Archaeology of Pre-and Proto-Historic Socities

Code: HIS12028L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Archeology

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Identify the geographical and chronological horizons of the topics under study;
Observe, analyze, and identify pre and proto-historic materials and structures;
Identify and describe artifacts and structures and their correct chrono-cultural contextualization;
Give specific information on the economic, social, technologic, ideologic, and cognitive evolution of pre and proto-historic societies in different regions;
Characterize the changes that occurred in the Iberian Peninsula during Pre and Proto-History with a special focus on nowadays Portuguese territory;
Recognize the relevance of material culture remains in the Iberian Peninsula for the historic "reconstruction" of the societies;
Characterize the social, economic, and political transformation during the 1º millennium BCE in pre-roman societies;
Understanding the relevance of material culture remains found in the Iberian Peninsula.

1 - Neolithicisation
- Near East.
- Europe.
- Portuguese Territory
2 - The settlement and the Resources
3 - The Megalithic.
- The emergence of megalithism and the different theses explaining the phenomenon.
- The non-funerary megaliths.
- The geographical and spatial distribution in Europe and the world.
- The Portuguese case.
- The different types of monuments.
- The symbolic and religious interpretations of this type of monument.
4 - The emergence of metallurgy.
- The differences at the level of economy and society.

Teaching Methods

Teaching will be based on expositive strategies, with the use of resources such as text analysis, images, cartography, maps and archaeological artifacts.

Assessment

The evaluation will have a continuous assessment regime (two assessment tests / or an assessment test and a job) or a final full-term test examination regime.