COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CERAMICS OF THE ROMAN PERIOD

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 4023 CERAMICS OF THE ROMAN PERIOD COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BINNUR GÜRLER

Offered to

Archeology (Evening)
Archeology

Course Objective

Ceramic produced within the geographical boundaries of the Roman Empire through the centuries (1st century B.C.-4th century A.D.) trade groups and properties of ceramics has been given in a chrnological order.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know the terminology of Roman pottery.
2   Recognize groups of Roman pottery.
3   Use the chronology of Roman pottery.
4   Find out where the centers of Roman ceramic production.
5   Associate with the commercial activities of Roman ceramics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Roman cuisine, written sources and material culture associated with the remains. Terminology of Roman pottery, groups and production techniques.
2 Topics related to Roman Period Cuisine
3 Roman Period ceramic kilns
4 Athenian Agora groups
5 Western sigillata forms
6 Western sigillata
7 Eastern Sigillata A
8 Midterm Exam
9 Eastern Sigillata B and C
10 Cypriot and Pontic sigillata
11 Roman Period amphoras
12 Roman Period lamps
13 Chronology and function of ceramic unguentarium
14 Fine ceramics and imported ceramics of the Athenian Agora
15 North Africa Red Slip Ware
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

D.M.Bailey, A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum III: Roman Provincial Lamps,
London 1988.

A.P. Christensen, Hama: Fouilles et Recherches de la Fondation Carlsberg 1931-1938, III.2: The Greco-Roman Objects of Clay, the Coins and the Necropolis, (ed. A.P.Christensen, R. Thomsen, G. Ploug), 1986, 7-31.
H. Comfort, Terra Sigillata in Pauly-Wissowa, R.E. suppl.VII, 1940, cols. 1295-1852.
J.W. Crowfoot-G.M. Crowfoot-K.M. Kenyon, The Objects from Samaria. Samaria Sebaste, Reports of the Wrok of the Joint Expedition in 1931-1933 and of the British Expedition in 1935, No.3, 1957.
C. Diederichs, La Céramique Romana-Byzantine,Céramiques Hellénistiques, Romaines et Byzantine, Salamine de Chypre IX, 1980, 47-102.
V.Gassner, Das Südtor der Tetragonos-Agora. Keramik und Kleinfunde, FiE XIII/1/1, Wien 1997.
J.W. Hayes, Cypriot Sigillata , RDAC, 1967, 65-77.
J.W. Hayes, Late Roman Pottery, 1972.
J.W. Hayes, Supletement to Late Roman Potter, London,1980.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lesson
2. Presentation
3. Discussion
4. Slideshow

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) 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

1. LO 1, 2 and 4: Midterm exam will be assessed with questions to ask.
2. LO 3 and 5: Final exam will be assessed with questions to ask.

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1, 2 and 4: Midterm exam will be assessed with questions to ask.
2. LO 3 and 5: Final exam will be assessed with questions to ask.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1- 70 % of the participation of classes is mandatory.
2. 2- Midterm and final exam will be assessed by participation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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