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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Lectures: 1) 12) Gradual introduction to particular burial practices. Seminaries: 1) 12) Analysis and discussion of individual information sources (academic literature) the students prepare background research of information sources in advance, and this is analysed with the lecturer in the seminary.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
- Attendace
- 36 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 64 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Burials and burial practices in new Eneolithic differ totally from those in late Eneolithic. In the first period, the current knowledge is limited to little biritual burials, or even to individual graves (Jevišovice culture), a contrast can be noticed for instance in comparison to Globular Amphora culture on Polish territory (mass graves, animal graves). A stable and strictly observed burial rite, including sexual dimorphism can commonly be found in Corded Ware culture and in Bell Beaker culture, in the whole area of their extension with regional differences. It is therefore possible to inspect the structure of often vast necropoles, the form of grave constructions or containers (tumuli, burial chambers, grooves around graves etc.), the position and furnishing of individual graves etc. The differences in position, construction and furnishing of graves are ritualised reflections of practices of the time, including the emphasis of economic and social position of the buried person, which is most manifested in Bell Beaker culture having evident signs of strong social differentiation. Men´s and women´s graves can be compared, including the different age groups and the sexual signification of grave gifts; individual categories of burial attributes can also be compared. An interesting aspect and a special category are the artisan graves, especially the graves of metallurgists. The attention is attracted by all differences and specificities from the burial standard. Many among those can be a manifestation of special rituals and ceremonies accompanying the burials of (not only) notable persons.
Good orientation in the area of study.
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Prerequisites
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Basic orientation in archaeological cultures, acquired in subjects of the bachelor study, particularly in the "Neolit a eneolit" (Neolithic and Eneolithic) subject, eventually in the "Výběrové přednášky z archeologie 2 a 4" (Selected lectures on archaeology 2 and 4) subject.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance
participation on the lessons (36 hodin=1.5 credit); individual studying of information sources and seminary preparation (50 hours=2 credits); colloquium preparation (14 hours=0.5 credit)
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Recommended literature
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Peška, J. (2013). Morava na sklonklu eneolitu.
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