060102 VU Iberian Prehistory and the Archaeology of Death: 10 cutting-edge findings of the last two decades (2024S)
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- Registration is open from Mo 05.02.2024 12:00 to We 28.02.2024 23:59
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max. 25 participants
Language: English
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06.03.
12:00 - 13:30
Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The course will be held entirely in English. Assessment is based on participation, a written paper and a final test.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Active participation on the discussions: 30%
Written paper (ca. 2500 words excl. bibliography, tables and figure/table captions): 40%
Short test on the content of the entire subject: 30%
The final paper is due on 30 June 2024.
The assessment will be points-based, 100 points is the maximum score.
100-87= 1 (very good), 86-75=2 (good), 74-63=3 (fair), 62-51= 3 (sufficient), 50-0= (fail)
Written paper (ca. 2500 words excl. bibliography, tables and figure/table captions): 40%
Short test on the content of the entire subject: 30%
The final paper is due on 30 June 2024.
The assessment will be points-based, 100 points is the maximum score.
100-87= 1 (very good), 86-75=2 (good), 74-63=3 (fair), 62-51= 3 (sufficient), 50-0= (fail)
Examination topics
topics of the course
Reading list
Required readings for the course will include journal papers, book chapters and books in English. A detailed reading list will be made available on Moodle for every case study. You might find the following reading useful to get started:- Aranda Jiménez, G., Montón Subías, S. and Sánchez Romero, M. 2015. The Archaeology of Bronze Age Iberia. Argaric Societies. New York: Routledge.
- Aura, J. E., Jordá, J. F., Morales, J. V., Pérez, M., Villalba, M. P., and Alcover, J. A. 2009. Economic transitions in finis terra: the western Mediterranean of Iberia, 15-7 ka BP.Before Farming,2.
- Bermudez de Castro, J.M. et al. 2017: ‘Homo antecessor: The state of the art eighteen years later’, Quaternary International 433: 22-31.
- Bueno Ramírez, P., Barroso Bermejo, R. and de Balbín Behrmann, R. 2016. Between east and west: Megaliths in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. InL. Laporte and Scarre, C. (eds.) The Megalithic Architectures of Europe, pp. 157166. Oxford: Oxbow Monographs.
- Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, M., Costa Caramé, M. E. and García Sanjuán, L. 2012. Funerary practices from the Mesolithic to the Copper Age in Southern Spain. InJ.F. Gibaja et al (eds.) Funerary practices in the Iberian Peninsula from the Mesolithic to the Chalcolithic, pp.5165. Oxford: Archaeopress.
- Garrido Pena, R. 2014. Bell-Beakers in Iberia. In M. Almagro (ed), Iberia. Protohistory of the far west of Europe: from Neolithic to Roman conquest. Universidad de Burgos. Fundación Atapuerca: 113-124
Garrido-Pena, R. 2006.Transegalitarian societies: an ethnoarchaeological model for the analysis of Bell-beaker using groups in Central Iberia. InP. Díaz del Río and García Sanjuán, L. (eds.), Social Inequality in Iberian Late Prehistory, pp. 8196. Cambridge: British Archaeological Reports International Series.
- Lilios, K. T. 2019. The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Olalde, I.et al. 2019.The Genomic History of the Iberian Peninsula over the Past 8000 Years.Science363(6432): 12301234.
- Rojo Guerra, M., Garrido, R. and Martínez de Lagrán, I. 2010. Tombs for the dead, monuments to eternity: the deliberate destruction of megalithic graves by fire in the interior highlands of Iberia (Soria province, Spain).Oxford J. Archaeol.29(3): 253275.
- Santonja, M. and Pérez-González, A. 2010. Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean industrial complex in the Iberian Peninsula, Quaternary International 223-224: 154-161.
- Soriano, I., Herrero-Corral, A. M., Garrido-Pena, R. and Majó, T. 2021. Sex/gender system and social hierarchization in Bell Beaker burials from Iberia.J. Anthropol. Archaeol.64: 101335.
- Straus, L.G. 2018. The Upper Paleolithic of Iberia. Trabajos de Prehistoria 75/1: 9-51.
