Prehistory Catalonia
Code: 100380 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500241 Archaeology | OT | 3 | 1 |
| 2500241 Archaeology | OT | 4 | 1 |
| 2500501 History | OT | 4 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Miguel Molist Montaña
- Email:
- miquel.molist@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Anna Maria Bach Gómez
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required, but knowledge of the geography of Catalonia is very useful.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The study, review of the evidence of the prehistoric settlement in the current territory of Catalonia and the closest regions, in order to know the cultural, socioeconomic evolution from the first settlement to the formation of the Iberian societies. Emphasis is placed on the theoretical contributions update, the latest developments in research, and the status of the issue and historical interpretation within the active dynamics of current research. The global nature of the territory is reviewed, exposing the most relevant scenarios of prehistoric archaeology in the wide geographical areas of the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. In this sense, research projects under development give the key issues of human development (social dynamics of hunter-gatherer societies, the emergence of the first farming societies, first states formation). It will also address issues of historical-archaeological and heritage to the general public of the Catalan archaeological record. It is intended that students know which are the main questions that Catalan prehistoric archaeology have at this time, and what are the most significant discoveries and historical-archaeological findings that define each debate.
Competences
- Archaeology
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- History
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Applying both knowledge and analytical skills to the resolution of problems related to their area of study.
- Effectively communicating and applying the argumentative and textual processes to formal and scientific texts.
- Identifying the context of the historical processes.
- Identifying the specific methods of history and their relationship with the analysis of particular facts.
- Recognising the importance of controlling the quality of the work results and their presentation.
- Transmitting the results of archaeological research and clearly communicating conclusions in oral and written form to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Using the specific interpretational and technical vocabulary of the discipline.
Content
Block 1. Introduction and general concepts
- History of research, School of Barcelona and the dynamics of the 70's.
- Administrative structure related to the practice of prehistoric archeology in Catalonia
- Approach to the current state of the research and the study of prehistoric archeology in Catalonia - Main methodological tendencies
Block 2. Study of the first hunters - gatherers
- Hunter-gatherers societies in the the Lower Paleolithic
- Hunter-gatherers societies in the Middle Paleolithic
- Hunter-gatherers in the Epipaleolithic
- Rock Art evidences in Catalonia
Block 3. Transition to first's farmers' societies
- Transition: Hunter-gatherers "versus" farmers
- First farmers' settlements: The Ancient Neolithic
- The golden age of the Catalan Neolithic: the Middle Neolithic
-Consolidation of the new economic system
- Funerary practices of the first farmer communities
- The megalithic phenomenon in Catalonia
Block 4. Consolidation and transformation of the farmer's societies
- The first metals and Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic
- Development of the first half of II on millennium: Chalcolithic - Early Bronze
- The dark period of the Catalan prehistory: the Middle Bronze Age
- Innovation and / or continuity in the middle of the 2nd millennium
- Funerary practices at the beginning of the Second Millennium: Southern Catalonia
Block 5. I st Millennium Complex Societies
- The transformations at the end of the second millennium and the first quarter of the I Millennium: Late Bronze Age.
- New burial forms: incineration
- Late Bronze Age: Innovation and economic dynamism
- Debate about the Iron Age introduction in Catalonia
-Early Iron Age Societies and Iberization process
Methodology
Assessment system for the acquisition of skills and qualification system:
The directed activities correspond to 50% of the tasks. These will be assessed by written tests and correspond to 40% of the grade.
The supervised activities correspond to 40% of the activities that consist of (field trip, attendance at conferences and tutorials) will be weighted with 20%.
They will be evaluated through the module of presentations and discussions of texts in the classroom, with a weight of 20%.
Autonomous activities will account for the remaining 10%. These are evaluated through the module of delivery of works: the works with a weight of 20% will be evaluated.
