FPF:UAA0051 Archaeology of the Czech Lands - Course Information

UAA0051 Archaeology of the Czech Lands - La Téne Age

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Tomáš Zeman, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Zeman, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Tomáš Zeman, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of the course topics .

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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

One-semester lecture course aims to familiarize participants with the issue of the Latene period in the Czech Republic, taking into account in a European context. After a general introduction (definition, definition of the topic, research history, periodization and chronology of the Latene period) introduces the most important issue of settlement areas of our country in the Latene period (the beginnings of the Latene period, the Celtic expansion, royal tombs, burial issue, the issue of settlements, Celtic and economy numismatics, the spiritual life of the Celts, Celtic art, foreign influences and contacts, with an emphasis on material culture. The course is exercise.

Syllabus

• 1 / Definition of the topic and its problems. Development of research on the La Tene period, chronology and periodization of the La Tene period
  2 / Ancient written sources and their importance for the study of the La Tene period. The origin of the Celts, their expansion and rozsídlení in Europe
  3 / Settlement structure in our country in the La Tene period
  4 / The origins of Celtic settlement in the first half of the 4th century - housing , settlement , burial, material culture
  5 / Celtic settlement at the time of flat cemeteries in the 4th - 2nd century - housing, burial , material culture
  Celtic settlement in the late La Tene, settlement, oppidum, shrines, material culture
  7 / Evolution form a Celtic village , area strongholds, the development of fortification techniques, crafts and agricultural production, trade
  8 / Celtic numismatics
  9 / Economics, social organization and spiritual life of the ancient Celts. Celtic art
  10 / Penetration of foreign influences on our territory. Contacts with Western Europe and the Carpathian Basin. Contact with Republican Rome, Roman Imports - influence of the ancient world in Central Europe in the last centuries of the old era
  11 / The origins of the Germanic settlement of Bohemia and Moravia. Podmokelská and Kobylská group
  12 / Púchovská culture

Literature

recommended literature
• Čižmářová, J.:. Encyklopedie Keltů na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Praha 2004. info
• Waldhauser, J.:. Encyklopedie Keltů v Čechách. Praha 2001. info
• Waldhauser, J. a kol.:. Jak se kopou keltské hroby, Praha 1999. info
• Birkhan, H.:. Kelten. Wien 1997. info
• Waldhauser, J.:. Keltische Gräberfelder in Böhmen, Bericht RGK 68. info
• Drda, P. - Rybová, A.:. Keltové a Čechy. Praha 1998. info
• Čižmář, M.:. Laténský depot ze Ptení. K poznání kontaktů našeho území s jihem. PA XCIII. info
• Ellis, P. B.:. První tisíciletí keltských dějin. Keltové 1000 př. Kr. - 51 po Kr. Praha 1996. info
• Čižmář, M.:. Relativní chronologie keltských pohřebišť na Moravě, PA LXVI, 1975. 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

Successful completion of the test.

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