AEB_A06a Introduction to prehistoric and early historic studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Goláňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jan Jílek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Peter Tóth, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, 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
Tue 8:00–9:40 M21, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
Basic prerequisity is the active interest on subject of the course and presention on lectures.
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 19/80, only registered: 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with prehistory and early history and their basic structure. The lectures will provide basic information about individual prehistoric and early historic periods, their characteristics, transformations of human society, technologies, settlement and burial rites.
Learning outcomes
Student competences after completion of the course: - general knowledge of archaeological methods; - good knowledge of the periodisation and dating of prehistoric and early historic eras; - grasp of the most important periods in prehistory and early history; - grasp of development trends in prehistory and early history; - an informed knowledge of the basic sources of material culture. - knowledge of basic terminology in English.
Syllabus
  • The course is targeted at prehistory and early history from the origins of human society to the Roman Period.
  • The study is based on history rather than on archaeology, therefore it does not analyse the classification of material culture, but presents only historical outputs derived from analyses of the sources of material culture.
  • 1. Chronology and periodisation of prehistory and early history. The natural environment in prehistory.
  • 2. Anthropogenesis. Old and Middle Stone Age (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic)
  • 3. New Stone Age (Neolithic)
  • 4. Late Stone Age / Copper Age (Eneolithic)
  • 5. Bronze Age
  • 6. Early Iron Age (Hallstatt)
  • 7. Late Iron Age (La Tène)
  • 8. Central Europe at the time of the Roman Empire
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
  • KUNA, Martin. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 1: Pravěký svět a jeho poznání. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2007. ISBN 978-80-86124-75-9. info
  • VENCL, Slavomil and Jan FRIDRICH. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 2: Paleolit a mezolit. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2007, 164 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-76-6. info
  • PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír et al. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1993, 543 pp. ISBN 80-85048-45-0. info
    recommended literature
  • NEUSTUPNÝ, Evžen. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 4: Eneolit. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2008, 185 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-77-3. 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
  • VENCLOVÁ, Natalie. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 7: Doba laténská. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2008, 164 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-80-3. info
  • PAVLŮ, Ivan and Marie ZÁPOTOCKÁ. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 3: Neolit. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2007, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-71-1. info
  • SVOBODA, Jiří, Tadeáš CZUDEK, Pavel HAVLÍČEK, Vojen LOŽEK, Jaroslav MACOUN, Antonín PŘICHYSTAL, Helena SVOBODOVÁ and Emanuel VLČEK. Paleolit Moravy a Slezska. (Paleolithic of Moravia and Silesia.). 1st ed. Brno: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1994, 209 pp. Dolnověstonické studie 1. ISBN 80-901679-1-8. info
Teaching methods
lecture, e-learning - presentations, terminology, 3D models virtual collection in case of distance education streamed lectures and practice tests in elf system
Assessment methods
Prerequisite of access to the oral examination is regular feedback test in e-learning after every lecture. The course is evaluated by oral examination. In case of distance education, oral examinations is moved to the MS teams.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Edited by Jaromír Kubíček. V Brně: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, 1993. 543 s. ISBN 8085048450.

Archeologie pravěkých Čech 1-8. Edited by Martin Kuna. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2007. 163 s. ISBN 9788086124759.

PLEINER, Radomír a Alena RYBOVÁ. Pravěké dějiny Čech. Praha: Academia, 1978.

PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Dějiny pravěku a rané doby dějinné. 3. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006. 325 s. ISBN 8021041536.

SKLENÁŘ, Karel, Zuzana BLÁHOVÁ-SKLENÁŘOVÁ a Miloslav SLABINA. Encyklopedie pravěku v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002. 427 s. ISBN 8072771159.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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