COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WESTERN ANATOLIA IN THE EARLY IRON AGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 6050 WESTERN ANATOLIA IN THE EARLY IRON AGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Archaeology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ENGIN AKDENIZ

Offered to

Archaeology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to discuss the transition from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age in Anatolia in Western Anatolia, and the ongoing problems related to this period with the data obtained from new researches and excavations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The end of the Late Bronze Age.
2   Beginning of the Early Iron Age.
3   Evaluation of the results of research and excavations that give information about the transition from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age.
4   Investigation of Early Iron Age settlements in Western Anatolia.
5   Examination of Early Iron Age cultures in Western Anatolia.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General introduction of the course, the skill format required from the students and explanation of bibliography.
2 Giving the terminologies related to the course.
3 Late Bronze Age sites in Western Anatolia I. Troy and its surroundings.
4 Late Bronze Age finds centers in Western Anatolia II. Aiolis Region.
5 Late Bronze Age finds in Western Anatolia III. Ionian Territory.
6 Late Bronze Age artifacts in Western Anatolia IV. Caria and Lycia.
7 The Late Bronze Age sites in Western Anatolia V. Inner regions.
8 Midterm
9 Chronology of the Early Iron Age of Anatolia, regional differences I.
10 Chronology of the Early Iron Age of Anatolia, regional differences II.
11 Chronology of the Early Iron Age of Anatolia, regional differences III.
12 Western Anatolia Early Iron Age architecture I.
13 Western Anatolia Early Iron Age architecture II.
14 Western Anatolia Early Iron Age pottery I.
15 Western Anatolia Early Iron Age pottery II.
16 Final examination

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Akurgal 1955 E. Akurgal, Phrygische Kunst, Ankara, 1955.
2. Frangipane, M., Yakındoğu da Devletin Doğuşu, (Çev. Z.Z.Ilkgelen), Istanbul, 2002.
3. French, D.H., Anatolia and the Aegean in the Third Millennium B. C. (Doktora Tezi, Cambridge Universitesi, 1968).
4.. Erkanal, Geç Tunç Çağı'nda Liman Tepe." Batı Anadolu ve Doğu Akdeniz Geç Tunç Çağı Kültürleri Üzerine Yeni
Araştırmalar. (Eds. Erkanal-Öktü, A, S. Günel ve U. Deniz), Ankara, 2008, 91-100.
5. Genz 2000 H. Genz, Die Eisenzeit in Zentralanatolien im Lichte der keramischen Funde von Büyükkaya in
Boğazköy/Hattusa , TÜBA-AR 3 (2000) 35-54.
6.. Genz 2001 H. Genz, Boğazköy ün Erken Demir Çağı , Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü Haberler 12
16
7. Genz, H. 2003, The Early Iron Age in Central Anatolia , Identifying Changes: The Transition from Bronze to Iron Ages in
Anatolia and its Neighbouring Regions. Proceedings of the International Workshop Istanbul, November 8-9, 2002. (ed. B.
ischer - H. Genz - E. Jean - K. Köroğlu), Istanbul:179-191.
8. Lloyd, S.- Mellaart, J., Beycesultan I: The Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Level, Londra 1962.
9. Omura 1992a S. Omura, Kaman-Kalehöyük I. Ibaraki (1992a).
10. Omura 1992b S. Omura, 1990 Yılı Kaman-Kalehöyük Kazıları , KST 13.1 (1992) 319-336.
11.. Özgüç 1978 T. Özgüç, Maşat Höyük Kazıları ve Çevresindeki Araştırmalar/Excavations at MaşatHöyük and Investigations
in Its Vicinity, Ankara, 1978.
12. Sams 1994 G. K. Sams, The Early Phrygian Pottery.The Gordion Excavations 1950-1973: Final Reports, IV, 1994.
13. Schachner, A., Die Ausgrabungen in Boğazköy-Hattusa 2007, AA, 2008/1, 113-161 (mit Beiträgen von R. Dittmann, U.
Röttger, U.-D. Schoop)
14. Seeher, J., Hattuşa Yukarı Şehir: Yeni sorular, yeni kazılar, yeni cevaplar, in: T. Tarhan - A. Tibet - E. Konyar (Ed.), Muhibbe
Darga Armağanı (Istanbul 2008), 405-414
15. Seeher, J., Abschied von Gewusstem - Die Ausgrabungen in Hattusa am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts, in: G. Wilhelm
(Hrsg.), Hattusa - Boğazköy. Das Hethiterreich im Spannungsfeld des Alten Orients, 6. Internationales Colloquium der
Deutschen Orient Gesellschaft (Wiesbaden 2008) 1-13.
16. Seeher, J., Boğazköy-Hattuşa 2004-2005 Yılı Kazı ve Restorasyon Çalışmaları, in: 28. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı Bd. 2
(Ankara 2007), 27-42.
17. Schoop, U.D. - Seeher, J., Absolute Chronologie in Boğazköy-Hattusa: Das Potential der Radiokarbondaten, 53-76.
18. Seeher, J., Chronology in Hattusa: New Approaches to an Old Problem, 197-214.
19. Yakar,J., The Later Prehistory of Anatolia: the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age. Oxford.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Formal education
Presentation
Discussion

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: engin.akdeniz@deu.edu.tr
Phone: (0232) 3017905

Office Hours

Tuesday-Wednesday Time: 15: 00-16: 00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 4 60
Tutorials 3 6 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
In-class practices 10 2 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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