Prehistoric Archaeology (Agro-Pastoral and Metallurgic Societies)

Objectives

LO1. To acquire a holistic knowledge of Prehistory between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, focusing on the Iberian Peninsula;
LO2. To critically analyse the theoretical and methodological approaches to the discipline, understanding the importance of the archaeological method as an instrument of analysis of the past;
LO3. To acknowledge the diachronic structure of Late Prehistory, achieving a solid chronocultural scheme for the different geographic areas covered;
LO4. To recognize the processes and environments in which the socio-economic and cultural evolution of the peasant societies took place;
LO5. To develop the ability to synthesize and critically analyse information with the aim of producing historical knowledge.


 

General characterization

Code

01100285

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

João Carlos Muralha Cardoso

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

n.a.          

Bibliography

BICHO, N. F. (2006). Manual de Arqueologia Pré-histórica, Lisboa: Edições 70. ARQ 420/A (UNLFCSH/BMSC) - 63112
BOYD, R.; SILK, J.B. (2009). How humans evolved (5th ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. ANT 1227 (UNLFCSH/BMSC) – 57707
CARDOSO, J.L. (2007). Pré-História de Portugal. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta. ARQ 398 (UNLFCSH/BMSC) - 58501
GAMBLE, C.; BALLART, J. (2001). Las Sociedades paleolíticas de Europa. Barcelona: Ariel
Jorge, Susana Oliveira 1999. Domesticar a terra. As primeiras comunidades agrárias em território português, Lisboa, Gradiva.
LÓPEZ GARCÍA, P. (Coord.). (2017). La Prehistoria en la Península Ibérica. Madrid: Itsmo.
SCARRE, C. (Ed.) (2013). The human Past: World Prehistory and the development of human
Societies (3rd ed.) New York: Thames and Hudson. ARQ REF 13 (UNLFCSH/BMSC) – 64484.

Teaching method

In-person classes with a theoretical and practical nature, with abundant use of images (specific iconography), and critical analysis of texts.

Evaluation method

Evaluation Methodologies - Critical review(50%), Written test in person(50%)

Subject matter

1. INTRODUCTION:
1.1. Course presentation
1.2. Basic definitions and concepts
2. NEOLITHIC AND Neolithization:
2.1. Origin of agriculture in different parts of the world
2.2. The Neolithization of the European Continent
2.3. The Neolithization of the Iberian Peninsula
2.4. The transformation and monumentalization of the landscape
3. FIRST METALLURGICAL SOCIETIES IN EUROPE:
3.1. The concept of Chalcolithic: problems and limitations
3.2. Development of metallurgy in Europe and the Iberian Peninsula
3.3. Emergence of complex societies
3.4. The Bell Beakers
4. THE BRONZE AGE:
4.1. Bronze metallurgy in Europe and the Iberian Peninsula
4.2. the Atlantic Bronze
4.3. The Mediterranean Bronze.

Programs

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