Pré e Proto-História de Portugal
Courses Licenciatura em História
This course unit studies the long time gap from the first evidence of human presence in Portuguese territory to the end of Iron Age, dating back to the last two centuries of the 1st millennium B.C.
By the end of this curricular unit, students are expected to have acquired specific yet comprehensive knowledge of the prehistoric and protohistoric human past of the Portuguese territory, from the Lower Palaeolithic (over one million years ago) to the end of the Iron Age (circa 2nd century BCE). Emphasis will be placed on key archaeological sites and representative artefacts, which will serve as the basis for developing informed analyses of the economic, social, and cultural aspects of the corresponding populations.
From the Early Neolithic to the end of the Chalcolithic; Evolution of material culture, and social, economic, and cultural aspects: the emergence of metallurgy and social complexity; Funerary practices.
Megalithism. Artistic expressions.
The Bronze Age and the intensification of regional dynamics; Settlement patterns, economy, and society; The funerary sphere; Aspects of material culture: bronze metallurgy and jewellery; Transregional interactions in the Late Bronze Age: the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Compulsory:
Cardoso, J. L. (2007) - Pré-História de Portugal, Lisboa: Universidade Aberta, 527p.
Additional:
During the semester texts will be provided .
E-learning.
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).
Students are required to have access to a computer with Internet connection and an e-mail address as well as to have computer literacy from the users' perspective.