Protohistoric Europe

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011110
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

It will depend on how many students register for the class. Students will be encouraged to discuss texts in class that they have read at home, either individually or in groups, to complement the visual presentations given during class. On the other hand, students are encouraged to do research on their own using bibliographic and internet resources.

Learning Outcomes

This class focuses on the processes of creation and transformation of European societies during the diachronic period (II-I millenia B.C), from the emergence of the first international elites to the integration of Europe into the Roman world. Students will gain a general knowledge of European proto-historical communities by studying materialities that resulted from principles based practices and behaviors that were distinct and even contrary to historical societies. Students will analyze the primary evidence of the organization and functioning of these communities in economic, socio-political, funereal, cultural, artistic etc. and how they were accepted or rejected by the Roman world Learn skills to analyze and summarize using critical reasoning and knowledge of other cultures and customs in order to understand the social dynamics of the time.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Time and space in Proto-historical Europe

1. Creation of the European era: naming, measuring, dividing, gathering

2. The order of things

3. The great geographic landmarks


II. The rythms of life and death

1. Continuity and change during the 2nd and 3rd millennia B.C.

2. International chiefdoms and elites

3. The Late Bronze Age and its "revolutions"

4. The Hallstatt and Mediterranean principalities

5. The Celtic movement and formation of a new social order

6. Beliefs, rituals and artistic expressions of La Tène

7. Urban formation processes and the oppidan phenomenon

8. Celts and Celtic inheritance: from archaeology to modern identities


III. Themes and problems in Proto-historical Europe

1. Animals, plants, fields and land division

2. Metal production and deposits

3. War and conflicts

4. Travel by land and sea

5. Men, women, gender and identity

Head Lecturer(s)

Raquel Maria da Rosa Vilaça

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
Other: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Frequency: 40.0%

Bibliography

AA. VV. (1999), L’Europe au Temps d’Ulysse. Paris, Difusion du Seuil.

AA.VV. (2008), E-Keltoi, Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, 6.

Cunliffe, B. (1997), The Ancient Celts, Oxford/New York.

Fokkens, H. & Harding, A. (eds.) (2013), The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Kern, A., Kowarik, K., Rausch, A., Reschreiter, H. (eds.) (2009), Kingdom of Salt. 7000 years of Hallstatt, Vienna, Natural History Museum.

Kristiansen, K. (1998), Europe before History, Cambridge University Press [há tradução espanhola].

Moore, T. & Armada, X.-L. (eds.) (2011), Atlantic Europe in the First Milleniem BC. Crosssing the divide, Oxford University Press.

Moscati, S. (coord.) (1991), The Celts, Milano, Bompiani.

Wells, P. (2012), How Ancient European saw the World, Princeton University Press.