Syllabus
21. 2. - 1st lesson: Introduction to production archaeology (Elena Paralovo and Matěj Kmošek)
What is archaeology of production and why should we study it?Types of production of ancient societiesCriticism in recognizing areas and traces of productionExperimental and analytical methods to reconstruct the past 28. 2. - 2nd lesson: Metallurgy 1 (Matěj Kmošek)
From raw materials to finished artefactsTechniques of smelting and metalworking (hammering, casting, decoration)Types of production waste and their evidential value 7. 3. - 3rd lesson: Metallurgy 2 (Matěj Kmošek) 21. 3. - 4th lesson: Pottery Production 1 (Elena Paralovo)
From raw materials to vesselsModellingBaking the pottery: firing structures; kilns and fuelsFinal products 28. 3. - 5th lesson: Pottery Production 2 (Elena Paralovo) 4. 4. - 6th lesson: Seminar for students about metallurgy 1 (Matěj Kmošek) 11. 4. - 7th lesson: Seminar for students about metallurgy 2 (Matěj Kmošek) 18. 4. - 8th lesson: Seminar for students about pottery production 1 (Elena Paralovo) 25. 4. – 9th lesson: Seminar for students about pottery production 2 (Elena Paralovo) 2. 5. – 10th lesson: Case studies 1 (Matěj Kmošek and Elena Paralovo)
Marzabotto, IT (pottery and metallurgy) 9. 5. - 11th lesson: Case studies 2 (Elena Paralovo)
Villa del Foro, IT (pottery) 16. 5. - 12th lesson: Case studies 3 (Matěj Kmošek)
Němčice nad Hanou, CZ (metallurgy)
Summer 2022 - 13th lesson: Experiential workshop (Elena Paralovo and Matěj Kmošek)
Acquired information will be applied during experiential workshop. Students will be able to experience the materials, the tools and production phases to see how they transform into a final object. The workshop will be outdoor - the place will be specified. It will be partially streamed for remote students.
Link for the lecture: https://1url.cz/IK9QD
Annotation
Teachers: Elena Paralovo - Maťej Kmošek
CHANGE! The class will take place every week in Mondays from 9:10 to 10:45!!!
The course will deal with the main issues regarding the ancient technologies by focussing on pottery production and metallurgy, approached from archaeological and archaeometrical point of view. The course aims at understanding of production chain and recognizing and correctly analysing the evidence left from production activities and their evidential value for socio-cultural research of ancient societies. The course is meant to be path that leads from the methodological base to the discussion of important cases studies, mainly focusing on Iron Age sites as Marzabotto and Villa del Foro in Italy and Němčice nad Hanou in the Czech Republic. Students will be first brought to the topic by series of lectures combined with several case studies. On these will follow reading of relevant articles and book chapters combined with discussions in classes. At the end of the semester, students will get the opportunity to be a part of an experimental workshop where they will have the possibility to try different technologies of pottery and metal production.
The course will be hybrid - taught in person as well as streamed through MS Teams. The in person classes will take place in Hyb4 - Building D, 3rd floor, Room 302 (Street Hybernská 4, cca 5 minutes walk from Celetná 20). Link for remote and quarantine students: https://1url.cz/IK9QD
The final workshop will be hybrid as well, but its attendance wont be obligatory for the remote students.