UAA0099 Lithic Raw Materials in the Prehistory of Central Europe

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Přichystal (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michal Přichystal (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the course topics .
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
One of a term aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic kinds of stone materials used in prehistoric times and the Middle Ages in Central Europe in terms of petrographic methods, characteristics of materials and their practical application. The course also includes practical training in relevant learning materials.
Syllabus
  • 1 / Introduction (definition petroarchaeology, history of research in Moravia and Silesia as well as in other parts of Central Europe; comparative rock collection - lithotéky)
    2 / Methods used and their characteristics
    3 / List of igneous rocks with respect to their use in prehistoric and medieval times
    4 / Overview of sedimentary rocks with respect to their use in prehistoric and medieval times
    5 / Overview of metamorphic rocks with respect to their use in prehistoric and medieval times
    6 / Raw chipped artifacts in Central Europe
    7 / Raw polished artefacts in Central Europe
    8 / Raw Materials other stone industry and dyes
    9 / The mineral resources Cu, Sn, Au, Ag and Fe in prehistoric times, building stone materials and raw materials for the production of lime, production of ceramics, decorative stones materials for making millstones, whorls, whetstones
    10 / Extraction and movement of stone materials in the Czech Republic and Central Europe from the Paleolithic to the Eneolithic.
    11 / Practice
    12 / Practice
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Janák, V. - Kouřil, P. a úkoly archeologie v českém Slezsku a na severovýchodní Moravě. info
  • Přichystal, A.:. Ateliér kultury nálevkovitých pohárů na výrobu broušené industrie z kulmských surovin v Holasovicích, okr. Opava. info
  • Janák, V. Ke kontinuitě neolitického obyvatelstva na březích řeky Opavy. info
  • Přichystal, A. Zdroje kamenných surovin. info
Assessment methods
Grade
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Successfully pass the final examination, which may be either written (test) and oral or oral only, but always associated with exploring stone materials (student should be able to recognize about 50 kinds of raw materials)
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2010, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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