UAA0140 Scythian material culture in Moravia and Czech Silesia

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Klápa (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Vratislav Janák, CSc.
Institute of Archaeology – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will be comprehensively acquainted with the issues of Scythian material culture of the 6th and first half of the 5th century BC on the territory of Moravia and Czech Silesia, including the origin of this phenomenon and the wider issues associated with it.
Learning outcomes
colloquium exam and presentation of an essay
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the issue 2. Nomadism as an archaeological problem 3. Cimmerians, Scythians and Sarmatians 4. History of research in Moravia and Bohemian Silesia 5. Problems of typologies on the example of arrowheads of the scythian type 6. Herodotus Scythians vs. archaeological reality 7. The question of the genesis of early scythian culture 8. West-Podolian and and Transylvanian gr. of early scythian culture 9. Vekerzug culture 10. Scythian material culture in Moravia and Czech Silesia 11. Student essays on pre-prepared topics 12. Tuva – original homeland of scythian material culture as a whole?
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Burghardt M. 2015: Weapon and the military of the population of the West Podolian group of the Early Scythian culture in the light of sepulchral sources, Materiały i Sprawozdania Rzeszowskiego Ośrodka Archeologicznego, t. 36, s. 143–166.
  • KLÁPA, Ondřej. “Scythian” Findings in the Moravia. Acta archaeologica carpathica. Kraków: Kraków : Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 2017, vol. 2017, No 52, p. 65-82. ISSN 0001-5229. info
  • GOLEC, Martin and Ondřej KLÁPA. The Vekerzug and other Eastern Cultures in the Czech Republic. Studia archaeologica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita (Ústav archeologie a muzeologie Filozofické fakulty MU, 2017, vol. 22, No 1, p. 27-69. ISSN 1805-918X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SAB2017-1-3. info
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  • KLÁPA, Ondřej. Výsledky spektrální analýzy vybraných hrotů šípů tzv. skýtského typu z Moravy. (Results of spectral analysis of selected arrowheads of the so-called scythian type from Moravia.). Pravěk NŘ. Brno: Ústav archeologické památkové péče Brno v.v.i., 2019, vol. 2019, No 27, p. 109-117. ISSN 1211-8338. Obsah periodika, v němž je článek publikován info
  • GOLEC, Martin and Ondřej KLÁPA. The Vekerzug and other Eastern Cultures in the Czech Republic. Studia archaeologica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita (Ústav archeologie a muzeologie Filozofické fakulty MU, 2017, vol. 22, No 1, p. 27-69. ISSN 1805-918X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SAB2017-1-3. info
  • JANÁK, Vratislav. „Skýtská“ militaria z Kotouče u Štramberka a jeho nejbližšího okolí. (“Scythian” militaria from Kotouč u Štramberka and its nearest surroundings.). Studia Historica Nitriensia. Nitra: Katedra histórie, Hodžova 1, Nitra, 2017, 21/2017, No 21, p. 117-135. ISSN 1338-7219. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Colloquium exam and presentation of an essay
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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