Course: Seminar to Settlement Archaeology of La Téne period

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Course title Seminar to Settlement Archaeology of La Téne period
Course code KHI/6SSAD
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Hlava Miloš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1st History of research - literature. 2nd Natural environment of La Téne Period, way of subsistence - representative / model site (Interpretation, discussion). 3rd Settlement areas of Early La Téne Period and (dis)continuity of settlement structure between early and old La Téne Period - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion). 4th Non-fortificated lowlanded settlement areas, lowlanded agricultural villages - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion). 5th Central lowlanded settlement areas type Němčice nad Hanou, Víceměřice - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion). 6th Farmstead and Viereckschanzen - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion). 7th Non-fortificated highed areas - representative/ model site. 8th Smaller fortificated areas (castella) - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion). 9th Larger fortificated areas (oppida) - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion). 10th Fortification, its construction, meaning and account - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion) 11th Caves - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion). 12th Background of central settlement areas - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion). 13rd (Dis)continuity of settlement area and types of settlement areas between La Téne Period and Roman Period - representative/ model site (Interpretation, discussion).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 52 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Subject Settlement area in La Téne Period is focused on issue of settlement structure during La Téne Period on place, where was La Téne culture in 5. - 1. century BC in logical structured thematic parts. Lectures are amended by seminars, which are focused on presentation and analysis of typical/ representative sites and individual work of students to model sites about themes from lectures.
Good orientation in issue settlement areas in La Téne in Europe.
Prerequisites
Absolving of lecture La Téne Period in bachelor studied program, absolving of lecture Settlement area in La Téne Period in master studied program.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Active participation at seminar, individual study of recommended information sources.
Recommended literature
  • Collis, J. (1984). Oppida. Earliest towns north of the Alps. Sheffield.
  • Drda, P. - Rybová, A. (1997). Keltská oppida v centru Boiohaema, Památky archeologické 88, s. 65-123. Praha.
  • Meduna, J. (1980). Die latenezeitlichen Siedlungen in Mähren. Praha.
  • Salač, V. (2005). Vom Oppidum zum Einzelgehöft und zurück. Zur Geschichte und dem heutigen Stand der Lat?neforschung in Böhmen und Mitteleuropa, Alt-Thüringen 38, s. 279-300. Halle/Saale.
  • Venclová, N. (ed.). (2008). Archeologie pravěkých Čech 7. Doba laténská. Praha.
  • Venclová, N. (1998). Mšecké Žehrovice in Bohemia. Archaeological background to a Celtic hero, 3rd-2nd cent. B.C.. Sceaux.


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 (2019) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer