COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LATE ANTIQUE ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5010 LATE ANTIQUE ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERGÜN LAFLI

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

A course examining Late Antique civilizations in Anatolia and the Aegean Basin between the IVth and VIIth cent. A.D.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, student will gain following competences: Evaluating the idea about the principal working areas of the archaeological sciences,
2   Describing Late Antique archaeology which are fundamental for general Classical Archaeology,
3   Defining the ancient geography of Anatolia,
4   Identification of Anatolian classical and Medieval archaeologies,
5   Distinguishing interregional exchanges in archaeology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mediterranean geography.
2 Terminology.
3 Political history of Late Antiquity.
4 Late Antique Asia Minor: Byzantion and Ephesus.
5 Beginning of Late Antiquity.
6 Early Byzantium.
7 Late Antique Ceramics.
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Late Antique Architecture.
10 Late Antique Sculpture.
11 Late Antique Numismatics.
12 Late Antique Metals.
13 Late Antique Instrumenta.
14 Discussion.

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: from Marcus Aurelius to Muhammad (AD 150-750), (London: Thames and Hudson) 1989, ISBN 0-393-95803-5.
2- Peter Brown, 1987. "The World of Late Antiquity Ad 150-750" in A History of Private Life: 1. from Pagan Antiquity to Byzantium, Paul Veyne, editor, ISBN 0-393-95803-5.
3- Peter Brown, Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World, Routledge, 1997, ISBN 0-521-59557-6.
4- Peter Brown, The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity 200-1000 AD, Blackwell, 2003, ISBN 0-631-22138-7.
5- Averil Cameron, The Later Roman Empire: Ad 284-430, Harvard University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-674-51194-8.
6- Averil Cameron, The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity Ad 395-600 (Routledge History of the Ancient World), 1993, ISBN 0-415-01421-2.
7- Averil Cameron et al. (editors), The Cambridge Ancient History, vols. 12-14, Cambridge 1997ff.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lessons & discussions.

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

1-6 will be asserted by theoretical and practical questions in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% of the participation of classes is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Ergün LAFLI
Address: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Arkeoloji Bölümü, Tınaztepe/Kaynaklar Yerleşkesi, Buca, TR-35160 Izmir, Turkey.
Tel.: +90.232.301 87 21.
GSM: +90.539.577 07 33.
Faks: +90.232.453 90 93.
E-mail: .
E-mail: .

Office Hours

Every Thursdays between 1pm and 2 pm.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Field study 8 10 80
Final 1 15 15
Midterm 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
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LO.2555555
LO.3555555
LO.4555555
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