Issues of Palaeolithic archaeology
| Title | Ζητήματα Παλαιολιθικής αρχαιολογίας / Issues of Palaeolithic archaeology |
| Code | ΑΠΡ 720 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600015962 |
Programme of Study: PMS stīn Archaiología, Téchnī kai Politismó 2024-2025
Registered students: 7
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proïstorikī Archaiología | Compulsory Course | Winter/Spring | - | 15 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600275572
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Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600275572
- At the Website of the School:
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the seminar, participants will be familiar
- with interpretative issues of Paleolithic research in recent decades,
- with aspects of evolution, dispersal and replacement of species of the genus Homo as well as with the material culture and archaeological documentation of the Paleolithic,
- with issues of Paleolithic research in Greece as they emerge from current archaeological practice.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
The subject of the seminar concerns issues of theory and methodology of Paleolithic Archaeology. The course will examine recent data on Hominin evolution (the genus Homo and its extinct ancestors) as well as the material remains associated with the first appearance of the genus Homo and its subsequent evolution at all levels of life and behavior. Participants will learn the basic characteristics of Paleolithic stone tool industries. At the same time, the climatic and paleoenvironmental characteristics of the Pleistocene will be discussed in the context of Homo dispersals, diverse adaptations and habitat choices of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers. In this general context, the Paleolithic research in Greece will be included, and important sites representing all periods of the Paleolithic period will be studied. The possibilities and limitations of research, and the methodological tools that have contributed to the documentation of the Paleolithic in Greece in recent years, will be examined.
Keywords
Lower, Middle, Upper Palaeolithic, hunters-gatherers, Greece
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Seminars | 50 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 150 | ✓ | |||
| Tutorial | 51 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 160 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 450 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students will be asked to study the selected bibliography given to them weekly, and to be ready to present short papers, individually or in groups, orally or written. Regular attendance and active involvement of students in the courses will be appreciated. They may be also asked to provide a final written paper on the subject
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
- Bailey, G.N. (Ed.), 1997. Klithi: Palaeolithic Settlement and Quaternary Landscapes in Northwest Greece, vol. 1 and 2. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge.
- Bailey, G.N., Adam, E., Panagopoulou, E., Perlès, C., Zachos, K. (Eds.), 1999 The Palaeolithic Archaeology of Greece and Adjacent Areas Proceedings of the ICOPAG Conference, Ioannina, September 1994. British School at Athens Studies 3, London
- Binford, L.R., 1982. The archaeology of place. J. Anthropol. Archaeol. 1, 5-31.
- Darlas A., Mihailovic D. 2008. Tha Palaeolithic of the Balkans . BAR International Series 1819
- DeSalle R., Tattersall I. 2008. Human origins. What bones and genoms tell us about ourselves.
- Gamble C. 1999. The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe. Cambridge University Press
- Harvati Κ., M. Roksandic (eds.), 2016 Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, DOI 10.1007/978-94-024-0874-4_14
- Lewin R. 2012. Εξέλιξη του ανθρώπου. Πέμπτη έκδοση. (μτφ. Σ. Μανώλης) Επιστημονικές Εκδόσεις Παρισιανου
- Mithen S. 1996. The Prehistory of the mind. Thames and Hudson (GN 281.4.M57 1996 c.1)
- Pettitt P. The Palaeolithic origins of human burial. (GN772.P48 2011)
- Stringer C, Andrews P. 2011. Homo. Η καταγωγή και εξέλιξη του ανθρώπου. Β΄έκδοση αναθεωρημένη. (μτφ. Σ. Μανώλης) Εκδόσεις Pοlaris
- Van Andel T., Davies W (eds) 2003. Neanderthals and modern humans in the European landscape during the last glaciation. MCDonald Institute Monographs
- Adam, E. 1989. A technological and typological analysis of Upper Palaeolithic stone industries of Epirus, northwestern Greece. Oxford:British Archaeological Reports. International series S512.
• Dakaris, S.I., Higgs, E.S. & Hey, R.W. 1964. The climate, environment and industries of Stone Age Greece, part I, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 30: 199–244.
• Galanidou, N. 2014. Advances in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology of Greece for the new millennium. Pharos (Journal Of The Netherlands Institute At Athens) , 1 (20), σσ. 1-40.
• Galanidou, N., Cole, J., Iliopoulos, G., & McNabb, J. 2013. East meets West: The Middle Pleistocene site of Rodafnidia on Lesvos, Greece. Antiquity , 87 (336).
• Higgs, E.S. & Vita-Finzi, C. 1966. The climate, environment and industries of Stone Age Greece, part II, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 32: 1–29.
• Higgs, E.S., Vita-Finzi, C. Harris, D.R. & Fagg, A.E. 1967. The climate, environment and industries of Stone Age Greece, part III,Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 33: 1–29.
• Jacobsen, T.W. 1973. Excavation in the Franchthi Cave, 19691971, Part I and Part II, Hesperia 42: 45–88, 253–83.
• Perlès, C. 1987. Les industries lithiques taillées de Franchthi (Argolide, Grèce). Tome I: présentation général et industries paléolithiques. Bloomington (IN): Indiana University Press. Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, fascicule 3.
• Runnels, C. 2001. The stone age of Greece from the Palaeolithic to the advent of the Neolithic, with an addendum. Στο Cullen, T. (2001). Aegean prehistory: a review (Vol. 1) (σσ. 225-58). Boston: Archaeological Institute of America.
• Tourloukis, V. & Karkanas, P. 2012. The Middle Pleistocene archaeological record of Greece and the role of the Aegean in hominin dispersals: new data and interpretations. Quaternary Science Reviews, 43, 1-15.
• Van Andel, TJ.H. & Sutton, S.B. 1987. Landscape and people of the Franchthi Region. Bloomington (IN): Indiana University Press. Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, fascicule 2.
Last Update
31-05-2025
