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Lecturer(s)
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Vaněček Zdeněk, Mgr.
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Kočár Petr, Mgr.
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Course content
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Lectures: 1st Introduction - Why plants? Basic information and ecological terms, conection between plants and environment, indicative value of plants in archaeology. 2nd (A)Anthracology and xylotomy - sampling and separation of wood and carbon, determitaion, forest reconstruction and next interpretation (B) Dendrochonology - principles of method, sampling, creation and correction of curve, in connect with radiocarbon dating. dendroecology 3rd Charred plants macroresidua - sampling, methods of separation, determination, interpretation. 4th Plant macroresidua in wet enviroment and another types of conservation - sampling and its storage, possiblity contaminations, methods of separation, determination, interpretation. 5th Palynology, diatoms and fytolits analysis - sampling, methods of separation, determination, interpretation. 6th Forest flora and biotopes - major wood in Czech Republic, types of forest, meaning fo people and interaction between people and forest, typical or uses plant. 7th Biotopes with surplus and deficit of water and its flora - main biotopes, meaning for people and people influcence to its, typical or uses plant. 8th Biotopes which is according to people activity - dump, meadowland, fields, typical or uses plant. 9th Cereales - domestication, development of cultivation of each species and its utilization. 10th Oil crops and technical plant - cultivation of each species and its utilization. 11th Fruits - origin and development of cultivation of each species and its utilization in Czech Republic. 12thVegetable - origin and development of cultivation of each species and its utilization in Czech Republic. 13th Archaeobotany in archaeology - utilization and work processes. Seminars 1-13th Show and work with archaeobotanical material - determination and description.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Training in job and motor Skils
- Attendace
- 7 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 13 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 30 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to provide students with basic information about the possibilities of using the preserved plant (and similar organisms) remains in archeology. The main archaeobotanical (sub)disciplines, their requirements, capabilities and limitations will be presented. Emphasis will be placed on proper sampling, storage and initial processing of samples. The second part of the course will provide students with basic information about the diversity of biotopes in the Czech Republic and plants as their main components, with an emphasis on human interaction. In the final part the main cultural plants of the Old World and the development of their cultivation will be introduced.
The student will acquire a basic overview of the work of archaeobotany, in archaeological research will be able to take samples for individual types of archaeobotanical analyzes and will learn how to classify and determine archaeobotanical material.
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Prerequisites
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Basic knowledge of historical culture in Central Europe and biology of plant.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Didactic Test, Dialog
Attend entrance turitorial - 1 hour: acquainted with contein and form of study subject, delivery resource materials. Attend at study programm at UP whole day long - four lectures about Introduction to archaeobotany; four exercises - work with archaeobotanical material, determination and description. 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 form of consultation with lecturers - personal, by email, skype, facebook etc.
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Recommended literature
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Drápela, K. - Zach, J. (1995). Dendrometrie (Dendrochronologie).. Brno.
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Evans J. - O´Connor, T.:. (1999). Environmental Archaeology. Principles and Methods.. Sutton.
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Hajnalová, E. (1999). Archeobotanika pestovaných rastlín. Nitra.
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Jacomet, S. - Kreuz, A. (1999). Archäobotanik. Ulmer - Stuttgart.
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