UAA0121 Everyday Life of a Hunter-Gatherer Community in Paleaolithic

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Vratislav Janák, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Mlejnek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Vratislav Janák, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ondřej Mlejnek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Vratislav Janák, CSc.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
each even Tuesday 9:45–11:20 PraPed
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 seminar focuses on the possible reconstruction of life in the Paleolithic era, focusing on housing, technology, symbolic thinking and other aspects of survival in the stone age technology. The present painting is based on a comparison of archaeological, anthropological and ethnographic data, complemented by knowledge of the problems of survival in the wild. The seminar is free and interpretation of anthropogeny with the reflection of the latest discoveries and theories.
Syllabus
  • 1 / Dwellings in the Paleolithic, settlement archeology
    2 / Settlement strategy Palaeolithic hunters
    3 / Hunting Strategies
    4 / Foraging
    5 / Economy and Mobility of Paleolithic hunters and gatherers
    6 / Interpretation Paleolithic art
    7 / Techniques musical expression
    8 / spiritual ideas and paleopsychologie
    9 / production technology of stone industry
    10 / Technology processing organic material
    11 / Reconstruction of the environment in the Paleolithic
    12 / New findings on Antropogeneze
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Binford, L. R.:. Archaeology as anthropology, American Antiquity 28. info
  • Svoboda, J.:. Čas lovců. Dějiny paleolitu, zvláště na Moravě. 1999. info
  • Binford, L. R.:. Hearth and home: the spatial analysis of ethnographically documented rock shelter occupations as a template for distinguishing between human and hominid use of sheltered space. info
  • Stringer Ch. - Gamble C.:. In Search of the Neanderthals. A Solving uzzle of human origins 1994. info
  • Andrefsky, W. jr.:. Lithics. Macroscopic approaches to analysis. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology, Cambridge 1998. info
  • Svoboda, J.:. Národní divadlo zblízka. Praha: Panorama, 1987. info
  • Jelínek, J.:. Střecha nad hlavou. Počátky lidské architektury. Brno 1986. info
  • Oliva, M.:. Variabilita paleolitických industrií a lidské chování. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Essay submission.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2024.
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