AEM_01b Seminar in Archeological Methods II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Goláňová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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 10:00–11:40 M12
Prerequisites
A good knowledge of English and one other foreign language is a prerequisite for successful completion of the course. Some classes may be conducted in English.
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Among the fundamental goals of the seminar we count the enhancement of the students’ knowledge of prehistoric archaeology. After successful completion of the course, students will be able to set their own research into the interdisciplinary and international context. Students will also improve their discussion and argumentation skills, in both spoken and written form. Emphasis will be put on the presentation of their own ideas and understanding of written text.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, student will be able to:
- identify current topics of prehistoric and early historical research;
- formulate opinions on selected issues based on studied literature and set the results of this study into a broader context;
- compare scientific opinions on selected issues and justify their methodological bases;
- hold a well-founded discussion about a special topic;
- write a professional argumentative essay including the bibliographic references.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Archaeology and Politics I - our Celtic drop of blood? 3. Archaeology and Politics II - Greek History as Politics 4. Discussion 5. Identity and Archaeology I - Romanization 6. Identity and Archaeology II - Minoan Identity 7. Discussion 8. Migration I - Celtic mobility in written sources vs. archaeology and modern analysis 9. Migration II - Greek colonization, the Phoenicians and the Sea Peoples 10. Discussion 11. Elites I - Fürstengräber, female elites 12. Elites II and their recognition in antiquity 13. Discussion and conclusion
Literature
    required literature
  • Wobst, M.H., 1978. The Archaeo-Ethnology of Hunter-Gatherers or the Tyranny of the Ethnographic Record in Archaeology. American Antiquity 43, 303–309.
  • Fahlander, F., 2004. Archaeology and Anthropology - Brothers in Arms? On Analogies in 21st-century Archaeology, in: Fahlander, F., Oestigaard, T. (Eds.), Material Culture and Other Things. Post-Disciplinary Studies in the 21st Century
  • Sosna, Daniel, Sládek, V., Galeta, P., 2010. Investigating mortuary sites: The search for synergy. Anthropologie XLVIII, 33–40.
  • Chapman, R., 2013. Death, burial, and social representation, in: Tarlow, S., Nilsson Stutz, L. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 47–57.
  • SØRENSEN, Marie Louise Stig. Gender archaeology. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity, 2000, xi, 236. ISBN 0745620140. info
    recommended literature
  • Květina, P., Hrnčíř, V., 2013. Between archaeology and anthropology: imagining Neolithic settlements. Anthropologie 51, 323–347.
  • Gilchrist, R., 1999. Gender and archaeology: contesting the past. Routledge, London ; New York.
  • Gramsch, A. (Ed.), 2000. Vergleichen als archäologische Methode: Analogien in den Archäologien: mit Beiträgen einer Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theorie (T-AG) und einer kommentierten Bibliographie, BAR international series 825.
  • Bickle, P., Whittle, A. (Eds.), 2013. The first farmers of central Europe: diversity in LBK lifeways. Oxbow Books, Oxford and Oakville.
  • Gosden, C., 1999. Anthropology and archaeology: a changing relationship. Routledge, London; New York.
  • DOLEŽALOVÁ, Kateřina. První ženy moravské archeologie (First woman of Moravian archaeology). Studia archaeologica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, roč. 18, č. 2, p. 63-78. ISSN 1805-918X. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • HARDING, A. F. Warriors and weapons in Bronze age Europe. Budapest: Archaeolingua Alapítvány, 2007, 228 s. ISBN 9789638046864. info
  • MALLORY, J. P. and Douglas Q. ADAMS. The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, xxiv, 731. ISBN 9780199287918. info
  • EARLE, Timothy K. Bronze Age economics : the beginnings of political economies. Boulder: Westview Press, 2002, xi, 452. ISBN 0813338778. info
Teaching methods
fulfilling tasks in ELF - homework with compulsory literature, discussions, essay
Assessment methods
Requirements for the course-unit credit: homework, an adequately active participation in the seminars (2 absences tolerated); essay of sufficient quality
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: K získání zápočtu je třeba dostatečná a aktivní účast a splnění zadaných úkolů.
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
see ELF - AEM_01b Metodologický seminář II with study literature
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026.
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