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Lecturer(s)
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Hrubý Petr, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to Medieval Ore Mining, Theory, Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach 2. Infrastructure of Mining Areas, Historical Technologies, Sources 3. Medieval Exploitation of Gold from an Interdisciplinary View 4. Exploitation of Polymatelic Ores in Medieval Europe 1 5. Exploitation of Polymatelic Ores in Medieval Europe 2 7. Legal Development of Precious Metal Production in the Přemyslid Monarchy 8. The Oldest Ore Areas in the Premyslid Territory 1 9. The Oldest Ore Areas in the Premyslid Territory 2 10. Medieval Mining Landscape: Settlement Infrastructure, Colonization and Deforestation 11. Technical Infrastructure of Areas 1: Mining and Ore Treatment 12. Technical Infrastructure of Areas 2: Metallurgy 13. Technical Infrastructure of Areas 3: Archaeometallurgical Findings, Silver and Minting 14. Mining Areas and Mining Communities
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Projection
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to educate the students in the research of medieval ore mining. The course provides them insight into a specific part of economic and politic history of the Middle Ages - technology of mining and preparation of ores, metallurgy, raw material trade, minting and coining, significance of precious metals in the medieval world.
The student will gain the knowledge of medieval ore mining and metal production, in the field of medieval trade in metals and raw materials as well as in the field of medieval finance. Knowledge of the interdisciplinary character of research is a valuable output. This allows students a new insight into the topics of medieval archaeology.
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Prerequisites
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The course is intended for students who are interested in studying medieval, landscape and environmental archaeology and especially mining archaeology.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Colloquium
Participation in lectures (80%) and a final colloquium (interview/discussion) on selected topics is a prerequisite for the course.
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Recommended literature
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Bartels, Christoph, Fessner, Michael, Klappauf, Lothar and Linke, Friedrich Albert. Montanregion Harz. Kupfer, Blei und Silber aus dem Goslarer Rammelsberg von den Anfängen bis 1620. Die Entwicklung des Hüttenwesens von den frühmittelalterlichen Schmelzplätzen im Wald bis zur Metallerzeugung in großem Maßstab am Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts nach den archäologischen und schriftlichen Quellen.. Bochum, 2007.
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Derner, Kryštof. Středověké hornictví a hutnictví na Přísečnicku ve středním Krušnohoří - Mittelalterlicher Bergbau und Hüttenwesen in der Region Preßnitz im mittleren Erzgebirge. 2018.
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Hrubý, Petr, Hejhal, Petr, Kočár Petr, Libor, Petr and Malý, Karel. Centrální Českomoravská vrchovina na prahu vrcholného středověku. Archeologie, geochemie a rozbory sedimentárních výplní niv. Brno. 2014.
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Hrubý, Petr. Jihlava - Staré Hory. Archeologický výzkum středověkého důlního, úpravnického a obytného areálu v letech 2002?2006. Příspěvek ke studiu středověkého rudného hornictví. 2011.
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Hrubý, Petr. Metalurgická produkční sféra na Českomoravské vrchovině v závěru přemyslovské éry. Brno. 2019.
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Rippon, S., Claughton, P., Smart, Ch. Mining in a Mediaeval Landscape. The Royal Silver Mines of the Tamar Valley.. Exeter, 2009.
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