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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK 398 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK 398 Course Title: EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
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
his course covers the developments and formations that led to the emergence of Egyptian civilization and its early stages, from the Paleolithic period to the end of the Old Kingdom. Within this framework, it is aimed to understand early Egyptian culture in terms of administrative, economic, social, religious and artistic positions.

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-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
PO-8 Use at least one foreign language to follow new information in their field and to communicate with their colleagues
PO-9 Make inner and interdisciplinary team works happen
PO-10 Make effective introduction of their fields
PO-12 Use ,analyse and apply theoretic and applied knowledge acquired in archaeology in the field of education, research and public service
PO-17 Support universality of social and cultural rights in archaeology, gain social justice consciousness, protect cultural and historical heritage
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
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-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
PO-6 Use available computer technologies to solve problems in interested fields
PO-12 Use ,analyse and apply theoretic and applied knowledge acquired in archaeology in the field of education, research and public service
PO-15 Carry out some social, cultural and artistic activities in archaeology field.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The course is taught using visual materials reflecting archaeological data and verbal explanations. The topics are reinforced by reading relevant publications.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Paleolithic-Mesolithic period. Aceramic and ceramic Neolithic period. 5th millennium BC cultures (Tasa and Badari). Subject description, discussion
2 4th millennium BC Naqada I and II cultures. Proto-Dynastic period (Naqada III). Subject description, discussion
3 Pre-dynastic period. 1st and 2nd dynasties. Subject description, discussion
4 Old Kingdom period. 3rd Dynasty. Development from mastabas to pyramids. Subject description, discussion
5 4th Dynasty. Golden Age of Egypt. Khufu and the Great Pyramid. Subject description, discussion
6 4th Dynasty. Khafre's pyramid with giant sphinx statue. Subject description, discussion
7 5th Dynasty. Solar temples. Subject description, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 5th Dynasty. Pyramid texts. Subject description, discussion
10 6th Dynasty. Earliest memories. Sject descriptubion, discussion
11 6th Dynasty. Pepi II reigned for 96 years. Governor Kharkuf and the oldest travelogue. End of the old kingdom. Sject descriptubion, discussion
12 Old Kingdom period art works. Sculpture and wall paintings. Subject description, discussion
13 Administrative and political system during the Old Kingdom. Subject description, discussion
14 Economic and social structure during the Old Kingdom. Subject description, discussion
15 Religion, pantheon, and burial customs during the Old Kingdom. Religion, pantheon, and burial customs during the Old Kingdom.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Guy Brunton and Gertrude Caton-Thompson, (1928), The Badarian Civilization, London..
2 Emily Teeter /Ed.), (2011), Before the Pyramids. The Origins of Egyptian Civilization, Chicago.
3 Kathryn A.Bard, (2007), An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, Blacwell Publishing, Malden, Oxford and Victoria.
4 Emily Teeter, (2003), Ancient Egypt, Chicago.
5 William Stevenson Smith, (1960), Ancient Egypt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
6 Afet İnan, (1992), Eski Mısır Tarihi ve Medeniyeti, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara.
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) 2 0 0
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 4 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 5 4 20
       c) Performance Project 5 4 20
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 5 4 20
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 2 6
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 2 6
final exam 1 1 1
0 0
0 0
Total work load; 94