FPF:UAA0001 Introduction to the Study of A - Course Information
UAA0001 Introduction to the Study of Archaeology I
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Vratislav Janák, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Vratislav Janák, CSc.
Institute of Archaeology – 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
- Archaeology in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B6107 HuSt)
- Archaeology in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)
- Archaeology (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)
- Archaeology (programme FPF, B7109 Arch)
- Medieval Archaeology (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)
- Medieval Archaeology (programme FPF, B7109 Arch)
- Course objectives
- Two-semester lecture course provides students with basic knowledge about the tasks, methods and working practices of archaeological science, and philosophical aspects of their position between the social sciences, history (the development of archaeological ideas and schools of thought as a reflection of the general development in the 19th and 20th cent.). Development of natural environment in history as one of the determining factors of the historical process and human development to the present form.
- Syllabus
- 1 / Basic terminology.
2 / Philosophical foundation of discipline, position within the social sciences.
3 / Cooperation with other disciplines
4 / Overview of archaeological resources and their characteristics.
5 / Methods archaeological work.
6 / Relative and absolute chronology.
7 / Periodization.
8 / Footnotes.
9 / History of archeology.
10 / The natural environment in prehistoric times.
11 / Antropogeneze.
12 / General Literature.
- 1 / Basic terminology.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Böhm, J. Studie o periodizaci pravěkých dějin. info
- PODBORSKÝ, V. Úvod do studia archeologie. info
- Braudel, F. Dlouhé trvání. Praha, 1995. info
- Bouzek, J. Dějiny archeologie I. II. Praha, 1983. info
- Clark, G. Prehistory since Childe, Bulletin of Institute of Archaeology, University of London. Londýn, 1976. info
- Binford, L. R. Archaeology as anthropology. 1962. info
- 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
- Successfully pass a written test credit, or. supplementary questions orally.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2014, recent)
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