FPF:UAA0105 Archaeology of Europe - Palaeo - Course Information

UAA0105 Archaeology of Europe - Palaeolithic and Mesolithic

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

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 odd 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

• Archaeology (programme FPF, N7109 Arch)

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 Paleolithic research in Europe.
  3 / Introduction to antropogenesis.
  4 / Early Paleolithic in Africa and Asia. Palaeolithic Africa, Asia and Europe. 5 / Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals and the problems in Europe and the Near East.
  6 / Problems of transition to the Upper Palaeolithic and the question of the formation of anatomically modern humans (AMH).
  7 / Upper Palaeolithic in Europe (Aurignacian, Gravettian, the last glacial maximum (LGM), Solutrean, magdelénien, Paleolithic art).
  8 / Europe in the late Paleolithic and Mesolithic.

Literature

recommended literature
• Vencl, S. ed., Fridrich, J. Archeologie pravěkých Čech 2. Paleolit a mezolit. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v. v. i.,. info
• Svoboda, J.:. Čas lovců. Dějiny paleolitu, zvláště na Moravě. 1999. info
• Bosinski, G. Die Mittelpaläolithischen Funde im Westlichen Mitteleuropa. Köln. info
• Kozlowski, J. K. (ed.):. Encyklopedia historyczna świata I (prehistoria), Kraków 1999. info
• Cook, J. Ice Age art. Arrival of the modern mind. The British Museum, London. info
• Stringer, C.,Gamble C. In Search of the Neanderthals. A Solving puzzle of human origins. info
• Garanger, J. La Préhistoire dans le Monde. Nouvelle édition de La Préhistoire d´André Leroi-Gourhan. Paris. info
• Clottes, J. L´art des cavernes. Phaidon, Paris. info
• Kozlowski, J. K., Kozlowski S. Le Paléolithique en Pologne. Grenoble. info
• Bailey, G., Spikins, P. eds. Mesolithic Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. info
• Svoboda, J. Počátky umění. Academia, Praha. info
• Svoboda, J., Macholán, M. Předkové. Evoluce člověka. Academia, Praha. info
• Kaminská, L. Staré Slovensko 2. paleolit a mezolit. Archeologický ústav Slovenskej akademie vied Nitra. info
• Shea, J. J. Stone tools in the Palaeolithic and Neolithic Near East. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. info
• Jelínek, J.:. Střecha nad hlavou. Počátky lidské architektury. Brno 1986. info
• Gamble, C.:. The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe. info
• Gamble, C. The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York-New Rochelle-Melbourne-Sydney. 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

Successful termination of the course requires passing the written exam.

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