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2025-2026 / HAAR0068-4

History of art and archaeology in protohistorical times

Duration

15h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Damien Flas

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Introduction (History of Protohistory, chronological framework, Neolithic and Neolithization) / Neolithization and Early Neolithic of the Near East / Other centers of Neolithization / The spread of the Neolithic in Europe: the Balkans, the Mediterranean area and the Danube area / The European Middle Neolithic / Megalithism and the Late Neolithic / The Chalcolithic and the Bell Beaker phenomenon / The Bronze Age (early, middle and late) / The first Iron Age: the Hallstatt culture / The second Iron Age (Scythians, Celts, Germans, etc.)

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. Students will think about the reasons of such modifications, and then about the evolution after the beginning of the Metal Ages, towards societies with social inegalities more and more growing.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoritical courses ; practical classes ; field training.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Duration and period: 30h + 30h practical work + 10 days of excursions and fieldwork, 1st and 2nd terms.

Classroom and schedule:

Salle Suzanne Clercx (S100) (building A4), Monday, 12 am-1 pm.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège


Further information:

PDF files containing the PowerPoint presentations presented during the theoretical course will be available for download.

Exam(s) in session

January exam session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

May-June exam session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam

August-September exam session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam


Further information:

Mid-term written multiple-choice exam in January (on the content of first-term lectures). 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.

Written exam (open questions) during the June session for the part of the lectures.

The skills acquired during the practical work are subject to an oral assessment in June, the results of which are included (20%) with the mark of the written exam on the lectures.

Work placement(s)

10 days of field training

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Damien FLAS
Département des Sciences historiques
Service de Préhistoire, 7 place du 20-Août bât A1, B-4000 Liège
Tél.: 04.366.58.20
E-mail: dflas@uliege.be

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