Archaeology of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and the Neolithic

Pre-requisites: To have completed Master studies.

Course objectives: A detailed review of topics that pertain to the study of Paleolithic, Mesolithic and the Neolithic. (Depending on the interests of the candidate)

Course description: The course covers a wider context of studying material culture, economics, art, society and the system of beliefs in early prehistory. Special attention will be given to: analysis of the factors that influenced artifact deposition; spatial analysis; defining the relation between the natural environments, system of settlements and material culture as well as reviewing the social framework in which the changes in material culture and the way of life took place, in the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and the Neolithic.

Learning Outcomes: Essay, oral examination

Literature/Reading:

• C. Gamble 1986. The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• C. Gamble 1999. The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• A. Whittle 1996. Europe in the Neolithic: the Creations of New Worlds, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996.
• F. Djindjian, J. K. Kozlowski, M. Otte 1999. Le Paléolithique superieur en Europe, Armand Colin, Paris 1999.
• I. Radovanović 1996. The Iron Gates Mesolithic, International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor – Michigan
• M. Garašanin (ed.) 1979. Praistorija jugoslavenskih zemalja, Tom II, Centar za balkanološka istraživanja, Sarajevo
• G. Bailey, P. Spikins (eds.)2008, Mesolithic Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge