Cultural provinces in European Barbaricum

elective

ARCHAEOLOGY, specialization Prehistoric and Medieval Archaeology

2nd cycle

The objective of this course is presentation the cultural provinces in European Barbaricum, especially the cultural situation, which took place between the 2nd century BC and 5th century AD as a basis for understanding the geopolitical situation in Northern Europe and its impact on the development of Central European societies.

Year 2

Presentation the cultural provinces in European Barbaricum, with particular focus on selected aspects of the history of Scandinavia at the turn of the eras. Presentation the model of cultural development of this province, in the context of civilizational changes taking place of that time in Central European Barbaricum.

Hagerman M.

2011 Försvunnen värld. Om den största arkeologiska utgrävningen nägonsin i Sverige, Stockholm.

Ilkjaer, J

2007 Illerup Ådal. Czarodziejskie zwierciadło archeologii, tłum. A. Kokowski, Warszawa.

Martens J.

1990 Borremose Reconsidered. The Date and Development of a Fortified Settlement of the Early Iron Age, „Journal of

Danish Archaeology”, vol. 7 (1988), pp. 159-181.

Martens J. (ed.)

1997 Chronological Problems of the Pre-Roman Iron Age in Northern Europe. Symposium at the Institute of Prehistoric and

Classical Archaeology University of Copenhagen, December 8

1992. Arkæologiske Skrifter 7, Copenhagen.

Weinmann C.

1994 Der Hausbau in Skandinavien vom Neolithikum bis zum Mittelalter. Mit einem Beitrag zur interdisziplinären Sachkulturforschung für das mittelalteriliche Island, Berlin-New York.

Welinder S.

2009 Sveriges historia. 13000 f.Kr. – 600 e.Kr., Stockholm.

Student:

1) knows the cultural provinces in European Barbaricum;

2) obtains an advanced knowledge of Scandinavia during this period;

3) is able to point to differences and similarities between the communities from the Baltic Sea region;

4) understands the interdependence between the selected zone in Northern Europe and the interior of European continent in socio-political terms.

On the base of attendance list and active participation in classes.