PAPVA_32 The Bronze Age in the Anatolia

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Peter Pavúk, PhD. (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Thursday 17:30–20:45 K21, each even Friday 9:10–12:25 K22
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
The course will provide the basic overview of material culture, architecture and burial rites on the background of historical and cultural development during Bronze Age in the area of Western and Central Turkey, as well as its adjacent islands (Samothrace, Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Rhodes). Emphasis will be put on the sites of Troy, Beycesultan, Miletus and Boğazköy-Hatušša. A brief introduction to the topic of Hittites will be included.
Syllabus
  • 1. Geographical and historical overview of Anatolia. 2. The first high-cultures at the end of the 4thMilleniumand the royal tombs of Alaca Huyukin the 3rd Millenium BC. 3. Assyrian colonies in Central Anatolia (Early2ndMillenium BC) 4. The expansion of the Hittite empire, political geography, topography, cult and governance 5. Anatolian literature: types of texts, literary culture in Anatolia 6. Western Anatolia in the 3rd Millenium (Troia, Demircihüyük, Liman Tepe, Beycesultan + Eastern Aegean Islands) 7. Western Anatolia in the 2nd Millenium (Troia, Beycesultan and Milét) 8. Relations between Aegean, western Anatolia and the Hittites, Luwians, Assuwa countries, Wilusa, Seha, Arzawa and Ahhiyawa 9. The end of Bronze Age Anatolian Civilizations: migration of foreign elements from the Balkans, the problem of "sea peoples" and language issues
Literature
  • ALKIM, B. 1968: Anatolien I. München.
  • AKURGAL,E.-HIRMER,M. 1961: Die Kunst der Hethiter. München.
  • ÖZGÜC, T. ET AL. 2002: Die Hethiter und ihr Reich. Ausstellungskatalog. Bonn.
  • METZGER, H. 1969: Anatolien II. München.
  • BLEGEN, C.W. et al. 1950, 1951, 1953, 1957: Troy. Princeton
  • BAYNE, N. 2000: The Grey wares of North-Western Anatolia. Bonn.
  • MÜLLER-KARPE, A. 1994: Altanatolisches Metalhandwerk. Neumünster.
  • HROUDA, B. 1971: Vorderasien I. Mesopotamien, Iran, Babylonien und Anatolien. München.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Slovak
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
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