Prehistory

Code:

HISTO062

Acronym:

PREHIS

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HISTO	94	HISTO - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

Objectives

This course sets out to provide knowledge on the main stages of the evolution of humanity in terms of its “biological history”, different survival strategies and social organisation systems.

Learning outcomes and competences

The Student should be able to recognize the different stages of evolution of:

- Humankind;

- Settlement;

- Social organization.

Should also be able to:

- Assess the importance of archaeological remains as documents of the past;

- Know the regional variability of archaeological remains and their significance.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program

0. Introduction: Origins and development of prehistoric studies. The Quaternary: Establishing the paleoenvironmental framework and defining a chronology of Prehistory.

1. The Evolution of Humankind.

2. Hunter-gatherers from the Palaeolithic: survival technologies and strategies. The oldest graves and the first artistic manifestations of the Upper Palaeolithic.

3. Hunter-gatherers post-Palaeolithic: new survival strategies in a new environmental framework. Broad spectrum economy preceding production.

4. The Neolithic. Main explanatory theories on the emergence of Manufacturing Economics. The Neolithic of the Near East. The European Neolithic: South East Europe. Central Europe and North Europe. The Neolithic of the Western Mediterranean. The emergence of the megalithic phenomenon in Atlantic Europe.

5. The Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age in Europe: From the first metallurgical societies to the development of the main civilisations. The increasing complexity of societies: social asymmetries and horizontal/vertical diversity. The basis of the State.

Note. The length of this course programme necessarily requires brief approaches and a selection of programme contents that will take into consideration students’ profiles, their areas of interest and the deficiencies they may have in mastering the field of Prehistory.

Mandatory literature

LEROI-GOURHAN, André ; As religiões da Pré-história, Edições 70, s/d
CHAMPION, T.; GAMBLE, C. et al. ; Prehistoria de Europa, Editorial Crítica, 1988. ISBN: 84-7423-378-X
BARNABEU, J. et al.; Al Oeste del Eden. Las Primeras Sociedades Agrícolas en la Europa Mediterránea, Editorial Sintesis, 1993. ISBN: 84-7738-182-8
STANFORD, Craig B. ; Os Símios Caçadores. Alimentação Carnívora e Origens do Comportamento Humano, Ed. Bizâncio, 2000. ISBN: 972-53-0078-5
JORGE, Susana O. ; Domesticar a Terra, Gradiva, 1999. ISBN: 972-662-686-2
GARANGER, J. (Dir.) ; La Préhistoire dans le Monde. Nouvelle édition de la Préhistoire d’André Leroi-Gourhan, P.U.F - Nouvelle Clio, 1992. ISBN: 2-13-044463-6
JORDAN, P; O Homem Primitivo, Temas e Debates, 2001. ISBN: 972-759-190-6
AMMERMAN, A. J; BIAGI, P. (Eds.) ; The Widening Harvest, Archaeological Institute of America, 2003. ISBN: 1-931909-05-9
ARSUAGA, J. L.; MARTÍNEZ, I. ; La especie elegida. La larga marcha de la evolución humana, Temas de Hoy, 1998. ISBN: 84-7880-909-0
PRICE, T. Douglas (Ed.) ; Europe’s First Farmers, Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-521-66572-8
HODDER, Ian ; The Domestication of Europe, Blackwell, 1990. ISBN: 9780631177692
LEWIN, Roger ; Principles of Human Evolution, Blackwell Science, 1998. ISBN: 0-86542-542-6
OTTE, M. ; Le Paléolithique inferior et moyen en Europe, Armand Colin, 1996. ISBN: 2-200-01389-2
FOLEY, R. ; Humanos antes da Humanidade, Teorema, 1995. ISBN: 972-695-427-4
WHITTLE, Alasdair ; Europe in the Neolithic. The creations of new worlds, Cambrige University Press, 1996. ISBN: 0-521-44920-0
CAUVIN, Jacques ; Nascimento das Divindades, Nascimento da Agricultura, Instituto Piaget, 1999. ISBN: 972-771-117-0
Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Quand d'autres hommes peuplaient la Terra, Flammarion, 2007. ISBN: ISBN: 978-2-0812-0584-0

Comments from the literature

Supplementary journal articles or dissemination articles, as well as internet sites, will be provided throughout the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes based mostly on the explanation of programme contents, using, at the same time, various educational resources.

keywords

Humanities > History > Prehistory

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	10,00
Trabalho escrito	90,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

It is mandatory to attend 75% of the classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade corresponds to the sum of the grade obtained in the final exam with that of the written work.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Paper/essay based on topics indicated by the teacher + final exam.

Classification improvement

The improvement of the final mark implies reformulating the evaluation essay/paper.