COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE NATURAL STONE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NBG 5030 CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE NATURAL STONE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET UHRI

Offered to

NATURAL BUILDING STONES AND GEMSTONES

Course Objective

Having the student learn the history of the subject and material on which she/he will study; having the student understand how the historically and archaeologically natural stones and other materials have been beneficial to mankind in history, and emphasizing the importance of these materials in cultural history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to comprehend the basic relations between archeology and natural stones
2   Ability to understand the basics of archaeological research techniques
3   Ability to identify the style and interactions in the workmanship of rock.
4   Ability to distinguish the rocks according to their construction period
5   Ability to state their research knowledge and experience in written form.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Culture and civilization concepts. Description of culture and civilization concepts, the difference between them, the reason why they are used instead of each other, ideology of these concepts.
2 Relationship between human and nature; cognitive evolution of mankind. The war of existence, evolution of human brain, cognitive evolution from tool using hominid to tool making human.
3 Making and using stoneware tools at prehistoric times.The usage of limestone, flint stone, serpentinite and obsidian and the reasons of their usage during human evolution. Tool examples, drawings of stone tools.
4 Fire, stone and metal relationship - 1 The usage of fire, the physical and evolutional advantages of its usage, metal tools besides stoneware tools and accessing metallurgy. Stoves, ovens and the materials used for them. From primitive life to settled life and urbanization. Social division of l
5 Fire, stone and metal relationship - 2 The usage of fire, the physical and evolutional advantages of its usage, metal tools besides stoneware tools and accessing metallurgy. Stoves, ovens and the materials used for them. From primitive life to settled life and urbanization.
6 Marble and its usage in history of humanity - 1 Marble and its importance in archeological settlements, antique marble quarries. Marble and its usage in history of humanity - 2
7 Mid-term exam
8 Anatolian stone quarries in ancient times The spots of stone quarries for the usage of stone material in architecture, their locations, capacities and the quality of the stones gathered from these quarries.
9 Gemstones in archeology-1 Characteristics of the gemstones discovered at the archeological sites, their types and the usage of gemstones as a status sign
10 Gemstones in archeology-2 Characteristics of the gemstones discovered at the archeological sites, their types and the usage of gemstones as a status sign
11 Usage of glass and glassware in ancient times - 1 Quartz , glass made of quartz, primary uses of glass, glassworkers, glass craft and its evolution to be an art. Glass art, characteristics and the usage of glass art in ancient times.
12 Usage of glass and glassware in ancient times - 2 Quartz , glass made of quartz, primary uses of glass, glassworkers, glass craft and its evolution to be an art. Glass art, characteristics and the usage of glass art in ancient times.
13 Usage of volcanic stones in ancient settlements. The usage of basalt, granite and andesite like volcanic stones in ancient settlements and determining these areas in settlement plans.
14 Discussion (presentation)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. References: Güvenç, B. 1979, Insan ve Kültür, Remzi Ktbv., Istanbul.
2. Mithen, S. 1999, Aklın Tarih Öncesi, Çev. I.Kutluk, Dost.Yay. Ankara
3. Uhri, A. 2003, Ateşin Kültür Tarihi, Dost Ktbv. Yay. Ankara
4. Özet, A. 1998, Dipten Gelen Parıltı. Kültür Bak. Ankara
5. Gürler. B. 2000, Tire Müzesi Cam Eserleri, Kültür Bak. Ankara
6. Savaşçın. Y.-Ahan, A. 2003, Anadolu Süs Taşları, Ankara
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik-Mimarlık Fakültesi Basımı, Izmir, 238
sayfa.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course + presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahmet.uhri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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