- Zilhão, J. 2000. From the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Iberian peninsula. In T. Price (Ed.),Europe's First Farmers, pp. 144-182. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Aura, J. E., Jordá, J. F., Morales, J. V., Pérez, M., Villalba, M. P., and Alcover, J. A. 2009. Economic transitions in finis terra: the western Mediterranean of Iberia, 15-7 ka BP.Before Farming,2.
- Bermudez de Castro, J.M. et al. 2017: ‘Homo antecessor: The state of the art eighteen years later’, Quaternary International 433: 22-31.
- Bueno Ramírez, P., Barroso Bermejo, R. and de Balbín Behrmann, R. 2016. Between east and west: Megaliths in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. InL. Laporte and Scarre, C. (eds.) The Megalithic Architectures of Europe, pp. 157166. Oxford: Oxbow Monographs.
- Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, M., Costa Caramé, M. E. and García Sanjuán, L. 2012. Funerary practices from the Mesolithic to the Copper Age in Southern Spain. InJ.F. Gibaja et al (eds.) Funerary practices in the Iberian Peninsula from the Mesolithic to the Chalcolithic, pp.5165. Oxford: Archaeopress.
- Garrido Pena, R. 2014. Bell-Beakers in Iberia. In M. Almagro (ed), Iberia. Protohistory of the far west of Europe: from Neolithic to Roman conquest. Universidad de Burgos. Fundación Atapuerca: 113-124
Garrido-Pena, R. 2006.Transegalitarian societies: an ethnoarchaeological model for the analysis of Bell-beaker using groups in Central Iberia. InP. Díaz del Río and García Sanjuán, L. (eds.), Social Inequality in Iberian Late Prehistory, pp. 8196. Cambridge: British Archaeological Reports International Series.
- Lilios, K. T. 2019. The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Olalde, I.et al. 2019.The Genomic History of the Iberian Peninsula over the Past 8000 Years.Science363(6432): 12301234.
- Rojo Guerra, M., Garrido, R. and Martínez de Lagrán, I. 2010. Tombs for the dead, monuments to eternity: the deliberate destruction of megalithic graves by fire in the interior highlands of Iberia (Soria province, Spain).Oxford J. Archaeol.29(3): 253275.
- Santonja, M. and Pérez-González, A. 2010. Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean industrial complex in the Iberian Peninsula, Quaternary International 223-224: 154-161.
- Soriano, I., Herrero-Corral, A. M., Garrido-Pena, R. and Majó, T. 2021. Sex/gender system and social hierarchization in Bell Beaker burials from Iberia.J. Anthropol. Archaeol.64: 101335.
- Straus, L.G. 2018. The Upper Paleolithic of Iberia. Trabajos de Prehistoria 75/1: 9-51.
- Zilhão, J. 2000. From the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Iberian peninsula. In T. Price (Ed.),Europe's First Farmers, pp. 144-182. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Last modified: We 20.03.2024 13:45
Ana Herrero Corral (https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/institute/team/person/ana-mercedes-herrero-corral)
Rafael Garrido-PenaThe course is planned as an attendance course (face-to-face). In the event of Covid19-based distance regulations that would restrict the capacity of the room below the number of inscribed students, the course will be offered as a hybrid or digital only course. In the event of another lock-down or similar measure, the course will be switched to digital teaching only.This course provides an introduction to prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula. Throughout this course, students will discover how advances in archaeometry and the emergence of new analytical techniques in the last two decades have substantially changed our understanding of the prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula. These innovations are most notably reflected in the funerary record, which presents a multitude of manifestations across all the phases of prehistory, from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age. This renewed study of the funerary record will enable students to appreciate the approaches being made towards understanding the social structures and kinship systems of these groups. Students will also discover the crucial role of Iberia during the entire Prehistory, because of its geographical position between the rest of Europe and Africa, with continuous connections with both.
Students will be presented with 10 case studies of highly relevant archaeological sites that are currently under investigation. Each of these sites belongs to one of the key periods in the prehistory of Iberia, spanning from the Lower Paleolithic to the Iron Age. Before delving into each case study, a session will be dedicated to the chronological and social context of the period of each of the sites chosen.Students will be expected to:
- Participate in in-class discussions
- Select an individual topic of research from criteria provided by the instructors
- Perform independent research on the selected topic
- Write a final paper on the selected topic of research
- Take a test on the content of the subject