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Lecturer(s)
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Chvojka Ondřej, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Šálková Tereza, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Definition and periodisation of the Bronze Age, history of the research, basic literature. 2. Economy of the Bronze Age: climate, agriculture, production, trade. 3. Social relations in the Bronze Age. 4. Religion and arts in the Bronze Age. 5. The Bronze Age in Egeis and Balkans. 6. The Bronze Age in northern and eastern Europe. 7. The Bronze Age in western and southern Europe. 8. The Bronze Age in central Europe: Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia. 9. Beginning of the Bronze Age and Early Bronze Age in ČR and South Bohemia 10. Transition from the Early to the Middle Bronze Age in ČR and South Bohemia. 11. Middle Bronze Age in ČR and South Bohemia. 12. Late Bronze Age in ČR and South Bohemia. 13. Final Bronze Age in ČR and South Bohemia. 14. Transition from the Bronze Age to Iron Age in Central Europe.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The goal of this course is to familiarize of students with the basic attributes of development in the Bronze Age in European, Czech and regional context. The course is constituted by 3 consequent blocks: in the first one, the general characteristic of the Bronze Age will be presented, in the second one, the situation in individual European countries will be discussed, and in the third one, the resources of the Bronze Age in Bohemia will be presented. In the course the students will be familiarize with the basic literature, chronology and periodisation of this epoch, with archaeological data as well as with concrete examples of material culture in the Bronze Age.
Students become basic information about the Bronze Age in Europe and in Bohemia with the respect to South Bohemia.
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Prerequisites
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A knowledge of history on high-school education level.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
Written examination. The presence at the seminars is obligated - the condition for the credits is the presentation of seminar-work and active participation on discussions.
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Recommended literature
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Beneš, Antonín. K problémům mohylové kultury doby bronzové ve středních Čechách. Sborník Národního muzea. Praha, 1959.
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Bouzek, Jan. The Aegean, Anatolia and Central Europe in the 2nd Millenium B.C.. Praha, 1985.
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Furmánek, Václav (ed.). Staré Slovensko sv. 4. Doba bronzová. Nitra, 2015.
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Hrala, Jiří. Knovízská kultura ve středních Čechách. Praha, 1973.
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Chvojka, Ondřej - Jiráň, Luboš - Metlička, Milan. Nové české depoty doby bronzové. Hromadné nálezy kovových předmětů učiněné do roku 2013. České Budějovice - Praha - Plzeň, 2017.
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Chvojka, Ondřej. Současný stav poznání doby bronzové v jižních Čechách. In: Chvojka, O. - Krajíc, R. (eds.), Archeologie na pomezí. Sborník příspěvků ze semináře. AVJČ - Supplementum 4. České Budějovice, 2007.
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Jiráň, Luboš (ed.). Archeologie pravěkých Čech 5. Doba bronzová. Praha, 2008.
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Podborský, Vladimír a kol. Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno, 1993.
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Salaš, Milan. Depoty střední až pozdní doby bronzové na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Brno, 2005.
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