COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0208 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

NURCAN DURMAZ

Offered to

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Course Objective

To provide the skills of searching and finding, classifying and describing, dating and interpreting in archaeological excavation and research areas. To teach the methods and techniques of detecting, describing, dating and interpreting the findings in the research areas carried out in three ways: above ground, underground and underwater.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Methods of archaeological excavation and research techniques
2   2. Chronological history of archaeological excavations
3   3. Determination of archaeological excavation and research areas and types of excavations
4   4. Preparation of Master Plan before archaeological excavation and research
5   5. Teaching of land measurement and plan square methods applied in archaeological excavations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Introduction
2 2. Brief History of Archaeological Excavations
3 3. General structure of Turkish Archeology
4 4. Formation of Archaeological Settlements
5 5. Archaeological Excavation Technique, Excavation tools and equipment
6 6. Measuring Systems and Grid Squares
7 7. Excavation systems
8 8. Midterm Exam
9 9. Systematic Surveys, GPS, GIS, GS Systems
10 10. How to conduct Simple Surface Surveys and Hypothetical Sampling
11 11. Preparation of Master Plans for Archaeological Excavations
12 12. Drawing Techniques
13 13. Drawing Techniques
14 14. Photography and Documentation
15 15. Sorting and Storage
16 16. Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Sevin, V. (1999). Arkeolojik Kazı Sistemi El Kitabı, Istanbul.
2) Renfrew,C.- Bahn, P. (1991), Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice, Londra.
3) M. Carter, Archaeology, Dorset, 1980.
4) R. Atkinson, Field Archaeology, 1953.
5) A.T., Ökse, Önasya Arkeolojisi Seramik Terimleri, Istanbul, 1993.
6) Renfrew, Colin- Paul Bahn 2013. Arkeoloji Anahtar Kavramları (çev. Selda Somuncuoğlu) Iletişim Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-face lectures, presentations and assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, homework and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the classes and fulfill the course requirements.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nurcan.durmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

These are the days included in the program specified at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Task introduction/task-end discussion sessions 14 3 42
Field study 2 2 4
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Project Final Presentation 14 2 28
Practical exam 5 1 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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