Criteria for passing the subject Have obtained a grade of 5 or higher in the overall assessment. In the case of not having passed the first call, the student will be able to realize again the evaluation of the theoretical knowledges, that will have again a contingency of 50% in the final qualification. For the other 50% of the mark (supervised and autonomous activities) the mark obtained in the continuous assessment will be maintained.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Sessions of seminars and practices conducted by teachers | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 |
| Theoretical classes directed by the teaching staff | 60 | 2.4 | 1, 3, 4, 5 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutoring | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 5 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Data treatment | 7 | 0.28 | 1, 5, 7 |
Assessment
Assessment system for the acquisition of skills and qualification system:
The directed activities correspond to 50% of the tasks. These will be assessed by written tests and correspond to 40% of the grade.
The supervised activities correspond to 40% of the activities that consist of (field trip, attendance at conferences and tutorials) will be weighted with 20%.
They will be evaluated through the module of presentations and discussions of texts in the classroom, with a weight of 20%.
Autonomous activities will account for the remaining 10%. These are evaluated through the module of delivery of works: the works with a weight of 20% will be evaluated.
Criteria for passing the subject Have obtained a grade of 5 or higher in the overall assessment. In the case of not having passed the first call, the student will be able to realize again the evaluation of the theoretical knowledges, that will have again a contingency of 50% in the final qualification. For the other 50% of the mark (supervised and autonomous activities) the mark obtained in the continuous assessment will be maintained.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of the historical process on a temporal scale | 40% | 56 | 2.24 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Cas study: analysis of the Catalan Archaeological record | 40% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 |
| Work of analysis of material remains of the past of Catalonia | 20% | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 |
Bibliography
GENERAL REFERENCES:
BOSCH, J. SANTACANA, J. (2009) : Blat, metalls i cabdills Catalunya del neolític a la iberització. Rafael Dalmau editor.
CRUELLS, W, MOLIST, M. & PONS, E. (Coord) (2003). "Miguel Tarradell, 40 anys de les Arrels de Catalunya". Cota Zero. Revista d'Arqueologia i Ciència, 18. Eumo Editorial (desembre, 2003).
MOLIST M. (1999). "Les primeres societats pageses (Neolític i Bronze Antic). in E. Giralt y J. M. Salrach, "Història agrària dels Països Catalans", Fundació Catalana per la Recerca.
AA.VV(1996): Els temps prehistòrics i antics. Fins al segle V. in Història. Política, Societat i Cultura dels Països Catalans. Vol.I. Enciclopedia Catalana. Barcelona 1996.
HISTORICAL SYNTHESIS
BOSCH-GIMPERA P.(1919): Prehistòria Catalana. Enciclopedia Catalana, Vol. XVI. Barcelona 300 p.
BOSCH-GIMPERA P.(1932): Etnologia de la Península Iberica. Edt. Alpha,. Barcelona,p.711 MALUQUER DE MOTES J.(1987): Historia de Catalunya, I: Prehistoria i Edat Antiga fins al segle III. Edt. 62, Barcelona.
GÓMEZ BACH, A.; MOLIST, M. (2016). La prehistoria al pla de Barcelona. Documents per a una nova síntesis. Documents, n.11, Museu d’Història de Barcelona. https://www.barcelona.cat/museuhistoria/sites/default/files/prehistoriaplabcn.pdf
SERRA - RÀFOLS, J. de C., (1930): El poblament prehistòric de Catalunya. Barcelona, 1930. TARRADELL,M.(1963): Història dels Catalans I, Prehistòria i Antiguitat . Barcelona, 1963. TARRADELL, M.(1962): Les arrels de Catalunya. Ed. Vicens-Vives. Barcelona, 1962. AA.VV(1978): Història de Catalunya, Vol I. [Coordinada per l'Institut d'Arqueologia i Prehistòria Universitat de Barcelona].Edt. Salvat. Barcelona
AA.VV(1982): Les excavacions arqueològiques a Catalunya en els darrers anys. Barcelona1982.
