COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LATE ANTIQUE ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5010 LATE ANTIQUE ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERGÜN LAFLI

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

A course examining Late Antique civilizations in Anatolia and the Aegean Basin between the IVth and VIIth cent. A.D.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, student will gain following competences: Evaluating the idea about the principal working areas of the archaeological sciences,
2   Describing Late Antique archaeology which are fundamental for general Classical Archaeology,
3   Defining the ancient geography of Anatolia,
4   Identification of Anatolian classical and Medieval archaeologies,
5   Distinguishing interregional exchanges in archaeology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mediterranean geography.
2 Terminology.
3 Political history of Late Antiquity.
4 Late Antique Asia Minor: Byzantion and Ephesus.
5 Beginning of Late Antiquity.
6 Early Byzantium.
7 Late Antique Ceramics.
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Late Antique Architecture.
10 Late Antique Sculpture.
11 Late Antique Numismatics.
12 Late Antique Metals.
13 Late Antique Instrumenta.
14 Writing an essay 13
15 Writing an essay 14
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: from Marcus Aurelius to Muhammad (AD 150-750), (London: Thames and Hudson) 1989, ISBN 0-393-95803-5.
2- Peter Brown, 1987. "The World of Late Antiquity Ad 150-750" in A History of Private Life: 1. from Pagan Antiquity to Byzantium, Paul Veyne, editor, ISBN 0-393-95803-5.
3- Peter Brown, Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World, Routledge, 1997, ISBN 0-521-59557-6.
4- Peter Brown, The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity 200-1000 AD, Blackwell, 2003, ISBN 0-631-22138-7.
5- Averil Cameron, The Later Roman Empire: Ad 284-430, Harvard University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-674-51194-8.
6- Averil Cameron, The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity Ad 395-600 (Routledge History of the Ancient World), 1993, ISBN 0-415-01421-2.
7- Averil Cameron et al. (editors), The Cambridge Ancient History, vols. 12-14, Cambridge 1997ff.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lessons & discussions.

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

1-6 will be asserted by theoretical and practical questions in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% of the participation of classes is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Ergün LAFLI
Address: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Arkeoloji Bölümü, Tınaztepe/Kaynaklar Yerleşkesi, Buca, TR-35160 Izmir, Türkiye.
Tel.: +90.232.301 87 21.
GSM: +90.539.577 07 33.
Faks: +90.232.453 90 93.
E-mail: .
E-mail: .

Office Hours

Every Thursdays between 1pm and 2 pm.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Field study 8 10 80
Final 1 15 15
Midterm 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555555
LO.2555555
LO.3555555
LO.4555555
LO.5555555