COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT SEAMANSHIP I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5017 ANCIENT SEAMANSHIP I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ABDURRAHMAN HARUN ÖZDAŞ

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

The first floating vessels and ships encountered in maritime history will be examined based on archaeological data up to the 5th century BCE. Within the scope of the course, ship examples belonging to different civilizations in the Mediterranean will be comparatively analyzed. Additionally, historical perspectives on maritime peoples and colonization movements will be addressed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding Ancient Maritime Navigation
2   Identification of Archaeological Data related to Maritime Transportation
3   Evaluation of Mediterranean Maritime Trade

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cyclades Boats
2 Aegean Maritime Navigation in the Minoan Period
3 Aegean Maritime Navigation in the Mycenaean Period
4 Boats of the New Kingdom Period in Egypt and Maritime History
5 Canaan, Cyprus, and Other Near Eastern Cultures and Maritime Navigation
6 Kaş Uluburun Shipwreck
7 River Transportation and Laws in Mesopotamia
8 Midterm Exam
9 Bronze Age Shipwrecks (Hisarönü, Şeytan Deresi, Gelidonya, etc.)
10 Bronze Age Shipbuilding Techniques
11 Sea Peoples
12 Proto-Geometric and Geometric Period Boats and Maritime Navigation
13 Archaic Period Maritime Navigation and Shipwrecks
14 Archaic Period Shipbuilding Techniques

Recomended or Required Reading

1- A.Amstead, A Dictionary of Sea Terms (Glasgow 1956)
2-G.F.BASS, ed. A History of Seafaring Based on Underwater Archaeology, (New York and London 1972)
3-L.Casson, The Ancient Mariners (New York 1959)
4-L.Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Princeton 1971)
5-C.M.Graeve, The Ships of the Ancient Near East (c.2000-500 BC) (Leuven 1981)
6-D.Jones, A Glassary of Ancient Egyptian Nautical Titles and Terms (London and New York 1988)
7-J.S. Morrison and R.T.Williams, Greek Oared Ships 900-322 BC. (Cambridge 1968)
8-P.Throckmorton, The Sea Remembers:Shipwrecks and Archaeology (New York 1987)
9-S. Vinson, Egyptian Boats and Ships (Shire Egyptology 1994)
10-S.Washman, Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Late Bronze Age Levant (Texas A&M University 1977)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and 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

LO 1 and LO 2 midterm exam will be evaluated in
LO 3 will be assessed on the final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Harun Özdaş
Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Science and Technology
Haydar Aliyev Bulv. No.32 Iniciraltı Balçova Izmir

Phone. 0 (232) 2785565

Email. harun.ozdas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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