COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTRIBUTIONS OF TROY AT THE ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 6089 CONTRIBUTIONS OF TROY AT THE ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY 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

Within the scope of this course, it is aimed to give information about the contributions of Troy, which is the most important Bronze Age settlement of Northwest Anatolia, to Anatolian Archeology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examination of the excavation history and stratification of Troy.
2   Learning the expantion and interaction of Troia culture in Western Anatolia and Aegean Islands.
3   Making comparisons between Troia and the centers in Western Anatolia and Aegean Islands in chronological terms.
4   Understanding the place and importance of Troy, especially in the Bronze Age Aegean world.
5   Evaluating the subject of the Trojan War together with archaeological and historical records as well as mythology.

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 Giving information about the geographical location of Troia.
3 Giving information about the excavation and research history of Troia and the Troas Region (partially Biga Peninsula).
4 Giving information about the excavation and research history of Troia and the Troas Region (partially Biga Peninsula).
5 Evaluation of the Early Bronze Age layers of Troy.
6 Evaluation of the Middle Bronze Age layers of Troy.
7 Evaluation of the Late Bronze Age layers of Troy.
8 Midterm
9 Iron Age transition and Iron Age settlements in Troy and its surroundings.
10 The contribution of Troy to Anatolian Archeology in terms of excavations and research.
11 The contribution of Troy to Anatolian Archeology in terms of EBA culture.
12 The contribution of Troy to Aegean Archeology in terms of Middle Bronze Age culture.
13 Contribution of Troy to Aegean Archeology in terms of Late Bronze Age culture.
14 Troia and the Aegean Islands.
15 General evaluation.
16 Final examination

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Basedow, M., Troy without Homer: The Bronze Age Iron Age Transition in the Troad, (ED.) S. P. Morris-R. Laffineur,
EPOS. Reconsidering Greek Epic and Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology [Aegaeum 28] (Liège/Austin 2007) 49-58.
2. Blegen, Carl W. Troy and the Trojans. Rpt. New York, 1995.
3. Cadogan,G., "Early and Middle Minoan Chronology," AJA 87(1983) 507-518.
4. Coleman, J., "Greece and the Aegean from the Mesolithic to the End of the Early Bronze Age," (Ed.R. W. Ehrich),
Chronologies in Old World Archaeology, Chicago 1992, I. cilt:247-279, II. cilt, 203-221.
5. Easton, D.F., "Towards a Chronology for the Anatolian Early Bronze Age", AS 26 (1976) 145-173.
6. Easton, D.F., "The Chronology of West Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age," BICS 35 (1988) 180-181.
7. French, D.H., Anatolia and the Aegean in the Third Millennium B. C. (Doktora Tezi, Cambridge Universitesi, 1968).
8. Harmankaya, S.-Erdoğu, B., Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşmeleri 4a ve 4b, Ilk Tunç Çağı, Istanbul, 2002.
9. I. Hajnal, Uilusa Taruisa. Sprachwissenschaftliche Nachbetrachtungen zum Beitrag von Susanne Heinhold-Krahmer ,
(Ed.) C. Ulf, Der neue Streit um Troja: Eine Bilanz, Munich 2003, 169-173.
10. (Kollektif), Troya, Efsane ile Gerçek Arası Bir Kente Yolculuk (Sergi Kataloğu), Istanbul, 2002.
11. (Kollektif), -Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi, Karşıdan Karşıya. MÖ 3. Bin'de Kiklad Adaları ve Batı Anadolu, Istanbul, 2011.
12. Korfmann, M.,-Kromer, B., "Demircihüyük, Besik-Tepe, Troia - Eine Zwischenbilanzzur Chronologie dreier Orte in
Westanatolien," Studia Troica 3(1993) 135-171.
13. Kuniholm, P.I., "The Prehistoric Aegean: Dendrochronological Progress as of 1995," Acta Archaeologica 67 (1996) 327-335.
14. Kuniholm, P.I. ve diğerleri, "Anatolian Tree Rings and the Absolute Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean, 2220 - 718
B.C.," Nature 381 (June 1996) 780-783.
15. Manning, S., The Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Early Bronze Age: Archaeology, Radiocarbon, and History, Sheffield
1995
16. Manning, S.W., "Troy, Radiocarbon, and the Chronology of the Northeast Aegean in the Early Bronze Age", (ED.C. G.
Doumas-V. La Rosa), E Poliochne kai e Proïme Epoche tou Chalkou sto Boreio Aigaio, Atina 1997, 498-521.,
17. Sazcı, G., Troia I- III, Die Maritime Troia- Kultur und Troia IV-V, Die Anatolische Troia Kultur: Eine Untersuchung der Funde
und Befunde im Mittleren Schliemanngraben, Studia Troica 15 (2005), 35- 98.
18. Sazcı, G., Troia Hazineleri, Istanbul, 2007.
19. Sazcı, G.,- Korfmann. M., Metallfunde des 3. Jahrtausends v. u. z. aus Troia- Eine Studie in Verbindung mit den
Ergebnissen der neuen Ausgrabungen. Der Anschnitt13 (2000), 93- 100.

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: (0232) 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 4 60
Tutorials 3 6 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
In-class practices 10 2 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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