COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNIC AND DOCUMENTATION OF ARCHAEOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 3052 TECHNIC AND DOCUMENTATION OF ARCHAEOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK YOLAÇAN

Offered to

Archeology
Archeology (Evening)

Course Objective

Course aims to teach the students about technique and documentation at the excavations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   learn about excavation techniques
2   learn about measuring equipment
3   learn about photography, drawing etc documentation at the excavations
4   learn about file maker etc programs about databases

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 introduction
2 excavation theory
3 about documentation
4 documentation on site
5 digital documentation
6 photography
7 photography
8 midterm exam
9 introduction to field study
10 excavation technique
11 excavation technique
12 measuring
13 drawing
14 databases
15 overview
16 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Catherina Sease, A Conservation manual for the field archaeologist, 1994

Thomas R. Hester, Harry J. Shafer, Kenneth L. Feder, Field Methods in Archaeology, 2009

Philip Barker, Techniques of Archaeological Excavation,, 1993

Veli Sevin, Arkeolojik kazı sistemi el kitabı, 1995

Guy D.R. Sanders, Sarah A. James, Alicia Carter Johnson, Corinth Excavations Archaeological Manual, 2017

J, P, Droop, Archaeological Excavation, 1915

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

presentation and field study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + RST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm, final and field study

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attandence is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burak.yolacan@gmail.com

0 232 301 87 31

Office Hours

tuesday 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 2 14
Tutorials 7 2 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 7 2 14
Field study 7 2 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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