COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEAR EASTERN PREHISTORY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 1003 NEAR EASTERN PREHISTORY I 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 introduce definitions in the light of architecture, burial traditions and small finds to the cultural processes that developed in the Near East from the Paleolithic Age, when humans produced the first tools, to the end of the Epipaleolithic Period.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the human species that lived in the given geography.
2   To be able to clarify the environment-intercultural relations of the Paleolithic cultural phases that developed in the Near East.
3   To be able to make detailed descriptions of the Paleolithic settlements developed in the Near East.
4   To be able to describe Paleolithic Tool Technology in the Near East.
5   To be able to define the raw materials used in the Prehistoric period in the Near East.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Near East Geography, description of Hilly Flanks which will be the subject of the course
2 Human species living in the Lower and Middle Paleolithic ages, their relations with climate and their settlements
3 Human species lived in Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic Ages; their relations with climate and their settlements
4 Levant and Mesopotamian Paleolithic Settlements
5 Anatolian Paleolithic and Epipalaeolithic Settlements
6 Epipalaeolithic Levant and Mesopotamian Cultures
7 Evolution of Tool Technology
8 Midterm
9 Paleolithic Research Problems
10 Paleolithic Art
11 Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic world
12 Prehistoric raw materials

Recomended or Required Reading

1. M.Özdoğan, N.Başgelen (Ed.), Türkiye de Neolitik Dönem-Yeni Kazılar, Yeni Bulgular, Istanbul, 2007.
2. M.Kartal, Konar-Göçerlikten Yerleşik Yaşama Geçiş Epi-Paleolitik Dönem Türkiye de Son Avcı-Toplayıcılar, Istanbul, 2009.
3. R.J.Braidwood, Tarihöncesi Insanları, Istanbul, 1990. -N.Başgelen (Ed.), 12000 Yıl Önce Uygarlığın Anadolu dan Avrupa ya Yolculuğunun Başlangıcı Neolitik Dönem, Istanbul, 2007.
S.Foster-McCarter, Neolithic, New York, 2007.

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)

Övün Selim Martin
selim.martin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 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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LO.2555555555444555
LO.3555555555444555
LO.4555555555444555
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