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Course code: BBS20382o15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Archeology
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Krzysztof Jaworski
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 – knows material culture of ancient and medieval societies in Europe and the area of Poland [KB2_W05_BC, KB2_W07_BC]; W2 – understands the diversity of burials in time in different parts of Europe, due to religion and ideology which obligated in those societies [KB2_W01_BC]; W3 – understands agricultural knowledge and technology of processing organic resources (leather, wood, bone and antler) adapted in prehistoric times [KB2_W07_BC]. Skills: Student: U1 – is able to identify different categories of artifacts uncovered during archaeological excavation and qualify their relative and absolute chronology [KB2_U04, KB2_U10]; U2 – can prepare multimedia presentations concerned different aspects of archaeological research dedicated to prehistory and early middle ages in Central Europe, especially concerned with occurrence of burials of these societies inhabited this region [KB2_U05].
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 - can work effectively in a team (preparation of a multimedia presentation on selected aspects of the archeology of Central Europe) [KB2_K02]; K2 - works with academic institutions and students, especially in the protection of archaeological sites [KB2_K08].
Prerequisites: None
Course content: anthropogenesis and the oldest Palaeolithic cultures; the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in Europe; Human societies at the turn of the Pleistocene and the Holocene (the Final Palaeolithic, Mesolithic); Younger Stone Age (the Neolithic) – agricultural subsistence; Burial rites in the Stone Age in the Polish lands; Archaeological cultures of the Bronze Age and early Iron Age (economy and burial customs); the Le Tene and Roman period in the Polish lands; Geography of Slavonic tribes; from cremation to inhumation (Slavonic burials in the early Middle Ages). Established learning outcomes are achieved through direct contact with the archaeological sites (collections of the Archaeological Museum in Wroclaw and the Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław).
Recommended literature: 1. Prahistoria Ziem Polskich, opr. zbiorowe pod red. W. Hensla, t. I-V, Ossolineum 1975-1981. 2. Wachowski K., Cmentarzyska doby wczesnopiastowskiej na Śląsku, Ossolineum 1975. 3. Zoll-Adamikowa H., Wczesnośredniowieczne cmentarzyska ciałopalne Słowian na terenie Polski, cz. 2, Analiza, wnioski, Ossolineum 1979. 4. Godłowski K., Kozłowski K., Historia starożytna ziem polskich, Warszawa 1980.
Assessment methods: Assessment exercise: regular (every 2-3 weeks) written tests to assess the current rating (based on oral statements) progress and activity. The presence of the exercises is compulsory, the student may have only one unauthorized absence. Completion of exercises based on the average ratings. Completion of the course: students with credited exercises have to pass an additional written exam (40-50 open questions, partly of problematic). Final rating is the average of the rate of exercises and the
Comment: specialization: Human Biology