Course: Erdwerk and Megaliths in Neolithic and Eneolithic

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Course title Erdwerk and Megaliths in Neolithic and Eneolithic
Course code KHI/3EM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kalábková Pavlína, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction - definition and basic classification 2. Mediterranean 3. Iberian peninsula 4. France 5. Benelux 6. British Isles 7. Germany 8. Poland 9. Bohemia 10. Moravia 11. Slovakia 12. Austria 13. Hungary 14. - 24. Results of analysis - correspondences, divergences, summary

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 48 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Subject is focused on essential phenomena of the Early and Later Stone Age - buildings of Erdwerk type and a Megalithic architecture. After providing an initial definition and overview of these types of buildings in selected European territories (vis table of content), we are going to analyze correspondences and divergences between these objects.
Extension of knowledge in studied problematics.
Prerequisites
Good orientation in the cultural evolution in Neolithic and Eneolithic period in the Central Europe during Prehistoric period.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Attendance in classes and study of recommended literature.
Recommended literature
  • Kulczycka-Leciejewiczowa, Anna. (1978). The role of the southern cultural model in the Polish Neolithic.. Godišnjak 16, Sarajevo, 105-115.
  • Řídký, Jaroslav. (2011). Rondely a struktura sídelních areálů v mladoneolitickém období. Brno - Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archeology (2016) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer