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Lecturer(s)
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Havlíček Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Čermáková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Archeology as a science based on material aspects of cultures, its relation to cultural anthropology and other sciences, status of archaeological monuments and items in Czech republic. 2. Hunters and gatherers ? particular features of their culture , evolution of chipped stone industry and its analogy to historic cultures (Australia, Tasmania). 3. Mezolithic ? chase of economic strategy and its reflection on material culture, analogies from Czech tramping subgroups and homeless live strategies, possibilities and dangers of recent analogies. 4. Neolithic ? sedentarization as a crucial moment in culture transformation and boom of material culture, new categories of material culture and thein status in agricultural cultures as a whole. 5. Eneolithic ? beginnings of horse domestication and nomadism, pastoralists and their material culture (compared with sedentary cultures) 6. Bronze Age ? new material and new categories of material culture, rise of strong social inequality and its reflection in archaeological record. 7. Halstatt Age ? contacts between ?barbaric? Europe and developer Mediterranean area (role of imports, imitation and inspiration of ?barbaric? taste) 8. La Téne period ? unification of Europe under the cover of La Téne culture, new categories of material culture (coinage, monetary exchange) 9. Roman period ? spreading and re-interpretation of roman culture within ?barbaric? Europe. 10. Time of great migration ? syncretc phenomena of cultures of early Middle Ages, Christianity and other religions / cults ant their impacts on material culture.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Homework for Teaching
- 20 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 12 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on material sudies of prehistory from anthropological point of view. It provides a survay of material culture categories , its evolution and possibilities of interpretation. During the course the students learn how to recognise age and character of prehistoric artefacts and They will work with original items.
The students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge of mail theoretical approaches towards material culture studies, and will be able recognize the interpretation potential of particular categories of material culture and its relation to other aspects of culture.
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Prerequisites
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No prerequisities.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Self study of assigned readings, sufficient knowledge of English, active participation at the lectures of the course.
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Recommended literature
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BAUDRILLARD, Jean:. The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures. London: SAGE, 1998..
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BOURDIEU, Pierre:. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984..
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BUCHLI, Victor:. The material culture reader. Oxford: Berg, 2002..
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CALEFATO, Patrizia:. The Clothed Body. Oxford: Berg, 2004..
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CIERAAD, Irene (ed.):. At Home. An Anthropology of Domestic Space. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1999..
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MAUSS, Marcel:. Esej o daru, podobě a důvodech směny v archaických společnostech. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999..
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MILLER, Daniel (ed.):. Acknowledging Consumption: A Review of New Studies Material Cultures. London: Routledge, 1995..
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MILLER, Daniel (ed.):. Material Cultures. Why Some Things Matter. London: UCL Press, 1998..
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SASSATELLI, Roberta:. Consumer Culture. History, Theory and Politics. London: SAGE, 2007..
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WEINER, Annette B.:. Inalienable Possessions. The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992..
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WOODWARD, Ian:. Understanding Material Culture. London: SAGE, 2007..
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