PAPVA_43 Chalcolithic of the Near East - Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Susan Pollock, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Seminary is based on active communication about topics which will be resolve during the cource "Chalcolithic of the Near East".
Syllabus
  • Mesopotamia: Ubaid period: culture-historical overview Mesopotamia: Ubaid period: politically and socially egalitarian or hierarchical? Mesopotamia: Ubaid period: localized economies and inter-regional interactions Mesopotamia: Uruk period: culture-historical overview • Mesopotamia: Uruk period: tributary economies, specialization, and the growth of dependent labor Mesopotamia: Uruk period: ‘Uruk expansion’ and long-distance exchange • Levant: Chalcolithic: culture-historical overview Levant: Chalcolithic: growth of metallurgy Levant: Chalcolithic: cult, sanctuaries, and hoards Recording, accounting, and the invention of writing The representation of people in durable media: figurines, stelae, and seals Religion and ritual: architecture, image, and practice The growth of dependency: class and gender
Literature
  • Kerner, S. Das Chalkolithikum in der südlichen Levante: Die Entwicklung handwerklicher Spezialisierung und ihre Beziehung zu gesellschaftlicher Komplexität, Rahden – Westfalen 2001.
  • Algaze, G. The Uruk World System: The Dynamics of Expansion of Early Mesopotamian Civilization, Chicago 1993.
  • Kuhrt, A. The Ancient Near East c. 3000-330 BC. 2 vols. London - New York, 1995.
  • Peter Akkermans, Glenn Schwartz: The Archaeology of Syria – From complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies [c. 16,000-300 BC], Cambridge 2003.
  • Philip, G. – Baird, D. (eds.). Ceramics and Change in the Early Bronze Age of the Southern Levant, Sheffield: 2000.
  • de Miroschedji, P. (ed.). L'urbanisation de la Palestine à l'âge du Bronze ancien: Bilan et perspectives des recherches actuelles, [British Archaeological Reports International Series 527] Oxford 1988.
  • MacDonald, B. – Adams, R. – Bienkowski (eds.). The Archaeology of Jordan, Sheffield: 2005.
Teaching methods
student´t presentations and discussion
Assessment methods
presentation, presence in the seminar (70%)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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