PřF:Bi8611 Palaeoethnology - Course Information
Bi8611 Palaeoethnology
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc. - 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 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The main objectives of the course is to review the theoretical bases of: palaeoethnology; processual and postprocessual archaeology; theory of cultural change; interpretation of environmental, archaeological, and ethnological records. Furthermore, it focuses on use of ethnological analogies with the aim to reconstruct past and recent social systems.
- Syllabus
- 1.Terminological definitions: paleoethnology, archaeological ethnography, ethnoarchaeology.
- 2.History of research (19th century, intermediary period, impact of procesualism, actual state of research), models (continuous, discontinuous), methods (fieldwork, literary studies, collections).
- 3.Human society in landscape, settlement analysis, seasonality.
- 4.Nurture, production processes, artifacts
- 5.Rituals.
- 6.Ethnicity (contacts, acculturation).
- Literature
- Chang, K. C.: Major Aspects of the Interrelationship between Archaeology and
- David, N. – Kramer, C.: Ethnoarchaeology in Action. Cambridge University Press, New York 2001.
- Binford, L. R.: Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology. Academic Press, New York 1978.
- Jelínek, J.: Střecha nad hlavou. Kořeny nejstarší architektury a bydlení. Vutium, Brno 2006.
- Gould, R.: Living Archaeology. Cambridge University Press, London-New York 1980.
- Barnard A.: Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology. Berg Publishers 2004.
- SVOBODA, Jiří and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 19: Paleolit a mezolit: Pohřební ritus. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2003, 128 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-3182-4. info
- SVOBODA, Jiří, V. LOŽEK and E. VLČEK. Hunters between East and West: The Paleolithic of Moravia. New York - London: Plenum, 1996, 307 pp. Interdisciplinary Contribution to Archaeology. ISBN 0-306-45250-2. info
- Assessment methods
- Lectures, the course is concluded with an oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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