COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CERAMICS OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD I

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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYGÜN EKIN MERIÇ

Offered to

Archeology (Evening)
Archeology

Course Objective

- Learning of Hellenistic Pottery (320-30 BC) of Kitchen Ware, Plain Ware, and Table Ware including their fashionable ornaments.
- Studying the centers of pottery production.
- Trade Relation between cities and distribution pattern of pottery.
- Investigate the regional differences of pottery production.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   identify a Hellenistic pottery object.
2   find out the function of pottery fragment looking at the feature of clay and surface treatment
3   able able to tell the type of the studied Hellenistic pottery.
4   find out the production method.
5   describe the pottery correct terminology and date it roughly.
6   to write correct catalogue entries and recording process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Trying to understand the new geography and the new cities established with the conquests of Alexander, which extends to Egypt, and the resulting multinational examination of components
2 2. Black Gazed Pottery
3 3. Western Anatolian Glazed Ceramics Lecture
4 4. Simple (Partially) Glazed Pottery Lecture
5 5. West Slope Pottery Lecture
6 6. Western Slope Pottery found in important Hellenistic cities such as Smyrna, Ephesus, Sarders
7 7. White Slipped Pottery (Lagynos Ware) Lecture
8 Midterm exam Lecture
9 8. Applique Ceramics Lecture
10 9. Mold Made Bowls (Megarian Bowls) Lecture
11 10. Mold-Made Bowls Uncovered During Excavations Lecture
12 11. Unguentaria and their typological development Lecture
13 12. Unguentaria and Their Use as Grave Offers Lecture
14 13. Hellenistic Period Kitchen Equipment Lecture
15 14. Examination of Hellenistic ceramics in Museums in Izmir Lecture
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. ANDERSON STAJONAVIC, V. R. Stobi: The Hellenistic and Roman Pottery, Princeton, 1992.
2. BRUNEAU, Philippe. Les Lampes, Delos XXVI, Paris, 1965.
3. EDWARDS, Roger. Corinthian Hellenistic Pottery, Corinth VII, Part III, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, 1975.
4. GASSNER, Verena. Das Südtor der Tetragonos-Agora, Keramik und Kleinfunde, Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 1997.
5. GÜRLER, Binnur. Metropolis in Hellenistik Dönem Seramiği , (Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi), Ege Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Izmir,1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Practice
3. To analyze and identify studies of Hellenistic pottery in the laboratory and Museums of Archaeology.

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

1. Midterm Exam
1. Duty
3. Final Exam

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4: Midterm, Duty and Final Exam.
2. LO 5-6: Recognize ability the Hellenistic pottery on the practice in the laboratory the Museum.

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)

aygun.ekin@deu.edu.tr
3018724

Office Hours

Wednesday 13:15-14:15

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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