Prahistoria świata: La Tène and roman influence period in Barbaric Europe WNHS-AR-LT

While, on the one hand, this course is designed to teach students a working knowledge about the chronobiology of Central Europe and, in particular, aspects relating to the Polish Lands in the Laténe and Roman Imperial Period. It is, on the other hand, intended to explore the cultural history of this period and, in particular, the interface between the societies of late Prehistoric Europe and the civilisations of the Mediterranean World. This begins with the first evidence of cultural interaction between the Celtic and Greco/Etruscan civilisation in the late Archaic and Classical periods, followed by the martial interaction that characterizes the Hellenistic and, in particular, Roman Imperial periods. A particular focus of this course is to assess and illustrate the relevant processes of acculturation and appropriation, in particular as it is reflected in iconography and social hierarchies. Finally, the purpose of this course is to teach students the rich and fascinating tapestry of material, cultural, social and spiritual metamorphoses which accompany Central Europe´s journey from an anonymous prehistoric society to a crucial player in the formation of historic Europe

1. Introduction to lecture topics, literature, credit conditions;
2. Celts as a historic, religious and linguistic phenomenon. A brief history of the fate of the Celts from the zenith in the 3rd century BC to their marginal present-day existence on the western fringe of the continent but also their ongoing impact on current popular culture
3. The emergence of Central European elites as a result of Mediterranean contacts in the 6th to 5th century (princely graves) with an outlook on female elites during this period.
4. The emergence of the Early Latene culture in Central Europe and the Carpathian Basin
5. Characterising the creative explosion of Early Celtic Art, its Mediterranean background and indigenous sophisticated iconography.
6. The expansion of the Celts, the collapse of Early Laténe aristocracies and the emergence of the Later Latene Oppida civilization
7 The emergence and characterisation of urban societies north of the Alps
8 Monetisation of Central Europe in the Late Laténe Period
9: Late Laténe art and spiritual culture
10. From Caeser to Claudius the incorporation of Celtic Europe into the Roman empire
11. Reacting to Rome the emergence of social elites in Germanic Europe.
12. The integration of Germanic warriors in the Roman army and the emergence of Germanic polities
13. Roman Germanic conflict and symbiosis as the foundation of modern europe
14.Contemporary interactions between humans and animals;
15.Summary of the course