Course: Man of the Stone Age and his world

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Course title Man of the Stone Age and his world
Course code UAR/0SCDK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • John Jan, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Chvojka Ondřej, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Definition of the Stone Age, the world of hunters and gatherers versus the world of first farmers 2. Cultural systematics of the Stone Age, pulsing of archaeological cultures. 3. Theory of settlement areas and demography of the Stone Age. 4. Houses and households of the Stone Age. 5. World of the dead, burial monuments and burial rites. 6. Enclosures and their functions. 7. Warfare, fortification and violence in the Stone Age. 8. Subsistance and agriculture in the Stone Age. 9. Raw materials and their extraction. 10. Artefacts from organic materials. 11. Metallurgy of the end of the Stone Age. 12. Trade and exchange. 13. Ritual activities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The course provides an overview of the main differences, but also common features of the Stone Age in Europe, focusing primarily on agrarian societies. Selected examples of archaeological sites, cultures and phenomena (eg ditch enclosures) will demonstrate the considerable importance of this longest period of human culture development.
Students will gain a deeper overview of society, economics, religion and other aspects of people's life in the Stone Age in Central Europe.
Prerequisites
All Stone Age related courses in the bachelor's degree in Archaeology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Student performance assessment

The course is completed with a written exam based on the topics presented. The credit is awarded on condition of presenting the chosen topic on the basis of recommended literature.
Recommended literature
  • Bickle, Penny - Whittle, Alasdair (eds.). The First Farmers of Central Europe: Diversity in LBK Lifeways. Cardiff, 2013.
  • Dobeš, Miroslav. Měď v eneolitických Čechách. Praha, 2013.
  • Fowler, Chris,; Harding, Jan,; Hofmann, Daniela. The Oxford handbook of neolithic Europe. First edition. New York : Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-954584-1.
  • Neustupný, Evžen - Dvořák, Zdeněk. Výživa pravěkých zemědělců: model. Památky archeologické 74/1. 1983.
  • Oliva, Martin; Čulíková, Věra,; Gregerová, Miroslava,; Hložek, Martin,; Jarošová, Ivana,; Lisá, Lenka,; Majer, Antonín; Nývltová Fišáková, Miriam,; Přichystal, Antonín,; Smolíková, Libuše,; Šerý, Omar,; Tvrdý, Zdeněk,; Všianský, Dalibor. Pravěké hornictví v Krumlovském lese : vznik a vývoj industriálně-sakrální krajiny na jižní Moravě = Prehistoric mining in the "Krumlovský les" (Southern Moravia) : origin and development of an industrial-sacred landscape. Vydání 1. Brno : Moravské zemské muzeum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7028-360-8.
  • Přichystal, Antonín. Kamenné suroviny v pravěku : východní části střední Evropy. Vyd. 1. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2009. ISBN 978-80-210-4928-4.
  • Whittle, A. W. R.,; Bickle, Penny. Early farmers : the view from archaeology and science. First edition. Oxford : published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-726575-8.
  • Whittle, Alasdair. Europe in the Neolithic : the creation of new worlds. Cambridge, 1999.


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