ARCHKRA048 Chipped stone industry from the Paleolithic to the Hallstatt period

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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
For undergraduate students
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
A brief description of the lectured material The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with the form of the stone chipped industry (ŠI) in the past with an emphasis on the region of the middle of Europe from the oldest periods (Early and Old Paleolithic) to the latest evidence of the practical use of chipped artefacts industry (production of chipped artefacts in the early Iron Age, modern flints for firearms - flints). We will focus mainly on the stone raw materials used for the production of chipped industry, the terminology used in the description SI, SI production technology and SI typology. Other methods used in SI analyzes will also be mentioned (traceology, electron microscopy, etc.). In addition to theoretical familiarization with the form and technology of production of the split industry, it will happen as part of the seminar, also for practical training in the analysis of the split industry on real artifacts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course (conditions for passing the course, course outline, definition of SI, history of research, overview recommended literature) 2. Raw materials for the production of SI (overview of basic raw materials used in the Central European region) 3. Terminology used in the description of SI artifacts 4. Technology I – familiarization with basic technological terms, methods used in the production of chipped industry 5. Technology II – description of the basic techniques and technologies used in the production of chipped industry in the Middle Prehistory of Europe 6. The chipped industry of the Old and Middle Paleolithic. 7. The chipped industry of the Young and Late Paleolithic. 8. The chipped industry of the Mesolithic and Neolithic. 9. Chipped industry of the Eneolithic and older metallic (Bronze and Hallstatt ages) 10. Stone chipping in Europe from the Iron Age to the present and outside Europe (America, Asia, Australia). 11. Methods used for chipping industry analysis (traceology, SEM, etc.) 12. Documentation of the stone chipped industry. 13. Final summary, writing credit test
Literature
    required literature
  • Klíma, B.: Statistická metoda – pomůcka při hodnocení paleolitických kamenných industrií. Návrh české terminologie mladopaleolitických kamenných nástrojů. Památky archeologické 47, 1956,193-209.
  • Andrefsky, W.: Lithics. Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis. Cambridge 2005 (2. vydání).
  • Sklenář, K. – Hartl, J.: Archeologický slovník. Část 1. Kamenné artefakty. Praha 1989.
    recommended literature
  • Kozłowski, S. K.: Atlas of the Mesolithic in Europe. First generation maps. Warsaw 1980.
  • Tixier, J. – Inizan, M. - L. – Roche, H.: Terminologie et technologie. Préhistoire de la pierre tailée 1. Paris 1980.
  • Sonneville-Bordes, D. de – Perrot, J.: Lexiquety pologique du Paléolithique supérieur. Bulletin de la Societé Préhistorique Française 51,1954–1956, 327-335.
  • Whittaker, J. C.: Flintknapping. Making and Understanding Stone Tools. Austin 2009.
  • Kaňáková Hladíková, L.: Postneolitická štípaná industrie na Moravě. In: Měřínský, Z. – Klápště, J. (eds.): Dissertationes archaeologicae Brunnenses/Pragensesque 15. Brno 2013.
  • Andrefsky, W. Jr.: Lithic Debitage. Context, Form, Meaning. Salt Lake City 2001.
  • Oddel, G. H.: Lithic Analysis. Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique. Lexington 2010.
  • Bordes, F.: Typologie du Paléolithique ancien et moyen. Bordeaux 1961.
  • Škrdla, P.: Zhodnocení technologií výroby kamenných nástrojů. Rekonstrukce a experiment v archeologii 1, 2000, 9-36.
  • Nerudová, Z.: Způsoby dokumentace kamenné štípané industrie. Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, M 8-9, 2003-2004, 53-64.
  • Inizan, M. - L. – Reduron-Ballinger, M. – Roche, H. – Tixier, J.: Technology and Terminology of Knapped Stone. Nanterre. 1999.
  • Přichystal, A.: Kamenné suroviny v pravěku východní části Střední Evropy. Brno 2009.
  • Floss, H. (ed.): Steinartefaktevom Altpaläolithikum bis in die Neuzeit. Tübingen 2012.
  • Mateiciucová, I.: Talking stones: The Chipped Stone Industry in Lower Austria and Moravia and the Beginnings of the Neolithic in Central Europe (LBK), 5700-4900 BC. In: Měřínský, Z. – Klápště, J. (eds.): Dissertationes archaeologicae Brunenses/Pragensesq
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar
Assessment methods
Credit. A written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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