FF:AEB_A07b Material Culture BA and H - Course Information
AEB_A07b Material Culture of Bronze Age and Hallstatt
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Markéta Havlíková (lecturer)
Mgr. David Hons (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Novák, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- Previous completion of
is an advantage but not a prerequisite. At the same time, it is recommended to enrol and . - 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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of the seminar is to familiarize the students with the typical inventory from the Bronze Age to the Hallstatt Period. Examples of finds will be demonstrated in the chronological order to illustrate either the sequence of development or discontinuity of material culture. In the seminars the student will acquire knowledge of both settlement and grave finds through the departmental collections.
- Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to:
- identify the categories of the Bronze Age and Hallstatt Period artefacts and classify them chronologically;
- describe the characteristics that are decisive for determining the type and period;
- have orientation in literature related to the Bronze Age and Hallstatt Period artefacts. - Syllabus
- 1. Early and Middle Bronze Age pottery
- 2. Urnfield Period pottery
- 3. Hallstatt pottery
- 4. Introduction to the raw material resources for the production of bronze. Prehistoric necklaces, rib ingots. Horizons of hoards. Products made of bronze sheet (sheet vessels). Protective armour (suit of armour, helmet, greaves, shield, gloves)
- 5. Bronze and iron pins
- 6. Bronze Age and Hallstatt Period brooches
- 7. Copper, bronze and iron daggers
- 8. Full-grip swords and grip-tongue swords
- 9. Copper and bronze battle axes. Copper and bronze axes and hammers. Chisels.
- 10. Copper and bronze knives. Reaping hooks. Razors. Spear, javelin.
- 11. Personal ornaments (earrings, bracelets, anklets, turbans, neck rings and necklaces, diadems, bosses and tutuli, pendants)
- 12. Visit to the MZM exhibition
- 13. Course-unit credit.
- Literature
- required literature
- JIRÁŇ, Luboš. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 5: Doba bronzová. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2008, 265 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-78-0. info
- VENCLOVÁ, Natalie. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 6: Doba halštatská. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2008, 173 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-79-7. info
- PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír et al. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1993, 543 pp. ISBN 80-85048-45-0. info
- recommended literature
- BUJNA, Jozef, Václav FURMÁNEK, Egon WIEDERMANN and Zora BIELICHOVÁ. Staré Slovensko. Nitra: Archeologický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2013, 244 s. ISBN 9788089315444. info
- Bronzové depoty střední až pozdní doby bronzové na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Edited by Milan Salaš. 1. vyd. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2005, 499 s. ISBN 8070282126. info
- Bronzové depoty střední až pozdní doby bronzové na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Edited by Milan Salaš. 1. vyd. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2005, 532 s. ISBN 8070282118. info
- MOUCHA, Václav. Hortfunde : der frühen Bronzezeit in Böhmen. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2005, 511 s. ISBN 8086124576. info
- PALÁTOVÁ, Hana and Milan SALAŠ. Bronzezeitliche Gefässdepotfunde in Mähren und benachbarten Gebieten. Vyd. 1. Brno: Ústav archeologické památkové péče, 2002, 194 s. ISBN 80-86399-08-7. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, shows of departmental collections
- Assessment methods
- Completion Requirements for the course-unit credit are: - Adequate participation in the seminar (3 absences are allowed) - Self-study based on the recommended literature (in the study materials to the subject) - Completion of four out of five intermediate tests at ELF and ceramics examination (in person over ceramic material)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on completion of the course: Pro udělení zápočtu je třeba aktivní účast na semináři a dosažení dostatečného počtu bodů v zápočtovém testu.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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