COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROMAN AND BYZANTINE SEAFARING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAA 5030 ROMAN AND BYZANTINE SEAFARING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ABDURRAHMAN HARUN ÖZDAŞ

Offered to

UNDERWATER ARCHAELOGY

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to give information about the war and merchant ships from the late Roman to the end of the Byzantine period as well as naval routes, major harbors, shipyards and ship-building.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the ships, sea trade routes and shipbuilding techniques in Roman and Byzantine periods
2   Be able to compare the process of development of seafaring from ancient times to the present
3   Be able to describe the socio-economic history of the Roman and Byzantine civilizations based on the traces of seafaring
4   Be able to consider the role of seafaring in the relations between different cultures in Roman times
5   Be able to gain a historical perspective about the sea peoples and colonization movement
6   Be able to have an active role to make projects and modeling for the protection of International underwater cultural heritage
7   Be able to conduct the collaborative projects with researchers from multi-disciplinary fields such as ship engineering, seafaring, history, etc.
8   Be able to develop projects modeling research-interpretation-management on seafaring

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Roman and Byzantine seafaring
2 Socio-political structure in the Late Roman
3 Boats on the literature of the Roman Period Wheat Boats Coastal Commercial Boats
4 Roman shipwrecks Yassıada Roman Shipwreck Port-Vendres Wreck Luque B Wreck
5 Roman shipwrecks discovered in underwater research along the coast of Türkiye
6 Roman war and navy ships Naval bases
7 Midterm
8 The transition period from the early Byzantine wrecks Yassıada Byzantine shipwreck Pantano Longarini Wreck Tantura A Wreck
9 The transition period from the early Byzantine wrecks Bozburun Shipwreck Serçe Limanı Wreck Design and structural characteristics of Serçe Limanı Wreck Tantura C Wreck
10 Byzantine shipwrecks discovered in underwater research along the coast of Türkiye
11 Middle Ages shipwrecks Contarina I Wreck Contarina II Wreck Calla Culip VI Wreck
12 Architecture of the medieval ships The first written sources
13 Timbotta manuscript Fabricia di Gallere manuscript Mataro model
14 Byzantine war and navy ships Naval bases

Recomended or Required Reading

1. G.F.BASS, ed. A History of Seafaring Based on Underwater Archaeology, (New York and London 1972)
2. L.Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Princeton 1971)
3. G.Hutchinson,Medieval ships and Shipping, (New Jersey 1994)
4. Throckmorton, The Sea Remembers:Shipwrecks and Archaeology (New York 1987)
5. F.H. van Doorninck " The 4th cent. Wreck at Yassı Ada. An Interim report on the hull" IJNA 5(1979) :115-131.
6. A.R. Lewis -T.J.Ruyan European Naval and Maritime History, 300-1500 (London 1993).
7. P.Throckmorton, The Sea Remembers:Shipwrecks and Archaeology (New York 1987)
8. G.F.Bass-F.H.van Doorninck, Yassıada I: A Seventh-Century Byzantine Shipwreck. (Texas A&M Üni.1982)
9. P and J.Throckmorton "The Roman wreck at Pantano Longarini" IJNA 2 (1973).243-266.
10. L.V.Mott, The Development of the Rudder.(London 1997).
11. B.Greenhill, The Evolution of the Sailing Ship 1250-1580. (London 1995)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1 Courses: Theoretical information is given and related topics are significantly examined with examples. Roman and Byzantine ships, maritime history, merchant ships, warships and navies will be discussed.
2 Assignment and Discussion: Each student prepares homework, which is determined by lecturer and on the last hour of each week, homework and presentations and discussion will be held. The references related to the course will be read by students in parallel weekly program.

Assessment Methods

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


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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Reading 5 2 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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