COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CERAMIC ILLUSTRIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EDA GÜNGÖR ALPER

Offered to

Archeology (Evening)
Archeology

Course Objective

Teaching of scale drawing of minor objects discovered during archaeological excavation. Applied drawing skills of minor objects. Applied recording and scientific cataloguing of findings regarding their material, color, surface treatment, slip, glaze and inclusions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to draw in scale a pottery objects (intact, fragments of rim or base) by measuring diameter, height, thickness of wall and inclination.
2   To differentiate the color, inclusions of clay and the surface treatment slip, glaze etc.
3   To use the appropriate and correct terminology defining the objects related with their techniques and features.
4   To achieve suitable cataloguing information.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discussing why drawing is necessary in archaeological studies and introducing the materials required for drawing. Theory+Practice
2 Explaining how to draw a bowl and discussing how and for what purpose the drawing tools will be used. Theory+Practice
3 Explaining the drawing of a spherical body vessel. Theory+Practice
4 Explaining the porcelain bowl drawing. Theory+Practice
5 Explaining the drawing of a full bowl with a handle through the use of a ceramic object with a handle. Theory+Practice
6 Explaining how to draw the fully recovered jug-like closed vessels. Theory+Practice
7 Explaining how the ancient ceramic production stages and catalog information of the finds were made. Theory+Practice
8 Midterm exams
9 Explaining the drawing of a broken vessel with inverted rim. Theory+Practice
10 Explaining the drawing of a broken vessel with an everted rim. Theory+Practice
11 Explaining the drawing of a broken flat-bottomed base fragment. Theory+Practice
12 Explaining the drawing of the broken ring base fragment. Theory+Practice
13 Shading in small work drawings. Theory+Practice
14 Decoration and pattern studies in small work drawing. Theory+Practice
15 General evaluation of the course. Theory+Practice
16 Final exams

Recomended or Required Reading

1. A. Tuba ÖKSE, Arkeolojik Çalışmalarda Seramik Değerlendirme Yöntemleri, 2002.
2. A. Tuba ÖKSE, Önasya Arkeolojisi Seramik Terimleri, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 1999.
3. B. Claasz Coockson, Arkeolojik Illüstrasyon ve Fotoğrafçılık, Aytaşı Yayınları, 2006.
4. Ilknur Türkoğlu, Arkeolojik Küçük Buluntu Çizimi Teknikleri, Ege YAyınları, 2020.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Practice

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

1. LO 1-5: Midterm and Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

- Attendance at %70 of Lecture.
- Obliged to take Midterm, Duty and Final Exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: eda.gungor@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 3018717

Office Hours

Friday, 13.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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