Prehistoric peoples of Europe in the last millennium BC WNHS-AR-PPEMBC
Celts Scythians and Etruscans emerge as political social and ideological groupings, in historical and archaeological records beginning at the turn of the first millennium BC. These „ethnic” groups who speak languages distinguishing them from each other and their neighbours all react to the spread of Mediterranean civilisation as disseminated by the Greeks in distinct ways which sometimes resemble each other but can also be radically different. All three groupings integrate Mediterranian artefacts into their ostentatious life- and death-ways during the 8th to 5th centuries BC. But while the Etruscans become completely integrated into the civilized world and the Celts acculturate by adopting a selected range of Mediterranian lifeways into their societies while maintaining their „barbaric” Identity. The Scythians retain their radically different nomadic lifestyle. This lecture will offer students an archaeological and historical summary of the development of these European peoples in the first millennium and will concentrate on the emergence and development of the distinct and beautiful art and decor which results in the interactions between them and the Greek Polis civilisation and Levantine empires.
Student activity / workload in hours:
Participation in lectures: 30 hours
Preparation for lectures and exam: 60 hours
Total hours: 90 hours = 3 ECTS
(in Polish) E-Learning
Term 2020/21_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy | Term 2019/20_L: (in Polish) E-Learning z podziałem na grupy |
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
Student:
- will have ordered, deepened and detailed knowledge leading to specialization in selected areas of archeology in Europe and the Mediterranean basin,
- will have deepened knowledge of the complex nature of culture as well as its complexity and historical variability of its meanings,
- will have deepened knowledge of social phenomena occurring in communities of various types, types of social ties and the relationship between social structures.
Assessment criteria
Lectures are conducted in the form of e-learning in MS-Teams.
Conditions for completing the classes:
1. active participation in classes (possible two absences, the third - even excused, requires additional written work).
2. positive grade for the exam at the end of the course.
Conditions for obtaining a specific grade:
- 2 - student has no basic knowledge of prehistoric peoples of Europe in the last millennium BC,
- 3 - student has basic knowledge of prehistoric peoples of Europe in the last millennium BC,
- 4 - student has deepened knowledge of prehistoric peoples of Europe in the last millennium BC and is able to formulate opinions and discuss a given topic,
- 5 - student has deepened and detailed knowledge of prehistoric peoples of Europe in the last millennium BC and is able to formulate opinions and discuss a given topic.
Practical placement
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Bibliography
Wells Peter S. 2001. Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians: archaeology and identity in Iron Age Europe. London: Duckworth
Cunliffe, Barry. 1997. The ancient Celts. Oxford: OUP.
Dobrzańska Halina et al (eds.). 2005. Celts on the margin: studies in European cultural interaction 7th century BC - 1st century AD. Dedicated to Zenon Woźniak. Warsaw: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Megaw John V. 1970. Art of the European Iron Age: a study of the elusive image. Bath: Adams & Dart.
Jacobson, Esther. 1995. The art of the Scythians: the interpenetration of cultures at the edge of the Hellenic world. Leiden: Brill.
Chochorowski Jan. 2004. Kimmerowie, Scytowie, Sarmaci: Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians: księga poświęcona pamięci Profesora Tadeusza Sulimirskiego. Kraków: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Reede, Ellen D. 1999. Scythian gold: treasures from ancient Ukraine. New York: Abrams.
Naso, Alessandro (ed.). 2017. Etruscology (Vols I-II). Boston: de Gruyter.
De Grummond Thomson Nancy. 2006. Etruscan myth, sacred history, and legend. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Spivey Nigel Jonathan. 1990. Etruscan Italy. London: Batsford.
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