COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROTO ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO THE INDO-EUROPEAN THESIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 6064 PROTO ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO THE INDO-EUROPEAN THESIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Archaeology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Archaeology

Course Objective

According to data mainly Proto Indo-European languages (PHA) about a series of three hundred years about the alleged existence of prehistoric communities that speak the language in Eurasia was made academic studies involving hypothetical claims are made. The course examined the question of analytical work, what to do with the alleged studies of archaeological data so that data overlap and / or is intended to be made over the first source that examined how conflict.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   PHA hypotheses have been proposed over the last fifty years to address the first resource to understand
2   The last fifty years have been proposed in PHA hypotheses related data, the material culture of documents obtained from archaeological excavations carried out in the last 10 years, and in this area in comparison with the results of the past 10 years made alternative theoretical-desk study to revise the basic provisions of the PHA hypothesis.
3   Before the student's disposal to academic life (in our country because it hardly ever take place in an institution of the program) is very well known to raise awareness about the PHA hypotheses, where the subject is started, where it evolved, what scientific data that learning is based, to ensure the creation knowledge base in this area.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Proto Indo-European history of the hypothesis
2 Language and Archaeology.
3 World Language Families.
4 Proto Indo-European languages.
5 Ural Altaic families.
6 "Kurgan" hypothesis.
7 MID TERM
8 Yamnaya and Katakomben Culture.
9 Culture in Sintas.
10 C. Renfrew and "Out of Anatolia" Hypothesis
11 Bronze Age migration of PHA.
12 Afanasyev-Okunyev Culture.
13 "Migration of the Tarim Basin."
14 PHA Migration and the Indus Valley culture.
15 Allegations hypothetical archaeological facts.

Recomended or Required Reading


Anthony, D.W. 2007
The Horse the Wheel and Language, Princeton University Press, 2007

Gimbutas, M. 1956,
The Prehistory of Eastern Europe, Part 1.
Mallory, J.P. 1989
In Search of the Indo-Europeans, Thames-Hudson, London.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Determination of first sources to be presented to the students, will be made after the collective discussion and evaluation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

1. LO 1-2: Midterm exam will be evaluated with questions to be asked in.
2 LO 3: the final will be evaluated to ask questions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Is required to attend 70% of classes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

semih.guneri@gmail.com

Office Hours

Wednesday 14.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 2 32
Student Presentations 16 1 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 2 32
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 16 4 64
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
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LO.2555555
LO.3555555