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2026-2027 / HAAR0068-2

History of art and archaeology in protohistorical times

Duration

30h Th, 10h Pr, 10d FT Tr. Pr.

Number of credits

 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5 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 are seen at the start of the Neolithic. Students will think about the reasons of such modifications, and then about the evolution after the beginning of the Metal Ages.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoritical courses ; practical classes.

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

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Duration and period: 30h + 10h practical work.

1st term



Classroom and schedule:

Salle Commu2 (2/24b) (building A1), Monday, 1-3 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

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

January exam session

- In-person

written exam (open-ended questions for the part of the lectures, description of artefacts for the practical part) 



 

August-September exam session

- In-person

written exam (open-ended questions for the part of the lectures, description of artefacts for the practical part) 


Further information:

The skills acquired during the practical work are subject to a written exam (description of artefacts), the results of which are included (20%) with the mark of the written exam on the lectures.

Work placement(s)

 / 

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.: 04.366.58.39
E-mail: dflas@uliege.be

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