COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BYZANTINE ARCHAEOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 4029 BYZANTINE ARCHAEOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERGÜN LAFLI

Offered to

Archeology
Archeology (Evening)

Course Objective

Aims to teach about the emergence, development and characteristics of the Byzantine archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean between 5th to 15th cent. A.D.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, student will gain following competences: Analyzing the archaeology of Early Byzantine period (A.D. 330-726),
2   Distinguishing the archaeology of Middle Byzantine period (A.D. 867- 1204),
3   Exploring the archaeology of Late Byzantine period (A.D. 1261-1453),
4   Explaning the archaeology of Byzantine Istanbul,
5   Describing the archaeology of Byzantine Asia Minor.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Themes and contents.
2 Terminology and chronology.
3 Political history of Byzantium.
4 Cultural history of Byzantium.
5 Byzantine Istanbul.
6 Field Work: Archaeological Museum of Izmir as well as Museum of History and Art of Izmir.
7 Byzantine ceramics.
8 Midterm exam
9 Byzantine sculpture.
10 Byzantine architecture.
11 Byzantine historical geography.
12 Byzantine numismatic.
13 Byzantine epigraphy 1
14 Byzantine epigraphy 2
15 Byzantine epigraphy 3
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

J. Beckwith, Early Christian and Byzantine art (New Haven, 1993).
R. Cormack, Byzantine art (Oxford, 2000).
H.C. Evans, ed., Byzantium: faith and power (1261-1557) (New York, 2004).
H.C. Evans, ed., The glory of Byzantium (New York, 1997).
Sharon E. J. Gerstel and Julie A. Lauffenburger, ed., A Lost Art Rediscovered (Penn State, 2001) ISBN 0-271-02139-X
C. Mango, ed., The art of the Byzantine Empire, 312-1453: sources and documents (Englewood Cliffs, 1972).
K. Weitzmann, ed., Age of spirituality (New York, 1979).
James, Elizabeth. Art and Text in Byzantine Culture (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521834090.
Papadaki-Oekland, Stella. Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts of the Book of Job. ISBN 2-503-53232-2 & ISBN 978-2-503-53232-5.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Lessons & discussions,
2- A joint field work (two times).

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

7. LO 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, Türkiye.
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 Wednesdays between 11am and 12am.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Field study 2 8 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Other (watching artwork belong to visual arts) 4 8 32
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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