UAA0105 Archaeology of Europe - Palaeolithic and Mesolithic

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Mlejnek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Mlejnek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ondřej Mlejnek, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the course topics .
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
One semester long set of lectures aims to point out the key problems of the European Palaeolithic research and to summarize the most important information concerning the human occupation of Europe in between circa 1 million and 7 000 years BP. The main attention is paid to the chronological and techno-cultural classification of the European Palaeolithic and Mesolithic from Iberian Peninsula to Crimea. The course consists of lectures and exercises, which are based on students essays.
Syllabus
  • 1 / Definition of the topic
    2 / History of knowledge Paleolithic in Europe
    3 / The current state of the world's research on the Paleolithic and Mesolithic
    4 / Problems of dating and chronological systems
    5 / Early Paleolithic and old
    6 / Middle Palaeolithic
    7 / Problems of transition to the Upper Paleolithic and the question of coexistence of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans
    8 / Cultural breakdown during the early phase of the Upper Paleolithic
    9 / Gravettian
    10 / younger phases of the Upper Paleolithic
    11 / Late Palaeolithic
    12 / Mesolithic
Assessment methods
Grade
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Successful termination of the course requires passing the written exam.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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