Course: Settlement Archaeology of La Téne period

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

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
  • Attendace - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 78 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 Selected lecture from Archaeology 4.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

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
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archeology for Practice (2023) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer