Course code

AIA6048.HT

old course code

AIA6048

Course title in Estonian

Eesti esiajalugu

Course title in English

Prehistory of Estonia

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

An introductory course for wider range of students to present our earlier history.

Brief description of the course

An overview of Estonian prehistory from the first inhabitants to the conquest in the 13th century. Prehistory will be considered by periods, concentrating on changes through time and the development of the society. An overview of different artefacts and their types characteristic to different periods, changes in agriculture, society and ideology will be provided. Also the history of Estonian archaeology and the development of theoretical thought and ways of consideration in last 200 years will be presented, archaeological interpretations and their connections to politics. Although the course includes Estonian prehistory as a whole, the main stress will be on the last periods of it.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
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Teacher

Marika Mägi PhD, Krista Karro MA

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

History (AIAJB/11.HT)
Anthropology (HIANB/11.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/11_1.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/11_2.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/11.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10_2.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10_1.HT)
Anthropology (HIANB/10.HT)
History (AIAJB/10.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/09.HT)
History (AIAJB/09.HT)
History (AIAJB/08.HT)
History (AIAJB/07.HT)
History (AIAJB/06.HT)
History (AIAJB/05.HT)
History (AIAJB/04.HT)
History (AIAJB/00.HT)