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Lecturer(s)
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Chvojka Ondřej, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction: characteristic of the Period, traditions of the Copper Age. 2. Man: anthropology, genetics, Indoeuropeans, ethnogenesis, appearance of the people, clothing. 3. Social relations, elites, specialised production, exchange. 4. Subsistence: agriculture, archaeobotany, farming and hunting, archaeozoology. 5. Mining, distribution and use of raw materials. 6. Transport and means of transport. 7. Trade, exchange, long-distance contacts, roads. 8. Hoards - their meaning, typology, compositions. 9. Military, weapons, wars, invasions etc. 10. Settlements, architecture, urbanisation, typology of houses etc. 11. Burials, their time-spatial development and local specifics. 12. Religion: sanctuaries, religion centres, sacral artefacts etc. 13. Art - visual, musical. 14. Intellectual skills - astronomy, writing, medicine.
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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 aim of this course is the intensify of student´s knowledge about the society, economy, religion and another aspects of men´s life of Central Europe in the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, i.e. in the period of about 2300 - 50 BC.
Students become intensify information about the society, economy, religion and another aspects of men´s life of Bronze Age and the Iron Age in Central Europe.
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Prerequisites
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Graduate of the courses "Bronze Age" and "Iron Age" in the bachelors study of Archaeology.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Student performance assessment
Written examination. Knowledge of the teaching subjects and the recommended specialized literature; it will be taken the activity in the discussions during the teaching into consideration. In seminars each student must present a paper on chosen topic.
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Recommended literature
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Bartelheim, Martin - Stäuble, Harald Hrsg. Die wirtschaftlichen Grundlagen der Bronzezeit Europas. Rahden/Westf., 2009.
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Bartelheim, Martin. Die Rolle der Metallurgie in vorgeschichtlichen Gesellschaften. Rahden/Westf., 2007.
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Fokkens, Harry,; Harding, A. F. The Oxford handbook of the European Bronze Age. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-957286-1.
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Hänsel, Alix - Hänsel, Bernhard. Gaben an die Götter. Schätze der Bronzezeit Europas. Berlin, 1997.
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Hänsel, Bernhard (ed.). Mensch und Umwelt in der Bronzezeit Europas. Kiel, 1998.
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Harding, A. F. European societies in the Bronze Age. First published. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0521364779.
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Harding, Anthony. Warriors and Weapons in Bronze Age Europe. Budapest, 2007.
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Kristiansen, Kristian - Larsson, Thomas. The Rise of Bronze Age Society. Cambridge, 2005.
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Mühldorfer, Bernd - Zeitler, John P. Mykene - Nürnberg - Stonehenge. Handel und Austausch in der Bronzezeit. Nürnberg, 2000.
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