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Lecturer(s)
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Beneš Jaromír, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Ptáková Michaela, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: Lectures are based on interdisciplinary approach, combining geology, environmental archaeology, archaeobotany and landscape history. Content: Pleistocene earth and climatic development, vegetation, fauna and humans in Pleistocene. Holocene, methods of research, periodisation. Climatic oscilation in Prehistory and its influence on landscape. Pollen analysis and its application for landscape reconstructions. Origins of agriculture in Near East. Agricultural dispersal in Balkans and Central Europe. History of human impact on Central European landscape from the Mesolithic Period until Early Modern Period. Content of practices:
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Preparation for classes
- 30 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The lecture is intended for more advanced students and doctoral students. The main purpose is to acquaint with the historical development of the landscape in the youngest geological period in the Quaternary, but the focus of the lecture is only in the Holocene. The development of the landscape is presented from the perspective of human participation and its influence on the landscape, in the Eurasian context. Half of the lessons are based on methodological overviews of the fields of archeology, archaeobotany, archaeozoology and geology of the Quaternary (how knowledge is obtained and how to interpret it). The second half of the lectures is systematically explanatory, ie the actual development of the landscape from the Pleistocene to the modern age (the oldest influence of the Mesolithic, history of agricultural deforestation, development of agriculture, floodplain creation, medieval colonization, urban landscape).
Students will receive comprehensive information on the development of landscape and nature, including the development of human cultures from the Paleolithic to the present. They will understand the importance of the anthropogenic element and its formative influence on the appearance and structure of the landscape. The lecture is quite eclectic, it includes knowledge from several fields, such as archeology and paleoecology, but also archaeobotany and zoology.
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Prerequisites
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The course is intended more for students at higher levels of study, it requires a number of advanced knowledge in the field of botany and zoology. Issues related to archeology and history will be explained to students during the course.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Knowledge of the content of basic monographs focused on landscape development.
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Recommended literature
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G. Lang, Quartäre Vegetationsgeschichte Europas. Jena-Stuttgart-New York 1994.
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H. Küster, Geschichte der Landschaft in Mitteleuropa. München.
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M. Bell M. J. Walker, Late Quaternary Environmental Change. New York 1992.
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N. Roberts, The Holocene. An Environmental History. Oxford 1991.
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J. Beneš. Počátky zemědělství ve starém světě. České Budějovice, 2018.
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