Paleolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology (basic)

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: To introduce students to the cultural development and the changes in the ways of life in the Paleolithic and the Mesolithic.

Course description: The course comprizes of the earliest development stages of of human culture: The Paleolithic and the Mesolithic. The lectures cover: a) Cultural and social changes; b) Economy and settlement; c) Art and the system of beliefs. The Paleolithic and Mesolithic of Balkan Peninsula will be covered in particular.

Learning Outcomes: Class attendance, essay and oral exam

Literature/Reading:

• C. Gamble 1999, The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 68-80
• R. Lewin 2005, Human Evolution: an illustrated introduction, Blackwell Publishing, Malden-Oxford-Carlton
• I. Radovanović, The Iron Gates Mesolithic, International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor – Michigan, 1996
• F. Djindjian, J. K. Kozlowski, M. Otte, Le Paléolithique superieur en Europe, Armand Colin, Paris 1999
• C. Gamble: The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe, Cambridge University Press, 1986, str. 69-115.
• D. Srejović (ed.), Arheološki leksikon, Savremena administracija, Beograd 1997
• J. K. Kozlowski, S. K. Kozlowski: Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in Europe – Taxonomy and palaeohistory, Polska Akademia Nauk, 1979, str. 9-15.
• D. Srejović, Lj. Babović, Umetnost Lepenskog Vira, Jugoslavija, Beograd 1983.
• J. Cauvin, The Birth of Gods and the Origins of Agriculture, Cambridge 2000.
• Đ. Basler (ed.), Praistorija jugoslavenskih zemalja, Tom I – Paleolitsko i mezolitsko doba, Akademija nauka Bosne i Hercegovine, Centar za balkanološka istraživanja, Sarajevo 1979