COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ABDURRAHMAN HARUN ÖZDAŞ

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

The first floating vessels and ships encountered in maritime history will be examined based on archaeological data up to the 5th century BCE. Within the scope of the course, ship examples belonging to different civilizations in the Mediterranean will be comparatively analyzed. Additionally, historical perspectives on maritime peoples and colonization movements will be addressed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1- A.Amstead, A Dictionary of Sea Terms (Glasgow 1956)
2-G.F.BASS, ed. A History of Seafaring Based on Underwater Archaeology, (New York and London 1972)
3-L.Casson, The Ancient Mariners (New York 1959)
4-L.Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Princeton 1971)
5-C.M.Graeve, The Ships of the Ancient Near East (c.2000-500 BC) (Leuven 1981)
6-D.Jones, A Glassary of Ancient Egyptian Nautical Titles and Terms (London and New York 1988)
7-J.S. Morrison and R.T.Williams, Greek Oared Ships 900-322 BC. (Cambridge 1968)
8-P.Throckmorton, The Sea Remembers:Shipwrecks and Archaeology (New York 1987)
9-S. Vinson, Egyptian Boats and Ships (Shire Egyptology 1994)
10-S.Washman, Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Late Bronze Age Levant (Texas A&M University 1977)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and discussion.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1 and LO 2 midterm exam will be evaluated in
LO 3 will be assessed on the final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Harun Özdaş
Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Science and Technology
Haydar Aliyev Bulv. No.32 Iniciraltı Balçova Izmir

Phone. 0 (232) 2785565

Email. harun.ozdas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes