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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK 250 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK 250 Course Title: AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY (THIRD-SECOND MILLENNIUM BC) Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ARCHAEOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer TAYFUN CAYMAZ (tayfuncaymaz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-9 Make inner and interdisciplinary team works happen
Examination
LO-2 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
Examination
LO-3 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-7 Establish analytical and critical communication with the other parts of the society in a professional way using oral and written means
PO-8 Use at least one foreign language to follow new information in their field and to communicate with their colleagues
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
Examination
LO-4 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Early Minoan I and IIA-B periods. Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
2 Early Minoan III and Middle Minoan IIA-B periodds. Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
3 Middle Minoan IB-II periods (Old Palace Age) Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
4 Middle Minoan III, Late Minoan I, II, IIIA periods (New Palace Age) Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
5 Post-palatial period. Overview of Minoan culture. Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
6 Early Cycladic culture. Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
7 Middle and late Cycladic periods. Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
8 mid-term exam
9 Early Helladic I-IIA periods Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
10 Early Helladic IIB-III periods. Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
11 Middle and Late Helladic periods. Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
12 Mycenaean culture. Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
13 Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia and nearby Aegean islands Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
14 Middle Bronze Age in Western Anatolia and nearby Aegean islands Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
15 Late Bronze Age in Western Anatolia and nearby Aegean islands Subject description and visual presentation (picture, drawing, video, map, etc.)
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Colin Renfrew, (1972), The Emergence of Civilisation. The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium B.C., Methuen & Co Ltd, London.
2 Sevinç Günel, (1999), Panaztepe II, Türk Tarih Kurumu basımevi, Ankara.
3 Turhan Özkan ve Hayast Erkanal, (1999), Tahtalı barajı Kurtarma Kazıları, İzmir.
4 Stylianos Alexiou, (1991), Minos Uygarlığı, E.T.Tulunay (Çev.), Arkeoloji ve sanat Yayınları, İstanbul.
5 Hayat Erkanal, (2001), "Liman Tepe Tarihöncesi Ege Kültürlerine yeni bir ışık", Cogito, 28, 304-316.
6 Rüstem Aslan, (2018), Troy, Pozitif matbaa, Ankara.
7 Seton Lloyd and James Mellaart, 1962), Beycesultan, I, W.Clowes and sons, London.
8 Sinclair Hood, (1981), Excavations in Chios 1938-1955, Alden Press, Oxford.
9 Sinclair Hood (1932), Excavations in Chios 1938-1955, II, Alden Press, Oxford.
10 Emily Vermeule, (1972), Greece in the Bronze Age, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.
11 R.J.Howell, (1974), "The Originsd of the Middle Helladic Culture", iR.A.Crossland and A.Birchall (Eds.), Bronze Age Migrations in the Aegean, Noyes Press, New Jersey.73-106.
12 Sp.Marinatos, "The First Mycenaeans in Greece", R.A.Crossland and A.Birchall (Eds.), Bronze Age Migrations in the Aegean, Noyes Press, New Jersey, 107-113.
13 Pat Getz-Preziosi, (1994), Early Cycladic Sculture, California.
14 Cyprian Broodbank, (2000), An Island Arcxhaeology of the Early Cyclades, Cambridge University Press.
15 Sir Arthur Evans (1928a). The Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol.II, Part I. London.
16 Sir Arthur Evans (1921). The Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol.I. London.
17 Sir Arthur Evans (1928b). The Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol.II, Part II. London
18 Sir Arthur Evans (1930). The Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol.III, Part I. London
19 Sir Arthur Evans (1935a). The Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol.IV, Part I. London.
20 Sir Arthur Evans (1935b). The Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol.IV, Part II. London.
21 Carl W.Blegen, J.L.Caskey, M.Rawson ve J.Sperling (1950), Troy Genera Introduction. The First and Second Settlements, I-1, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
22 Carl W.Blegen, J.L.Caskey and M.Rawson (1951), Troy The Tjird, Fourth and Fifth Settlements, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
23 Carl W.Blegen, J.L.Caskey and M.Rawson (1953), Troy The Sixth Settlement, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
24 Carl W.Blegen, C.G.Boulter, J.L.Caskey and M.Rawson (1958), Troy Settlements VIIa, VIIb and VIII, Princeton University Press, Princeton
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 5 4 20
       c) Performance Project 5 4 20
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 8 4 32
final exam 1 1 1
0 0
0 0
Total work load; 134