On the way and under a tent. Nomads of the Near East. 3101-DMKOCZ
1. Introduction
- definitions of pastoral nomadism
- types of nomadism
- criteria and the factors used to define various forms of pastoral nomadism
2 Ethnoarchaeological observations in the study of nomadic pastoralism:
Basseri - Iran, Fars
Bahtyiari - Iran, Zagros
Bedouins
- Al-Murrah in the Arabian Peninsula
- Bedouins in the Syrian Badia
- Bdduins in Negev
Yoruk - the south-eastern Turkey
Travelers’ accounts in nineteenth-century
Sedentarization of nomad tribes
3. Google Earth - contemporary tool in the study of nomads
4. Forms of nomads’ economic activities
5 Women in tents (role of woman in the pastoral-nomadic tribe)
6. Pastoral-nomads in ancient times
7. The nomad groups in ancient texts
8 Achaemenid Itinerant empire
9. Where an archaeologist can find the ancient camp of nomads
examples of archaeological sites: camps and cemeteries,
remains of production activities - pottery kilns, metallurgical workshops;reconstruction of the participation of nomads in exchange and trade
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
The student has detailed specialist knowledge of the nomadic pastoral societies operating at different times in the Middle East, including terminology, theories and methodology in archaeology (K_W06);
knows and understands advanced methods of analysis and interpretation of research problems in the field of pastoral archaeology, relevant to selected traditions, theories and research schools (K_W12);
is able to search for, analyse, select and use information on archaeological sources relating to pastoralism and their context using literature and electronic media, and subject it to criticism and creative interpretation (K_U01);
be able to detect complex relationships between artifacts and ecofacts and ancient cultural processes (K_U07);
is willing to use his/her knowledge and skills and is aware of the need to confront it with expert opinions (K_K01);
is ready to recognise the importance of artefacts, ecofacts and written sources of nomadic pastoralism as part of humanity's cultural heritage (K_K02);
is ready to assess the unique value of archaeological sources and their role in recreating the human past (K_K03);
is ready to critically assess the interpretation of archaeological and historical sources and is aware of the multi-facetedness of the interpretation (K_K04);
is ready to make use of its knowledge of the complex nature of culture and is aware of the need to analyse different categories of sources for recreating the human past (K_K05);
Assessment criteria
Final exam in the form of a written test consisting of about 15
closed questions and 15 open questions. A positive result of the test is conditioned by obtaining 60% of the maximum number of possible points. Degree of difficulty of questions corresponds to the number of points in the adopted scale from 2 to 10.
Bibliography
Supplementary bibliography:
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Tuwah Khoshkeh: A Middle Chalcolithic pastoralist camp-site in the Islamabad Plain,West Central Zagros Mountains, Iran. Iran 40: 43–74.
Dyson-Hudson, R., and Dyson-Hudson N. 1980
Nomadic pastoralism. Annual Review of Anthropology 9: 15–61.
Kupper, J.-R. 1957
Les Nomades en Mesopotamie au Temps des rois de Mari, Paris
Lees. S. H., Bates D. G. 1974
The origins of Specialized Pastoralism: A Systemic Model, American Antiquity 39:187-193
Marx E. 1977
The Tribe as a Unit of Subsistence: Nomadic Pastoralism in the Middle East, American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 79, No. 2, 343-363.
Rowton, M.R. 1973
Urban Autonomy in a Nomadic Environment, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 32, 201-15.
Bar-Yosef, O., Mazanov A.M., eds 1992
Pastoralism in the Levant.. Archaeological Materials in Anthropological Perspective, Madison
Bieńkowski, P., Chlebik, B., Changing Places: Architecture and Spacial Organizations of the Bedul in Petra, Levant 23, 147-80
M. Mundy B.,2000
Musallam The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East, Cambridge.
Cribb R., 1991
Nomads in Archaeology, Cambridge.
Beck,L, 1989
1989 The Qashqa’i of Iran, New Haven
Beck,L, 2003
Qashqa’i Nomadic Pastoralism and Their Land Use, w: Yeki bud, Yeki nabud, Los Angeles.
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