and interrelations to nearby regions. 8. Young bronze age, Knovíz and Milavče culture. interrelations to nearby regions. 9. Late bronze age. Fall of settlements, disconnection in west Bohemia, culmination in upper danubic region. 10. Transmision from bronze age to hallstatt, influence of nomad cultures. 11. Hallstatt in south and west Bohemia. 12. Late hallstatt age and transition to Laténe, formation of Celts.
Literature
  • Pravěké dějiny Čech. Edited by Radomír Pleiner - Alena Rybová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 870 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2018.
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