PřF:Bi3170 Anthropology of prehistory - Course Information
Bi3170 Anthropology of prehistory
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Josef Unger, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Josef Unger, CSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Josef Unger, CSc. - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:50 Bp1
- 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
- there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- In this course the students will be acquainted with basic archeological periodization and development of the Prehistoric settlement primarily in the Moravia region. An emphasis is placed on the life style and ways of living in the individual phases of Prehistoric Era. At the end of this course the student will be acquainted with the specific problems of Prehistoric Era and to communicate with archeologists.
- Syllabus
- 1. Methods of recognition of Prehistoric Era history
- 2. Hunters and gatherers (the Paleolithic and Mesolithic)
- 3. The first agriculturists (the Neolithic)
- 4. The prehistoric society and the beginnings of use of metal (the Eneolithic)
- 5. The prehistoric society and the use of bronze (the Bronze Age)
- 6. The prehistoric society and the beginnings of use of iron (the Hallstatt period)
- 7. The first attempt on civilization - the Celts
- 8. The German peoples in contact with the Roman Empire (the Hallstatt period until the Migration period)
- 9. Excursion in the Moravian Museum (the Paleolithic-the Bronze Age)
- 10. Excursion in the Moravian Museum (Hallstatt period-Migration period
- Literature
- Podborský V.: Dějiny pravěku a rané doby dějinné, Brno 1997.
- Podborský V. ad.: Pravěké dějiny Moravy, Brno 1993.
- Sklenář K. ad.: Encyklopedie pravěku v~Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, Praha 2002.
- DROBERJAR, Eduard. Encyklopedie římské a germánské archeologie v Čechách a na Moravě. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 456 s. ISBN 807277106X. info
- Pravěké dějiny Čech. Edited by Radomír Pleiner - Alena Rybová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 870 s. URL info
- Assessment methods
- Lectures, excursions, semestral papers by students. The course is concluded by an exam, after elaborating an essay ranging 8-10 pages. Exam includes a written test and an oral exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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