AES_204 Ethnoarchaeology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
4/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Květina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Květina, 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
each odd Wednesday 12:00–15:40 M22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(60)
Předmět je určen zájemcům o problematiku. Předpokladem pro zápis do kurzu je absolvování předmětů AEB_06a a AEB_06b .
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarise the students with interpretation of archaeological contexts through the medium of anthropological models. They are formulated on the basis of on-site research in contemporary and recent pre-industrial societies. Anthropological models represent an important comparative level of prehistoric and historic archaeology. The students are led to look at extinct societies without anthropocentrism and with respect to cultural difference of “the others”.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- distinguish the properties of artefacts in relation to the domains of living culture
- assess the relevance of ethnological analogies in archaeology
- have basic orientation in the typology of archaic societies
- use anthropologically defined models for archaeological interpretations
- on the example of a selected problem area, formulate an essay with emphasis on the student's own opinion.
Syllabus
  • Course plan:
  • 1. Subject and methods of ethnoarchaeology.
  • 2. The first contact: archaeology as a study of the others.
  • 3. The relationship between anthropological and archaeological culture.
  • 4. Ethnicity and social identity.
  • 5. War.
  • 6. Emergence of archaeological material.
  • 7. Waste disposal.
  • 8. Artefacts – functions, operational sequences, taxonomy and style.
  • 9. Specialised production.
  • 10. Trade and exchange.
  • 11. Settlement – systems and patterns, settlement structure and activities.
  • 12. Social organisation.
  • 13. Emergence of early states.
Literature
    required literature
  • KVĚTINA, Petr, Jaroslav ŘÍDKÝ, Markéta KONČELOVÁ, Pavel BURGERT, Radka ŠUMBEROVÁ, Ivan PAVLŮ, Hana BRZOBOHATÁ, Olga TROJÁNKOVÁ, Petr VAVREČKA and Jiří UNGER. Minulost, kterou nikdo nezapsal. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2015, 656 stran. ISBN 9788074651731. info
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Sociální a kulturní antropologie : příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2008, 407 stran. ISBN 9788073674656. info
  • SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny antropologie : (encyklopedický přehled dějin fyzické antropologie, paleoantropologie, sociální a kulturní antropologie). Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 667 stran. ISBN 8024603373. info
    recommended literature
  • TRIGGER, Bruce G. A history of archaeological thought. 2nd pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, xx, 710. ISBN 9780521600491. info
  • DAVID, Nicholas and Carol KRAMER. Ethnoarchaeology in action. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xxiv, 476. ISBN 0521667798. info
  • BUDIL, Ivo T. Mýtus, jazyk a kulturní antropologie. 3. vyd. Praha: Triton, 1998, 259 s. ISBN 8072540017. info
  • Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Edited by Robert Francis Murphy - Hana Červinková. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 267 s. ISBN 80-85850-53-2. info
  • SHOSTAKOVÁ, Marjoria. Nisa, dcera Kungů. : Intimní život ženy mizejícího světa z angl. 1. vyd. Praha, 1993, 303 s. : i. ISBN 80-204-0345-0. info
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Smutné tropy. Translated by Jiří Pechar. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1966, 294 stran. info
Teaching methods
General acquaintance with specialised literature recommended for the study. Individual acquaintance with recommended audiovisual sources. Selection of a problem topic from the proposed list and elaboration of an authorial essay.
Assessment methods
The precondition of a successful attestation is the elaboration of an essay on a chosen topic approved by the course director (extent 4,000 – 5,000 characters including spaces, the literature used by the author must be cited). The syllabus, literature for study and requirements for the final essay are available on http://www.bylany.com/univerzita/etnoarcheologie.html
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Omezení získanými kredity je nastaveno primárně pro bakalářský cyklus. Studenti v navazujícím studiu si mohou požádat o výjimku.
Teacher's information
http://www.bylany.com/univerzita/etnoarcheologie.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2024.
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