FPF:UAA0055 Archaeology of the Czech Lands - Course Information

UAA0055 Archaeology of the Czech Lands - Slavic Period in the Middle Ages

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jana Gryc (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Gryc (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Stanislav Stuchlík, CSc.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Timetable

each odd Wednesday 11:25–13:00 M123

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

UAA0055/A: each odd Wednesday 13:05–14:40 M123, J. Gryc

Prerequisites

! UHVA0055 Archaeology of the Czech Lands
Successful completion of the test

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Archaeology in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B6107 HuSt)
• Archaeology (programme FPF, B7109 Arch)

Course objectives

The main task of the course is to familiarize students with the archaeological development of the Czech lands in the early Middle Ages, or the time or Slavic fortified settlement. The interpretation of a very complex issue begins ethnogenesis of the Slavs, continuing acquaintance with the times of Great Moravia and the Government Přemyslovců in Bohemia and Moravia. The main emphasis is put on material relics collected over the last century by three generations of archaeologists. Will be discussed settlement and fort of our direct ancestors, especially revealed by the remains of houses, walls and churches. Attention will also be paid ceramics, jewelery and cult. Due to the extensive resource base may be submitted only basic overview of a very complex issue, to help students navigate the often conflicting theories published in recent years a comment basic literature which was often nationalistic or ideological aims.

Syllabus

• 1 / Definition, classification, history research
  2 / Ethnogenesis of the Slavs
  3 / Old Time fortified settlement, in the year 800
  4 / Great Morava between East and West
  5 / Slavic Village of time
  6 / Fort as the center of power, commerce and culture
  7 / Iron and characterization of archaeological iron objects
  8 / Pagan and Christian worship
  9 / Slavic jewel
  10 / Funeral Slavic rite time
  12 / Craft production in the early Middle Ages

Literature

required literature
• Lutovský,M. Ilustrovaná encyklopedie slovanské archeologie v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku,Praha 2001. info

recommended literature
• Turek,R. Čechy na úsvitě dějin, Praha 1963. info
• Měřínský,Z. České země od příchodu Slovanů po Velkou Moravu,,I-II.,Praha 2002,2006. info
• Profantová,N.,Profant,M. Encyklopedie slovanských bohů a mýtů, Praha 2000. info
• Kudrnáč,J. Klučov,Praha 1970. info
• Havlík,L. Kronika o velké Moravě, Brno 1987. info
• Smetánka,Z. Legenda o Ostojovi,Praha 2004. info
• Poulík,J. Mikulčice,Sídlo a pevnost knížat velkomoravských,Praha 1975. info
• Štefanovičová,T. Osudy starých Slovanov, Bratislava 1989. info
• Kuna,M.,Profantová,N. Počátky raného středověku v Čechách,Praha 2005. info
• Souchopová,V. Počátky západoslovanského hutnictví železa ve světle pramenů z Moravy,Praha 1995. info
• Nechvátal,B. Radomyšl, Raně středověké pohřebiště,Praha 1999. info
• Goš,V.,Kapl,V. Slovanská osada u Palonína,okr.Šumperk,Archeologické rozhledy 38-1986,176-204. info
• Dostál,B. Slovanská pohřebiště ze střední doby hradištní na Moravě, Praha 1966. info
• Bartošková,A. Slovanské depoty železných předmětů v Československu, Praha 1986. info
• Hrubý,V. Staré Město-Velehrad, Ústředí z doby Velkomoravské říše, Praha 1964. info

Teaching methods

Lecturing

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Successful completion of the test

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