COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS IN WESTERN ANATOLIA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5071 PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS IN WESTERN ANATOLIA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ENGIN AKDENIZ

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of this course, providing information about the Prehistoric and Protohistoric settlements in Western Anatolia and Aegean Islands.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Basic knowledge about the geography of Western Anatolia.
2   2. Giving basic information about the Aegean Islands.
3   3. Learning about Prehistoric and Protohistoric settlements in Western Anatolia.
4   4. Learning about Prehistoric and Protohistoric settlements in the Aegean Island.
5   5 Comparison of Prehistoric and Protohistic settlements in Western Anatolia and Aegean Islands.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Giving information about the course content, purpose, significance and resourc
2 Geographically, the Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, I
3 Geographically, the Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, II.
4 Geographically, the Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, III.
5 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in northwest Anatolia
6 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in southwestern Anatolia
7 Midterm Exam
8 Prehistoric-Prehistoric settlements in the inner western Anatolia
9 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the North Aegean islands I.
10 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Eastern Aegean islands, II.
11 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Dodecanese
12 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Cyclades (Cycladic) Islands, I.
13 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Cyclades (Cycladic) Islands, II.
14 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Northern Sporades Islands.
15 Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements
16 Final examination

Recomended or Required Reading

1 Alram-Stern, E., Die Aegaeische Fruehzeit 1. Band. Das Neolithikum in Griechenland, Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1996.
2 Begemann, F.- Pernicka,E.- Schmitt-Strecker, S. "Thermi on Lesbos: A Case Study of Changing Trade Patterns," OJA 14 (1995) 123-136.
3 L. Bernabò-Brea, Poliochni. Citta preistorica nell'isola di Lemnos I-II, Roma 1964, 1976.
4 Caskey, J. L. "Greece and the Aegean Islands in the Middle Bronze Age." CAH II, 1, 117 140. Camridge. 1966.
5 Cultraro, M. "Sounding H/West." Doumas, Ch. G. V. La Rosa (eds.): Poliochni e l antica età del bronzo nell egeo settentrionale, 686-687. Atina, 1997.
6 Cultraro, M. "Aegeans on Smoke-Shrouded Lemnos: A Re-Assessment of the Mycenean Evidence from Poliochni and Other Sites", (Ed.) Laffineur, R. - E. Greco, EMPORIA, Aegeans in central and eastern Mediterranean, Proceedings of the 10th International Aegean Conference / 10e Rencontre égéenne internationale, Italian School of Archaeology in Athens, 14-18 April 2004, Aegaeum 25: 237-246. Liège - Austin. 2005.
7 Davis, J.L., "Review of Aegean Prehistory I: The Islands of the Aegean," AJA 96 (1992) 699-756.
8 Davis, J. L. "Keos V. Ayia Irini: Period V." Mainz. 1986.
9 Dickinson, O. T. P. K. "The Origins of Mycenaean Civilisation." Stud. Mediterranean Arch. 39. Göteborg. 1977.
10 Erkanal, H., "Early Bronze Age Urbanization in the Coastal Region of Western Anatolia," in Y. Sey (ed.), Housing and Settlement in Anatolia: A Historical Perspective, Istanbul, 1996 70-82.
11 Felsch, R.C.S., Das Kastro Tigani: Die spätneolithische und chalkolithische Siedlung, Bonn 1988.
12 Friedrich, W. L. et al. "Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627-1600 B.C.." Science 312, 548. 2006.
13 Harmankaya, S., Tanindi, O., Turkiye Arkeolojik Yerlesmeleri/1. Paleolitik/Epipaleolitik, Ege Yayinlari, Istanbul 1996.
14 Harmankaya, S.-Tanındı, O.-Özbaşaran,M., Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşimleri 2, Neolitik, Istanbul, 1997.
15 Harmankaya, S.-Tanındı, O.-Özbaşaran,M., Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşimleri 3, Kalkolitik, Istanbul, 1998.
16 Harmankaya, S.-Erdoğu, B., Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşmeleri 4a ve 4b, Ilk Tunç Çağı, Istanbul, 2002.
17 Hood, S. "Excavations at Chios, 1938-1955: Prehistoric Emporio and Ayio Gala, Volume I",. Londra 1981.
18 Hood, S., "Prehistoric Samos," Classical Review 40 (1990) 127-129.
19 Hope Simpson, R. "A Gazetter and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites." Londra. 1965. 20 Lamb, W. "Excavations at Thermi on Lesbos." Cambridge. 1936.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
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

1. LO 1-4: Midterm Exam
2. LO 1-7: Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

- Attendance at %70 of Lecture.
- Obliged to take Midterm, Duty and Final Exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

engin.akdeniz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 09.00-10.00

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 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Reading 10 2 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

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