COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT SEAMANSHIP II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5022 ANCIENT SEAMANSHIP II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ABDURRAHMAN HARUN ÖZDAŞ

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

Roman period, the Byzantine period until the end of war and merchant vessels produced in the process, with the use of these vessels for sea routes, major ports will be examined. In addition to this, shipbuilding and shipyard will be touched on briefly. Each student prepare oral seminar on a particular topic and then this seminar will provide in writing

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify war and merchant ships
2   To learn sea routes and major ports
3   Ship construction techniques to analyze

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Roman Social-Political Structure
2 Written Ships in Roman literature
3 Roman Shipwrecks
4 Roman shipwrecks found underwater off the coast of Turkey
5 Roman war and navy boats
6 Early Byzantine Transition Period Wrecks
7 Bozburun Shipwreck
8 Midterm Exam
9 Other Byzantine shipwreck off the coast of Turkey in the underwater survey
10 Medieval Shipwrecks
11 Byzantine war and navy boats
12 Medieval Naval Architecture
13 The manuscript of Timbot
14 seminar

Recomended or Required Reading

1- G.F.BASS, ed. A History of Seafaring Based on Underwater Archaeology, (New York and London 1972)
2-F.H. van Doorninck " The 4th cent. Wreck at Yassı Ada. An Interim report on the hull" IJNA 5(1979) :115-131
3- A.R. Lewis -T.J.Ruyan European Naval and Maritime History, 300-1500 (London 1993)
4-L.Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Princeton 1971)
5-P.Throckmorton, The Sea Remembers:Shipwrecks and Archaeology (New York 1987)
6-G.F.Bass-F.H.van Doorninck, Yassıada I: A Seventh-Century Byzantine Shipwreck. (Texas A&M Üni.1982)
7- P and J.Throckmorton "The Roman wreck at Pantano Longarini" IJNA 2 (1973).243-266
8-L.V.Mott, The Development of the Rudder.(London 1997)
9-G.Hutchinson,Medieval ships and Shipping, (New Jersey 1994)
10-B.Greenhill, The Evolution of the Sailing Ship 1250-1580. (London 1995)
11-2-I.Feriel, The Good Ship.Ships, Shipbuilding and Technology in England 1200-1520. (Baltimore 1995)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

LO 1 and 2 will be assessed in midterm
LO 3 will be evaluated in final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

harun.ozdas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555555
LO.2555555
LO.3555555