AEA_31 The Early Metal Ages in Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Vladimír Podborský, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D.
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 T227
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
Course description: This lecture is conceived of as providing a superstructure of knowledge in a Europe-wide context, on top of the knowledge of the Bronze Age and the Halstatt in Central Europe. Emphasis in placed on the European system of periods and the chronological systems of the early metal ages and orientation in academic literature.
Syllabus
  • 1. Processes of Neolithisation. Theory on the emergence of the Neolithic civilization. The pre-pottery Neolithic in the Near East and in Europe. Absolute and relative chronology systems. Proofs of the shift of the Neolithic civilization from southeast to Europe. 2. History of the Neolithic in the Near East. Overview of major cultures and their relations. Differences from the European Neolithic. 3. Neolithic of the Aegean area. Crete. Mainland Greece. Issues of the pre-pottery Neolithic. Periodization. Overview of major archaeological cultures. Tell settlements. Brief characteristic of the material culture. 4. The Neolithic of Macedonia and Bulgaria. Genesis of the Neolithic. Relative chronology at the tell settlements. Classification of the Bulgarian Neolithic and Eneolithic material cultures. Specifics of the individual regions. 5. - 6. The Neolithic and Eneolithic of Yugoslavia. Questions of genesis of the Neolithic - Lepenski Vir. Overview of the Neolithic cultures and their relations. Influence and significance for Central Europe. Differences in the development of the individual regions. 7. The Neolithic and Eneolithic of Romania. Geographical division. Pre-pottery Neolithic. Intervention of the Linear Pottery into Romania. Significant local cultures. Relations to the neighbouring regions. 8. The Neolithic and Eneolithic of the Ukraine (incl. South-Eastern Europe. Southern Bug, Dnieper-Don, comb-recess cultures etc. The Cucuteni-Tripolje complex and its importance. Periodization. 9. The Neolithic of Poland. Danubian cultures. Interventions of the Tripolje, Polgár and Lengyel types of pottery. Eneolithic cultures. Basic overview of the material culture. 10. The Neolithic of Germany. Linear Pottery culture. Geographic division and the main Neolithic and Eneolithic cultures. Overview of the material culture. 11. The Neolithic of the Carpathian basin. The issues of genesis and the relations to Central Europe. Overview of the individual cultures. Material sources and basic literature. 12. The Nordic Neolithic. Geographical demarcation. Specification of the development. Chronology. Epipaleolithic cultures. Dolmen, corridor and chamber tombs. Significance of the Funnel Beaker culture. Nordic variant of the Corded Pottery culture. 13. The Neolithic of France, Switzerland and Benelux. Intervention of the Central European cultures. Manifestations of the Corded and Bell Beaker Pottery cultures. A brief overview of the material culture. 14. The Neolithic of Italy. Issues of genesis of the Neolithic. Geographical classification and periodization. Stratigraphy at Arene Candide and its importance. Main cultures of the Italian Neolithic. Position of Northern Italy at the time of the bell Beaker culture. Overview of the material culture. l5. The Neolithic of the Iberian Peninsula and the British Isles. Problems of genesis and an overall characteristic. Chronological question. The most important cultures. The issue of the Bel Beaker culture spreading. Stonehenge. Peripheral position of the British Neolithic and an overview of the material culture.
Literature
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Greece, Anatolia and Europe :cultural interrelations during the early Iron Age. Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag, 1997, 322 s., [1. ISBN 91-7081-168-7. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. The aegean, anatolia and Europe : cultural interrelations in the second millennium B.C. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1985, 269 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Requirements for the examination: - An adequate participation at the work in the seminar - Knowledge of the European Neolithic issues - Synchronization of the main Neolithic complexes
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Informace ke způsobu ukončení viz sylabus.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2020, Spring 2025.
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