Course: Artefactual Archaeology VI - Glass

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Course title Artefactual Archaeology VI - Glass
Course code KHI/5AA6
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vostrovská Ivana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Introduction 2) Ethnoarchaeology. Glass production chain and ethnoarcheological parallels 3) Archaeological experiment. Experimental glass melting 4) Glass Petrography. Technology of glass production and its study. Petrographic terminology, glass materials. Basic terms - what is glass, origin and raw materials acquisition and their influence on glass quality 5) History of research on archaeological glass. Sources for studying the history of glass 6) Introduction to the history of glassmaking - time, place and conditions of glassmaking craft. Ancient Glassmaking. The beginnings and development of European glassmaking 7) Introduction to the study of archaeological glass. Terminology, basic division of glass production - containers and utensils, special glass shapes, laboratory and building glass. Decoration and surface finishing terminology 8) Prehistory 9) Protohistory 10) Early Middle Ages. The roots of medieval glassmaking - ancient tradition and the role of monasteries for spreading knowledge of glass production in the interior. Character of early medieval glass production. Topography of glass products. Organization of production and change of production technologies at the end of early Middle Ages 11) High Middle Ages. Beginnings of medieval glasses and their finding context. Basic types of glasses. Typology of glass containers. Question of provenance of hollow glass - basic types and variants of domestic containers, imported glass. The quality of domestic products and their distribution to other European countries 12) Medieval glass centers. Archaeological evidence of domestic production. The time of creation of the oldest glassworks, the position of smelters and their shifts within narrower production circuits. Assortment of local glassworks and local specifics of individual 13) The Modern Age (Renaissance) The seminars and practices: 1-4) Introduction to the issues 5-13) Demonstration and working with individual pottery artefacts - their identification, description and practice of drawing documentation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Training in job and motor Skils, Grafic and Art Activities
  • Attendace - 5 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 45 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Study of glass production technology. Study of glass typology. Study of glass production from the Bronze Age to the Modern Age. Teaching methods of description, chronological classification and drawing documentation of glass.
Practic knowledge of description, dating, classification and skill of drawing documentation of glass material.
Prerequisites
Basic overview in the archaeological cultures of the Central Europe, Protohistoric Period, Middle Age and Modern Age.

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of Activities ( Technical works), Didactic Test

Attend entrance turitorial - 1 hour: acquainted with contein and form of study subject, delivery resource materials. Attend at study programm, which is realized by blocked teaching at UP half-day long - two lectures about Pethrograpfy of glass and Introductin to study of archaeological glass; 2 seminars - selected examples of glass production in each era in history and its documentation. Consultations - Consultations are not least the two at beggining and in the end of semester: determination of procedure of individual studies and establish tasks. When student need, he can establish more consultations. Student can select formo of consultation with lecturers - personal, by email, skype, facebook etc. Study is controled by series of tasks, which student does between consultations. Subject is finished by control of series of tasks in elearning support, which student discharg during semester.
Recommended literature
  • Černá, E. (ed.). (1994). Středověké sklo v zemích Koruny české. Plzeň - Liberec - Náchod - Louny - Brno.
  • Drahotová, O.; kol. (2005). Historie sklářské výroby v českých zemích, 1. díl. Praha.
  • Hejdová, D. (1987). Středověké umělecké řemeslo ze sbírek UPM v Praze.. Praha.
  • Himmelová, Z. (1994). Archeologické nálezy skla na moravských opevněných sídlech, Archaeologia historica 19, 431-436.
  • Kozáková, R.; Hložek, M. (2011). Průzkum pravěkých a raně středověkých skel z archeologických nálezů. In: R. Ševčík - J. Příhoda, Muzea, památky a konzervace 2011, 19-24. Brno.
  • Podborský, V. ed. (1993). Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno.
  • Sedláčková, H.; Rohanová, D.; et al. (2016). Renaissance and baroque glass from the Central Danube region. Brno.
  • Sklenář, K. (1994). Archeologický slovník IV. Keramika a sklo.. Praha.
  • Venclová, N. (2016). Němčice and Staré Hradisko. Glass and glass-working in Central Europe. Praha.
  • Venclová, N. (1990). Prehistoric glass in Bohemia. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
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