AA.VV(1982): L'Arqueologia a Catalunya, avui. Generalitat de Catalunya Barcelona 1982.
JOURNALS: PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF CATALONIA.
Anuari de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans (anys 1915-1925)
EMPURIES (Museu Arqueològic de Catalunya)(Des de anys 1940 )
CYPSELA (Museu Arqueologia de Catalunya) (Des de 1975)
PYRENAE (Universitat de Barcelona) des de 1973 a 1980, segona etapa des de 1993. FONAMENTS (Edt. Curial, Barcelona) (Des de anys 1979)
TRIBUNA D'ARQUEOLOGIA (Servei Arqueologia, Generalitat de Catalunya)(Des de 1981)
COTA ZERO (Edt. EUMO Vic) ( 1985-2010)
REVISTA ARQUEOLOGICA DE PONENT (Universitat de Lleida) des de 1991
RUBRICATUM (Museu de Gavà) des de 1994
QUADERNS d'ARQUEOLOGIA I HISTÒRIA DE LA CIUTAT DE BARCELONA. (Museu d'Història de Barcelona) Des de 2004.
Other local reviews:
ARRAHONA (Vallès),
AUSA (Osona),
ILERDA (Lleida),
OLERDULAE (Vilafranca del Penedes); GALA (St. Feliu de Codines),
ESTRAT (C.E.C.I. Igualada);
ACTA ARQUEOLOGICA DE TARRAGONA (Reial Societat Arqueològica Tarraconense).
Iberian península journals:
- TRABAJOS DE PREHISTORIA (CSIC- IEH Madrid)
COMPLUTUM (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
SAGUNTUM QUADERNS DE PREGISTORIA I ARQUEOLOGIA DE CASTELLO (Diputació de Castelló de la Plana)
Congresses and Seminars
TRIBUNA D'ARQUELOGIA Servei d'Arqueologia. Barcelona. Edició per cursos. Novetats de la recerca a nivell de projectes d'excavacions a Catalunya. Jornades d'Arqueologia de les Comarques de Girona, Girona, Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya y Universitat de Girona (convocatòria anual. Novetats de recerca de les comarques Gironines) Jornades d'Arqueologiade la Catalunya Central, Manresa-Vic, Servei d'Arqueologia, Museu de Manresa i Museu de Vic (convocatòria bianual. Novetats de recerca de les comarques de la Catalunya Central)... Edicions també d'altres comarques de manera menys regulars.
COL.LOQUI INTERNACIONAL D'ARQUEOLOGIA DE PUIGCERDA. (Celebracions cada 2 anys, amb temes monogràfics que centren els debats; Publicació de les Actes.
EDICIO DE CORPUS, INVENTARIS,.... CORPUS DE SEPULCROS MEGALITICOS. Edició dels anys 60 i 70 de les manifestacions de sepulcres megalítics de les principals comarques catalanes. Editat per l’Institut de Prehistoria i Arqueologia de la Diputació de Barcelona.
CARTES ARQUEOLOGIQUES (Inventari del Patrimoni Arqueològic de Catalunya) (Servei d'Arqueologia /Departament de Cultura / Generalitat de Catalunya).- Consultable CORPUS DE PINTURES RUPESTRES VOL. I LA CONCA DEL SEGRE (Generalitat de Catalunya.) VOL. I I L' Àrea Central i Meridional.(Generalitat de Catalunya.) PÀGINES WEB http://cultura.gencat.cat/invarque/index.asp (Inventari Arqueològic) 6 http://cultura.gencat.cat/invarque/index.asp (Inventari Arqueològic) http://blocs.gencat.cat/blocs/AppPHP/tribunadarqueologia/ (Tribuna Arqueologia) http://calaix.gencat.cat/ (Memòries arqueològiques) http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/Patrimoni/menuitem.6a2dec9a300f68a8cd0181dfb0c0e1a0/?vgnextoid=22175356066b011(Pintures rupestres Unesco)
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