PAPVA_01 Introduction to the Archaeology of the Near East

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Kubelková (lecturer)
Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 G21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This lecture introduces students to the basic characteristics of Near Eastern archaeology. The students will learn about the emergence and definition of the discipline, as well as be introduced to basic historical outline of the discipline's development. Further, the students will gain an overview of the most important scientific strategies that shaped the Near Eastern archaeology, as well as current its methodological approaches.
Syllabus
  • Introduction, introducing Centre of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East
  • The beginnings of research interest: Biblical Studies, Antique stage
  • English and French explorers of the 19th century
  • Research before World War I - Babylon, Ashur
  • Bedřich Hrozný and decipherrment of the Hittite language
  • Alois Musil: Moravian Lawrence of Arabia?
  • Leonard Woolley and the birth of NE archeological fieldwork (1920)
  • Women in the Near Eastern archeology: Gertrude Bell, Kathleen Kenyon, Dorothy Garrod ...
  • The inter-war period: French research, German research
  • Henri Frankfort and the birth of Near Eastern archeology as a historical discipline
  • Development since 1945: interdisciplinary approach, focus on issues, postprocessual archeology, community projects
  • The current state of the discipline
  • Major departments dedicated to the archeology of the Near East
  • Significant periodicals related to the archeology of the Near East
  • Important personalities of contemporary Near Eastern Archaeology
Literature
    required literature
  • Archaeologies of the Middle east : critical perspectives. Edited by Susan Pollock - Reinhard Bernbeck. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell, 2005, xi, 363. ISBN 0631230017. info
  • MATTHEWS, Roger. The archaeology of Mesopotamia : theories and approaches. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2003, x, 253. ISBN 9780415253161. info
    recommended literature
  • Peter Akkermans, Glenn Schwartz: The Archaeology of Syria – From complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies [c. 16,000-300 BC], Cambridge 2003.
  • Thomas E. Levy (ed.): The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, London 1995.
  • Frank Hole: Archaeology of Western Iran – Settlement and Society: From Prehistory to the Islamic Conquest, New York 1987.
  • CUTTING, Marion Valerie. The neolithic and early Chalcolithic farmers of central and southwest Anatolia : household, community and the changing use of space. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2005, ix, 169. ISBN 1841718718. info
  • CHARVÁT, Petr. Mesopotamia before history. Rev. and updated ed. London: Routledge, 2002, 281 s. ISBN 0415251044. info
    not specified
  • Chris Scarre (ed.): The Human Past, London 2005.
Teaching methods
lectures with in-class discussion
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2016.
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