COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEAR EASTERN PREHISTORY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 1004 NEAR EASTERN PREHISTORY II COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ÖVÜN SELIM MARTIN

Offered to

Archeology (Evening)
Archeology

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to define the Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures in the Near East on the basis of production technologies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe Semi-Settled societies and lives in the Near East
2   To be able to define special interior regions in the Holocene in the Near East: Levant, Mesopotamia and Central Anatolia geographically and culturally.
3   To be able to discuss the development processes in settlement typology in the Near East.
4   Ability to examine settled life in the Near East
5   Ability to describe the Neolithic Package produced in the Near East and its spread
6   Be able to describe the transformation from village to city, from chief to king in the Near East
7   Ability to define prehistoric ages and periods in Archaeological Chronology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Factors that make up civilization
2 2. Comparison of Epipaleolithic and Mesolithic
3 3. Reasons that create settled life
4 4. Geological Era transition: Pleistocene and Holocene
5 5. Definition of the Neolithic Age
6 6. Discovery of PPN: Jericho Shock
7 7. Establishment of the first villages in Mesopotamia and the Levant
8 8. Midterm Exam
9 9. Discovery of the Neolithic Age in Anatolia
10 10. The World's First Neolithic Villages
11 11. Social Complexity and Its Resolution in the Neolithic Age
12 12. Neolithic Age Public and Private Buildings
13 13. Formation and spread of the Neolithic Package
14 14. Guide Fossil Ceramics
15 15. Advanced Production Ages in the Near East
16 16. Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

TÜRKÇE KAYNAKLAR
M.Özdoğan, N.Başgelen (Ed.), Türkiye de Neolitik Dönem-Yeni Kazılar, Yeni Bulgular, Istanbul, 2007.
M.Kartal, Konar-Göçerlikten Yerleşik Yaşama Geçiş Epi-Paleolitik Dönem Türkiye de Son Avcı-Toplayıcılar, Istanbul, 2009.
N.Başgelen (Ed.), 12000 Yıl Önce Uygarlığın Anadolu dan Avrupa ya Yolculuğunun Başlangıcı Neolitik Dönem, Istanbul, 2007.
Frangipane, G. Yakındoğu da Devletin Doğuşu, Çev.Z.Z.Ilkgelen, Arkeoloji ve Sanat yay. Ist.-2002
Dolukhanov P. Eski Ortadoğu da Çevre ve Etnik Yapı, Çev.S.Aydın, Imge Ktbv. Ankara-1998
Maisels, C.K. Uygarlığın Doğuşu, Çev.A.Şenel, Imge Ktbv. Ankara-1999
Bottéro, J. Eski Yakındoğu, A.Kahiloğulları-P.Güzelyürek-L.A.Özcan, Dost Ktbv.Yay. Ankara-2005
Van de Mieroop, M. Antik Yakındoğu`nun Tarihi, Çev.S.Gül, , Dost Ktbv.Yay. Ankara-2004
P. Bordreuil, F.B-Chattonet, C.Michel. Tarihin Başlangıçları (Eski Yakındoğu Kültür Ve Uygarlıkları) Alfa Yay, Ist-2015
Roger Lewin. Modern Insanın Kökeni, Tübitak -2000
R.J.Braidwood, Tarihöncesi Insanları, Istanbul, 1990.
Prof. Dr. Galip Akın. Prehistorya ya Giriş. Alter Yay, Ankara 2018
Prof. Dr. Galip Akın. Insanın Prehistorik Dönemde Kullandığı Hammaddeler. Alter Yay. Ankara 2019
John. J. Shea. Paleolitik ve Neolitik Yakındoğu da Taş Aletler. Doruk Yay.2019
Metin Kartal. Taş Çağlarında Yontmataş Uçlar. Bilgin Yay. Ankara-2019
Gregory Curtis. Mağara Ressamları. Redingot Yay. Ist-2017
Ian Hodder, Scott Hutson. Geçmişi Okumak. PHOENIX YAYINEVI -2017
Ian Hodder. Dolanıklık -Insanlar Ile Şeyler Arasındaki Ilişkilerin Arkeolojisi Alfa Yay-2018
Richard Leakey, Roger Lewin. Göl Insanları. Tübitak-1998
Felicien Challaye. Dinler Tarihi. Varlık Yay-1998
Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn. Arkeoloji. Homer Kitabevi -2017

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lesson
2. Presentation

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. Mid-term Exam
2. Final Exam

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1, 3: Midterm exam will be assessed with questions to ask.
2. LO 3 4-6: 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)

selim.martin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

tuesday 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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