COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WESTERN ANATOLIA EARLY BRONZE AGE CHRONOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5073 WESTERN ANATOLIA EARLY BRONZE AGE CHRONOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ENGIN AKDENIZ

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of this course, providing information about the problem of Early Bronze Age chronology in Western Anatolia.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Examination of the major findings centers of Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia.
2   2. Learning of the chronology works of Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia.
3   3. Making comparisons between the Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and Mainland Greece with the chronological aspects.
4   4 Examination of the Early Bronze Age settlements in the Aegean Islands and the Continent of Greece.
5   5 Comparison of Early Bronze Age centers in Western Anatolia.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Providing of the general information and bibliography related the course
2 2 To give information about the absolute and relative chronology.
3 3 To give information about the chronology works of Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia
4 4 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece I, Troia and its environs
5 5 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece II, Troia and its environs
6 6 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece II, Inner Western Anatolia
7 7 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece III Southwestern Anatolia.
8 8.Midterm exam.
9 9 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece IV, Southwestern Anatolia
10 10 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece V, East Aegean Islands
11 11 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of theMainland Greece VI, East Aegean Islands
12 12 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece VII, Crete
13 13 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece VIII, Dodecanese
14 14 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece IX, Crete
15 15 Chronological evaluation of the results of Early Bronze Age excavations in Western Anatolia, Aegean Islands and east of the Mainland Greece X, the results of the centers in east of the Mainland Greece.
16 16.Final examination.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Alram-Stern, E., Die Aegaeische Fruehzeit 1. Band. Das Neolithikum in Griechenland, Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1996.
2 Blegen, Carl W. Troy and the Trojans. Rpt. New York, 1995.
3 Cadogan,G., "Early and Middle Minoan Chronology," AJA 87(1983) 507-518.
4 Coleman, J., "Greece and the Aegean from the Mesolithic to the End of the Early Bronze Age," (Ed.R. W. Ehrich), Chronologies in Old World Archaeology, Chicago 1992, I. cilt:247-279, II. cilt, 203-221.
5 Easton, D.F., "Towards a Chronology for the Anatolian Early Bronze Age", AS 26 (1976) 145-173.
6 Easton, D.F., "The Chronology of West Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age," BICS 35 (1988) 180-181.
7 Efe, T., D. Ş. M. Ay-Efe, Küllüoba: Iç Kuzeybatı Anadolu da Bir Ilk Tunç Çağı Kenti: 1996- 2000 Yılları Arasında Yapılan Kazı Çalışmalarının Genel Değerlendirmesi , Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi (TÜBA-AR) 4 (2001), 43-78.
8 French, D.H., Anatolia and the Aegean in the Third Millennium B. C. (Doktora Tezi, Cambridge Universitesi, 1968).
9 Gimbutas, M., "Chronologies of eastern Europe: Neolithic through Early Bronze Age," Chronologies in Old World Archaeology (Ed. R. W. Ehrich), cilt I, 395-406, cilt II, 364-384. Chicago, 1992.
10. Korfmann, M.,-Kromer, B., "Demircihüyük, Besik-Tepe, Troia - Eine Zwischenbilanzzur Chronologie dreier Orte in Westanatolien," Studia Troica 3(1993) 135-171.
11. Kuniholm, P.I., "The Prehistoric Aegean: Dendrochronological Progress as of 1995," Acta Archaeologica 67 (1996) 327-335. 12. Kuniholm, P.I. ve diğerleri, "Anatolian Tree Rings and the Absolute Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean, 2220 - 718 B.C.," Nature 381 (June 1996) 780-783.
13. Lloyd, S.- Mellaart, J., Beycesultan I: The Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Level, Londra 1962.
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14. Manning, S., The Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Early Bronze Age: Archaeology, Radiocarbon, and History, Sheffield 1995.
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15. Manning, S.W., "Troy, Radiocarbon, and the Chronology of the Northeast Aegean in the Early Bronze Age", (ED.C. G. Doumas-V. La Rosa), E Poliochne kai e Proïme Epoche tou Chalkou sto Boreio Aigaio, Atina 1997, 498-521.
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16. Mellink, M.J., "Anatolian Chronology," in R. W. Ehrich, ed., Chronologies in Old World Archaeology, 3rd ed., Chicago, 1992, Cilt. I: 207-220; Cilt. II: 171-184. 17 17. Nissen, Hans J. The Early History of the Ancient Near East: 9000-2000 B.C., Chicago, 1988.
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18. Warren, P., "The Aegean and the Limits of Readiocarbon Dating", (Ed.K. Randsborg), Absolute Chronology: Archaeological Europe 2500-500 B.C., Copenhagen 1996, 283-290. 19 19. Warren, P.-Hankey, V., Aegean Bronze Age Chronology, Bristol 1989.
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20. Wiener, M.H., Time Out: The Current Impasse in Bronze Age Archaeological Dating , (Ed.) K. P. Foster-R. Laffineur, METRON: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age, Aegaeum 24, Liège/Austin 2003, 363-399. 21 21. http://dendro.cornell.edu

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Museum Excursion

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

1. LO 1-4: Midterm Exam
2. LO 1-7: Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

- Attendance at %70 of Lecture.
- Obliged to take Midterm, Duty and Final Exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

engin.akdeniz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Tutorials 3 6 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Reading 10 2 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555555
LO.2555555
LO.3555555
LO.4555555
LO.5555555

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