AES_305 The relationship of man and animal in the Palaeolithic

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Galetová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martina Galetová, 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 12:00–13:40 M12
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předmět je určen zájemcům o problematiku.
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 14 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/14, only registered: 0/14, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/14
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the course is to familiarize the students with the relation of man and animal in the Palaeolithic. In that period, animals play an essential role in life of humans and their society – as source of subsistence, materials treated further on, and they are depicted in art. The course tries to answer the question about the role of animals in human society and how the relation between man and animal influences the society.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able:
- to orientate himself in the history of the relations between man and animal and their forms in the Palaeolithic
- to use and interpret the results of basic archaeozoological methods and ethnographic analogies
- to define the status of animal in various Palaeolithic cultures
Syllabus
  • 1. History of the relation between humans and animals and world concept in prehistory
  • 2. Study methods – archaeozoology, seasonality, ethnological analogies
  • 3. Animal status in the Palaeolithic – animal as food – as a source of material – as theme of depiction
  • 4. Animal as food, subsistence strategy of the man
  • 5. Animal as a source of material
  • 6. Animal as a symbol
  • 7. Animal and the spiritual world of man
  • 8. Human – animal and death
  • 9. Iconic animals: mammoth, horse and reindeer
  • 10. Man and Carnivora
  • 11. Beginnings of domestication?
  • 12. Relation between human and animal in the Aurignacian
  • 13. Relation between human and animal in the Gravettian
  • 14. Relation between human and animal in the Magdalenian
Literature
    required literature
  • Jelínek, J. (1972). Velký obrazový atlas člověka. Praha, Artia.
  • OLIVA, Martin. Palaeolithic art of Moravia :the Anthropos collection of the Moravian museum. Vydání 1. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2015, 172 stran. ISBN 9788070284551. info
  • MUSIL, Rudolf. Morava v době ledové. Prostředí posledního glaciálu a metody jeho poznávání (Moravia in the Ice Ages. The last glacial period and methods of its research). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 228 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6364-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-6364-2014. Internetové knihkupectví Munipress info
  • Počátky umění. Photo by Jiří A. Svoboda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2011, 335 s. ISBN 9788020019257. info
  • Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie : modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie a "příbuzných" oborů. 19, Paleolit a mezolit: Pohřební ritus. Edited by Jaroslav Malina. Brno: Nadace Universitas Masarykiana, 2003, 128 s. : i. ISBN 80-210-3182-4. info
    recommended literature
  • Delporte, H. (1990). L'image des animaux dans l'art préhistorique. Paris, Picard éditeur.
  • Animals and Human Society Changing
    not specified
  • Ingold, T. (2002). From trust to domination An alternative history of human-animal relations. In: A. Manning and J. Serpell: Animals and Human Society Changing Perspectives. Routledge.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
a term paper up to max. 3 pages
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in three years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2025.
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