Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in history | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course focuses on the objectives, methods and philosophy of archaeological research in Prehistory. Following a chronological perspective, the course begins with human origins and the different factors (environmental, anatomic, technological, cultural) that influenced human evolution. The course then develops the study of the different hunter-gatherer societies during the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods. Finally, the course examines complex societies from the Neolithic and Metal Ages, beginning with economic and technological changes (sedentism, origins of agriculture and animal husbandry, consequences of metallurgy) that led progressively to modern complex human society.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will think about the reasons of the modifications described in the first chapters devoted to the emergence of modern man, then about the evolution after the beginning of the Neolithic and the Metal Ages, towards societies with social inegalities more and more growing.
To be able to master the long chronology is one of the key point in the learning outcomes of the learning unit.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoritical courses.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Oral examination in June
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Pierre NOIRET Département des Sciences historiques Service de Préhistoire, 7 place du 20-Août bât A1, B-4000 Liège Tél.: 04.366.58.39 - Fax : 04.366.55.51 E-mail: pnoiret@ulg.ac.be