Stone Age in the Mediterranean 05-EKOS-23-Arch
This course explores major issues of the Palaeolithic, Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic archaeology in the Mediterranean zone. In particular, it provides an overview of the chronology, dynamics of development of local communities in different parts of the region, settlement patterns, social structure, belief system, raw material supply, technology and production of material culture. The course will focus on the archaeology of eastern part of the Mediterranean zone, however developments in other regions of this zone will also be presented.
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Learning outcomes
Student: 1) will gain the basic knowledge of: the present state of scholarly research on the Palaeolithic, Epipaleolithic and Neolithic archaeology of the Mediterranean zone (Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, France, Spain and southern coast of the Mediterranean sea);
2) will gain the understanding of: significance and mechanisms of processes of social and cultural changes in the early phases of the human past in the Mediterranean past up to the demise of the Neolithic mode of life; complexity of material culture and settlement pattern in the region in question;
3) will gain the skills necessary to: understand complexity of transformations in the region and intertwined relations and dependencies between them;
4) will gain the basic knowledge of: basic categories, archaeological sites and chronology of the Stine Age in the discussed territory;
5) will gain the skills necessary to: recognize characteristic artifacts and their changes through time.
Assessment criteria
Class participation, in-class presentation, final test and exam.
Bibliography
Akkermans, P. & G. Schwartz. 2000. The archaeology of Syria. Cambridge.
Ciałowicz, K. 1999. Początki cywilizacji egipskiej, Warszawa-Kraków.
Gerard, F & L. Thissen (eds.). 2002. The Neolithic of Central Anatolia. Istanbul.
Perles, C. 2001. The early Neolithic in Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Spencer, A. J., 1993. Early Egypt. The Rise of civilization in the Nile Valley. London.
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