COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROCK MONUMENTS AT THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ANATOLIA IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BC

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 6115 ROCK MONUMENTS AT THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ANATOLIA IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BC 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 the course; To recognize the historical geography and monuments of the 2nd Millennium BC Western and Central Anatolia in terms of main features.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the Western and Central Anatolian chronology of the 2nd Millennium BC and to make a comparison with the surrounding cultural regions.
3   To be able to recognize the Western and Central Anatolian Historical Geography of the 2nd Millennium BC.
4   Learning the Western and Central Anatolian rock monuments of the 2nd Millennium BC.
5   To be able to compare the 2nd millennium BC rock monuments in Western and Central Anatolia with their contemporaries.

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 The geography of Western and Central Anatolia.
3 The history of Western and Central Anatolia in the second millennium BC.
4 Western and Central Anatolia according to Hittite written sources.
5 Western Anatolian rock monuments, Akpınar.
6 Western Anatolian rock monuments, Karabel.
7 Western Anatolia rock monuments, Bafa Lake and its surroundings (Latmos/Suratkaya, Çine Tepecik).
8 Midterm
9 Apasas - Ephesos (Ayasuluk), Puranda-Bademgediği Tepe, Karakuyu.
10 Central Anatolian rock monuments, Eflatunpınar and Fasıllar.
11 Central Anatolian rock monuments, Ivriz.
12 Central Anatolian rock monuments.
13 Central Anatolian rock monuments.
14 Central Anatolian rock monuments.
15 General evaluation.
16 Final examination

Recomended or Required Reading

1.P. A. Mountjoy, The East Aegean West Anatolian Interface in the Late Bronze Age, BICS 42(1998) 228-230.
2.I.Singer, Western Anatolia in the Thirteenth Century B.C. According to the Hittite Sources, AS 33(1983) 205-217.
3. J. V. Canby, Some Hittite Figurines in the Aegean, Hesperia 38 (1969) 141-149.
4.T.Yiğit ve diğerleri, Hitit Imparatorluk dönemi Kaya Anıtları, Ankara, 2016.
5. A.Ünal, Hititler Devrinde Anadolu, 1-3, Istanbul 2002-2005.
6.J. D. Hawkins, Puranda Purpur, Purpurschnecke, Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archaeologie, (2006), 115-116.
7.F. Işık, Mimaride Hitit Akha Ilişkileri, Hayat Erkanal'a Armağan. Kültürlerin Yansıması/ Studies in Honor of Hayat Erkanal. Cultural Reşections, Istanbul, (2006), 440-450.
8.C. Mee, Anatolia and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age, Cline and Harris-Cline (eds.), The Aegean and the Orient in the Second Millennium, (1998), 137-146.
9.W. D. Niemeier, Mycenaeans and Hittites in War in Western Anatolia, Polemos: Le contexte guerrier en Égée à l'âge du bronze, Actes de la 7e Rencontre égénne international, Université de Liège, 14-17 avril 1998, ed. R. Lafşneur, Aegeum 19, Liège and Austin, (1999), 141-154.
10.J. Yakar, Anadolu'nun Etnoarkeolojisi, Tunç ve Demir Çağlarında Kırsal Kesimin Sosyo-Ekonomik Yapısı, Istanbul, (2007).
11.B.Gür, Ahhiyawa Sorununa Iki Yönlü Bakış Açısı Ile Yaklaşım: Hitit Belgeleri ve Miken Buluntuları, Istanbul, 2012.

internet sources:
https://www.hittitemonuments.com

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: 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 3 45
Tutorials 3 6 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 24 24
Preparing assignments 1 7 7
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
In-class practices 10 2 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555555
LO.2555555
LO.3555555
LO.4555555