COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEXTILE ARCHAEOLOGY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 3047 TEXTILE ARCHAEOLOGY I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ÖVÜN SELIM MARTIN

Offered to

Archeology
Archeology (Evening)

Course Objective

Sociological and cultural examination of the use of clothing and accessories from various cultures/civilizations from the beginning to the Bronze Age in social life, social classification, professional groups, folk heroes and criminals, myths and legends, and to enable students to correctly recognize the effects of these clothes on artistic life. to ensure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowledge of clothing, clothing and accessories of different civilizations
2   Can define the role of dressing and dressing in society
3   To be able to define the differences of clothing classes in social classes
4   To be able to define the relation of clothing and accessories depending on the optional dependent use
5   Establishing the relation of clothing and accessories in the society to art
6   To be able to define the use of clothes and accessories as auxiliary objects in work design and production
7   To be able to evaluate theoretical knowledge about clothing and art appreciation with the help of information obtained in practise areas

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Principles of Dressing
2 Basic Principles of Dressing
3 Basic Principles of Dressing
4 Gender / profession / social status in pre-weaving clothing.
5 Gender / profession / social status in pre-weaving clothing.
6 Gender / profession / social status in pre-weaving clothing.
7 The effect of climate on dressing.
8 Midterm
9 Clothing in Neanderthals and Sapiens
10 Weaving; Raw materials, production tools, products
11 Weaving; Raw materials, production tools, products
12 Weaving; Raw materials, production tools, products
13 Clothing after weaving: Neolithic
14 Clothing after weaving: Calcolithic
15 Clothing after weaving:State and Clothing
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

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of Near Eastern Studies, 67(1), 1 30.
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Alberti, M. E., Aravantinos, V., Fappas, I., Papadaki, A., Rougemont, F., Andersson Strand, E., ...
Cutler, J. (2015). Textile tools from Thebes, mainland Greece. In E. Andersson Strand, & M-L.
Nosch (Eds.), Tools, Textiles and Contexts: Investigating Textile Production in the Aegean and
Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age (pp. 279-292). Oxbow Books. ancient textiles series, Vol. 21.
Alizadeh, A. (2008). Chogha Mish, Volume II. The Development of a Prehistoric Regional
Center in Lowland Susiana, Southwestern Iran. Final Report on the Last Six Seasons of
Excavations, 1972 1978, Oriental Institute Publications.
Alparslan, M. (2009), Hititolojiye Giriş. Türk Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü.
Amiet, P. (1980). Art of The Ancient Near East. Harry N. Abrams lNC. New York.
Amsden, C. (1932). The Loom and Its Prototypes. American Anthropologist, 34(2), 216 235.
Andrianou, D. (2022). Furniture textiles in Classical and Hellenistic iconography. In S.
HARRIS, C. BRØNS, & M. UCHOWSKA (Eds.), Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean
Iconography (pp. 91 106). Oxbow Books.
Andersen H. S. (1985) Tybrind Vig: A Preliminary Report on a Submerged Ertebølle Settlement
on the West Coast of Fyn. Journal of Danish Archaeology, 4:1, 52-69.
Aydın, N. (2019). Trabzon da Yok Olan Dokuma Sanatı: Ketan . Karadeniz Incelemeleri
Dergisi, 13 (26), 577-622.
Aydıngün, Ş. (2013). Mucizenin Kaynağı, Bereketli ve Her Şeye Hakim. (Darga M.) Anadolu da
Kadın: On Bin Yıldır Eş, Anne, Tüccar, Kraliçe içinde. YKY.
Baird, D. (2007). Pınarbaşı. M. Özdoğan ve N. Başgelen (Ed.), Anadolu da Uygarlığın Doğuşu
ve Avrupa ya Yayılımı Türkiye de Neolitik Dönem: Yeni Kazılar, Yani Bulgular içinde (s.
285-311). Arkeoloji Sanat Yayınları.
Barber, E. W. (1996). Women s Work: The First 20, 000 Years - Women, Cloth and Society
in Early Times. W. W. Norton & Co. New York.
Becker, C., Benecke, N., Grabund ija, A., Küchelmann, H.C., Pollock, S., Schier, W., Schoch,
C., Schrakamp, I., Schütt, B., & Schumacher, M. (2016). The Textile Revolution. Research
into the Origin and Spread of Wool Production between the Near East and Central
Europe. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies, 6.
Ben-Yosef, E., Shamir, O., & Levy, J. (2017). On early metallurgy and textile-production technologies
in the southern Levant: A response to Langgut et al. (2016). Antiquity, 91(357), 765-776.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught theoretically. Within the framework of course topics, clothing and accessories of each civilization are explained based on visual and written examples under the guidance of the instructor. They are classified under headings such as those that create a status/class difference, those that are used out of necessity, those that have a special meaning or power, and those that have to be used and are examined comparatively with the students.

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. 1-4: Will be evaluated with the questions asked in the midterm exam.
2. 1-7: It will be evaluated with the questions asked in the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance at 70% of the classes is mandatory.
2. Participation in midterm and final activities will be taken into account in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

selim.martin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Course Day 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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