COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GREEK AND ROMAN GRAVE TYPOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 3040 GREEK AND ROMAN GRAVE TYPOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK YOLAÇAN

Offered to

Archeology
Archeology (Evening)

Course Objective

Death and Burial throughout the Mediterranean world, graves, tombs and monuments for the dead

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to identify common grave types in Western Anatolia and the Mediterranean
2   Be able to identify rock tombs
3   Be able to identify monumental tombs
4   Learning and being able to utilise the terminology about tombs
5   Death and after and the ancient view of these concepts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 introduction, sources
2 origins and practice
3 origins and practice
4 origins and practice
5 Death and afterlife in greek and roman world
6 Death and afterlife in greek and roman world
7 Death and afterlife in greek and roman world
8 midterm exam
9 simple earthen graves
10 cremation
11 sarcophagi
12 cemetary and grave markers
13 monumental tombs
14 monumental tombs
15 overview
16 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Toynbee, J. M. C. Death and Burial in the Roman World. Baltimore ; London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996
Edwards, Catharine. Death in Ancient Rome. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007
Hope, Valerie M. Death in Ancient Rome: A Source Book. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2007
Koch, Guntram. Roma Imparatorluk Dönemi Lahitleri, Istanbul, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 2001
Davies, Penelope J. E. Death and the Emperor : Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments, from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000
Hopkins, Keith. Death and Renewal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983
Kyle, Donald G. Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

presentations
Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + BUT * 0.40


*** 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

%70 attandance is mandatory.
Attandence to midterm and final exams mandatory.
Class report mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burak.yolacan@deu.edu.tr

0232 301 87 31

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 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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