Pre-history and Proto History
Objectives
a) Recognise prehistory and proto history as an essential scientific field for a critical view of human history;
b) Know and interpret (synchronic and diachronic) the various stages of the process of hominisation, as well as the dynamics of the emergence and development of the first human societies, from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age.
c) Evaluate the relative importance of an archaeological testimony, identifying and relating the elements necessary for the critical construction and support of historiographical discourse.
d) Be familiar with the most recent and up-to-date trends in scientific production in terms of historiographical analysis and synthesis.
e) Be able to present the knowledge acquired in a problematising way, using specific vocabulary and integrating it into the conceptual universe of the discipline.
General characterization
Code
01110196
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
João Carlos Muralha Cardoso
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
- ALARCÃO, J. de (Ed.). (1996). De Ulisses a Viriato: O primeiro milénio a.C. Ministério da Cultura: Instituto Português de Museus: Museu Nacional de Arqueologia.
- BOYD, R.; SILK, J.B. (2009). How humans evolved (5th ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. ANT 1227 (UNLFCSH/BMSC) – 57707
- CELESTINO PÉREZ, S. (Ed.). (2017). La Protohistoria en la Península Ibérica. Istmo.
- COPPENS, Y., e PICQ, P. (dir.) (2001), Aux origines de l’Humanité, Vol.1 e 2, Paris, Librairie Arthème Fayard.
- CUNLIFE, Barry, (2001), The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe, Oxford University Press
- EIROA, Juan, (2000), Nociones de Prehistoria General, Barcelona, Editorial Ariel.
- GOSDEN, Chris, (2003), Prehistory, A very short introduction, Oxford University Press.
- HASELGROVE, C., REBAY-SALISBURY, K., & WELLS, P. S. (Eds.). (2018). The Oxford handbook of the European Iron Age. Oxford University Press.
- HUBLIN, Jean-Jacques, (2007), Quand d’autres homes peuplaient la Terre, Flammarion.
- MARTINEZ, I., (1998) La espécie elegida. La larga marcha de la evolucion humana, Temas de Hoy.
- RENFREW, C.; BAHN, P. G. (2016). Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice (7th ed.). London: Thames e Hudson. ARQ REF 4 (UNLFCSH) – 64480
- SCARRE, Chris, (2005), The Human Past, Londres, Thames and Hudson.
Teaching method
Face-to-face lectures supported by audiovisual information to help reinforce the contents of the course.
Visits to museums to complement the theoretical information given in class.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Assessment methods: an individual, face-to-face written test which will assess the student's mastery of and ability to analyse and reflect on the knowledge transmitted throughout the course. A critical review of one or more important texts for the course unit. Students' active participation in class will be taken into account. (100%)
Subject matter
0. Introduction: The study of the human past.
1. The process of hominisation.
2. Hunter-gatherer societies: technologies and survival strategies.
3. The origins of symbolic thought: death and art.
4. The Holocene: Mesolithic hunter-gatherers; the broad-spectrum economy.
5. Neolithic: The emergence of the production economy.
6. The monumental constructions of Atlantic Europe; megaliths.
7. The arrival of metals: the Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age.
8. The transformations of the 1st millennium BC.