COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSERVATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAA 5012 CONSERVATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ABDURRAHMAN HARUN ÖZDAŞ

Offered to

UNDERWATER ARCHAELOGY

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to introduce the principles, methods and materials used in protection and repair of materials such as wood, metal, glass, etc. which found in wrecks and submerged ancient sites

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the maritime trade in antiquity
2   Be aware of importance of mainly containers used for transportation in ancient times in historical perspective
3   Determine the maritime trade routes and cargo types used by different civilizations
4   Classify the main commercial goods transported in ancient times and production sites
5   Be able to describe the main trade centers and harbor cities
6   Be able to support the protection of underwater cultural heritage creating a management model based on the investigation and interpretation
7   Be qualified enough to perform research on international level
8   Be able to gain a different perspective in archeology using multi-disciplines such as maritime, history, economics, etc.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mobile/unmobile artifacts,, the definition and scope; protection principles, laws and regulations
2 Conservation of ceramic material, the material structure and chemical properties
3 Conservation of ceramic material, cleaning of material methods and used materials
4 Conservation of ceramic material, conservation of material, methods and materials used
5 Conservation of ceramic material, repair of material, methods and materials used
6 Examples of practices for existing conservation of ceramic materials and evaluation
7 Midterm
8 Conservation, cleaning, protection and repair of organic material such as textiles, etc.
9 Conservation, cleaning, protection and repair of bone, ivory and other organic material
10 Conservation of metal material; bronze material, structure, chemical and physical properties, cleaning-protection-repair
11 Conservation of metal material; iron material, structure, chemical and physical properties, cleaning-protection-repair
12 Conservation of metal material; iron material, structure, chemical and physical properties, cleaning-protection-repair
13 Metal material conservation;the other metal materials, structures, chemical and physical features, cleaning-protection-repair
14 Overview of conservation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Catherine Sease, A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist, California, 1987.
2. Bradley A. Rodgers. The Archaeologist's Manual for Conservation: A Guide to Non-Toxic, Minimal Intervention Artifact Stabilization. Springer, 2004 - 220 s.
3. J.M. Cronyn. Elements of Archaeological Conservation. Routledge, 1990 - 352 s.
4. H.J.Plenderleith & A.E.A. Werner, The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art, London, 1971.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lectures: The course is carried out in lecture and class discussion format. All class members are expected to attend lecture and discussion sessions.
2.Assignment: All students are given homework assignments and they present their works to the class in the last hour of lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 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

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 13 2 26
Reading 10 2 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 21 21
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1321221512211
LO.2311221512511
LO.3321221522411
LO.4324122535311
LO.5354221522233
LO.6311121233511
LO.7353222532122
LO.8325111211153

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