COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT MOSAIC CONSERVATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5024 ANCIENT MOSAIC CONSERVATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI KAZIM ÖZ

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim is to improve conservation methods, detect corruption of material, protect in-situ and present at the museum of Hellenistic and Roman Mosaics in Anatolia.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define principles and laws for protection of archaeological buildings with the learning of national and international agencies working on this issue,
2   explain theoretical knowledge about properties of building materials and deterioration process of mosaics
3   analyze the terminology of conservation for review on current practices,
4   evaluate the problems based on their position, types or structure of materials,
5   conduct an advanced work independently and the skills critically about record, research and protect of ancient mosaics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mosaic Techniques Presentation
2 Mosaic Techniques Presentation
3 Mosaic Drawings Presentation
4 Mosaic Drawings Application
5 Mosaic Documentation Presentation
6 Mosaic Documentation Application
7 Mosaic Conservation Examples Presentation Discussion
8 Midterm Exam Exam
9 Mosaic Conservation Examples Presentation Discussion
10 Mosaic Conservation Examples Presentation Discussion
11 Mosaic Conservation Examples Presentation Discussion
12 Historical Heritage Preservation Presentation Discussion
13 Historical Heritage Preservation Presentation Discussion
14 Historical Heritage Preservation Presentation Discussion
15 Historical Heritage Preservation Presentation Discussion
16 Final Exam Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Budde 1972 L. Budde, Antike Mosaiken in Kilikien, Band II: Die heidnischen Mosaiken,
Recklinghausen, 1972.
2. Campbell 1991 S. D. Campbell, The Corpus of Mosaic Pavements in Türkiye: The Mosaics
of Aphrodisias in Caria, Toronto.
3. N. S. Price (ed.), 1991. The Conservation of the Orpheus Mosaic at Paphos, Cyprus.
The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles.
4. Décor I, 1985. C. Balmelle M. Blanchard-Lemee J. Christophe J.-P. Darmon A.
M. Guimier-Sorbets H. Lavagne R. Prudhomme H. Stern, Le décor géométrique de la
mosaïque romaine I: Repertoiregraphique et descriptif des compositions lineaires et
isotropes, Paris.
5. Dunbabin 1999 K. M. D. Dunbabin, Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World, Cambridge.
6. Levi 1947 D. Levi, Antioch Mosaic Pavements, Vol II, Princeton.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Course
2. Presentation
3. Practice

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. LO 1-3 will be assessed with Mid-term and final exams
2. LO 4-5 will be evaluated with the workshop report.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% of participation of the classes is necessary.
2. Nonattendance in the course not to be regarded as a valid excuse of late homework.
3. Report, mid-term, final exam and participation to activities will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. ALI KAZIM OZ
Dokuz Eylul University
Faculty of Literature
Department of Archaeology,
Division of Restoration
Campus of Tınaztepe - Buca - Izmir, TR-35160 TURKEY
Tel: +90.232.3018726
Fax: +90.232.4534188,
E-mail: ali.oz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13:00 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 3 30
Tutorials 4 3 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

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

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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