Duration
30h Th, 30h Pr, 10d FT Exc.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Part 1: Neolithic: General aspects - The Near East - The Balkans - The Black Sea - Central Europe - Western Europe - Northern Europe - Megaliths.
Part 2: Metal Ages: General aspects - Bronze Age - First Iron Age - Second Iron Age (Iberians, Germanic tribes, Scythians, Celts).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course examines complex societies from the Neolithic and Metal Ages, beginning with economic and technological changes (sedentism, origins of agriculture and animal husbandry) that led progressively to modern complex human society.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Yes.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Duration and period: 30h + 30h practical work + 10 days of excursions and fieldwork, 1st and 2nd terms.
Classroom and schedule: Auditorium A4/S100 (building A4), Monday, 12am-1 pm.
Recommended or required readings
Reference books : M. Otte, La protohistoire, Bruxelles : De Boeck, 2nd ed., 2008 (with contributions by M. David-Elbiali, C. Eluère, J.-P. Mohen, P. Noiret). M. Otte & P. Noiret, Les gestes techniques, Bruxelles : De Boeck, 2010. A bibliography of the major reference works is distributed at the beginning of the year.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination (exam session in June).
Mid-term written multiple-choice exam in January; an individual written work is required at Easter; the knowledge acquired during the practical exercises is also evaluated, as well as the fieldwork. These four estimations are included in the final note, which remains mainly based on the result of the oral examination.
The mark of the midterm exam in January will count for 20% of the June final mark if > or = 10/20. The mark will have no effect on the final grade if it doesn't reach 10/20 and the final exam will then be cumulative.
Work placement(s)
10 days of field training
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Pierre NOIRET
Département des Sciences historiques
Service de Préhistoire, 7 place du 20-Août bât A1, B-4000 Liège
Tél.: 04.366.58.39 - Fax : 04.366.55.51
E-mail: pnoiret@ulg.ac.be (Marcel.Otte@ulg.ac.be%20)