1. FIRST CYCLE - BACHELOR'S DEGREE
  2. FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS
  3. ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Course Information Course Learning Outcomes Course's Contribution To Program ECTS Workload Course Details
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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
ARK 331AEGEAN PREHISTORY I2 + 03rd Semester3

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Course Objective During this lesson, archaeology of main cultural regions of Aegean will be evaluated starting from the Neolithic period. Western Anatolian, Minoan, Cycladic and Helladic cultures are developing related to each other especially in 3rd millennium BC afterwards.
Course Content During this lesson, the social evaluation of cultures in Western Anatolia, Mainland Greece and Islands from the beginning until 2nd millennium BC will be evaluated. To be able to understand this process, the basic material of Aegean prehistory such as architecture, pottery, lithics and metal will be examined.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1To recognize geography of Mainland Greece, Islands and Western Anatolia and to be aware of the impacts of geography to the formation of different cultures
2To be able to have ideas about palaeolithic and mesolithic cultures of the Aeagean
3To be able to make comments about neolitihization of the Aegean
4To have a basic knowledge about Aegean chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age
5To be aware of technological developments in Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Aegean and to know the motivations beneath them
6To be able to make comments on the ways to share new ideas between different regions of Aegean (trade, exchange, gifts, immigration)
7To be able to use correctly the main concepts of prehistoric archaeology such as elite, luxury item, village, city, society, group, weapon, war, raw material, conflict.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
PO 01PO 02PO 03PO 04PO 05PO 06PO 07PO 08PO 09PO 10PO 11PO 12PO 13
LO 00152534        
LO 002533 4        
LO 0035 2 5        
LO 00453 4         
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Sub Total34824717        
Contribution5131200000000

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)12224
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)339
Assignments5210
Mid-terms166
Final examination199
Presentation / Seminar Preparation5420
Total Work Load

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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
ARK 331 AEGEAN PREHISTORY I 2 + 0 1 Turkish 2019-2020 Fall
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Assoc. Prof. Dr. ALİ OZAN aliozan@pau.edu.tr İTBF A0014 %60
Goals During this lesson, archaeology of main cultural regions of Aegean will be evaluated starting from the Neolithic period. Western Anatolian, Minoan, Cycladic and Helladic cultures are developing related to each other especially in 3rd millennium BC afterwards.
Content During this lesson, the social evaluation of cultures in Western Anatolia, Mainland Greece and Islands from the beginning until 2nd millennium BC will be evaluated. To be able to understand this process, the basic material of Aegean prehistory such as architecture, pottery, lithics and metal will be examined.
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Aegean prehistory-Introduction
2 Natural environment
3 Geography and topography of Aegean-boundaries and definitions
4 Transformation of the geography and topography depending on sea level changes and delta progradation and its effects on prehistoric societies
5 Paleolithic Age in the Aegean: Sites and assemblages
6 Neolithic Age in the Aegean: Lakes Region
7 Neolithic Age in the Aegean: Coastal Aegean
8 Neolithic Age in the Aegean: Northwest Anatolia
9 Neolithic Age in the Aegean: Eastern Thrace
10 Neolithic Age in the Aegean: Struma valley
11 Neolithic Age in the Aegean: Greece/Thessaly
12 Neolithic Age in the Aegean: Greece/Peloponnese
13 Chalcolithic Age in the Aegean: Settlements
14 Chalcolithic Age in the Aegean: Assemblages
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
ResourcesResources Language
A. Sagona-P. Zimansky, Ancient Turkey, Routledge, New York & London, 2009.English
B.S. Düring, The Prehistory of Asia Minor: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2011.English
S.R. Steadman-G.McMahon (Ed), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia, Oxford, 2011.English
S. Andreou, M. Fotiadis, K. Kotsakis, “Review of Aegean Prehistory V: The Neolithic and Bronze Age of Northern Greece”, T. Cullen (Ed), Aegean Prehistory, 259-319.English
C. Broodbank, An Island Archaeology of the early Cyclades, Cambridge, 2000.English
S. Chohadzhiev, Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cultures in the Struma River Basin, Veliko, Tarnovo, 2007.English
A. Çilingiroğlu vd, Ulucak Höyük-Excavations conducted between 1995 and 2002, Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 15, Louvain, 2004.English
R. Duru, MÖ 8000’den MÖ 2000’e Burdur-Antalya Bölgesi’nin Altıbin Yılı, Antalya, 2008.Türkçe
C. Perlés, The Early Neolithic in Greece. The first farming communities in Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.English
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam50Final Exam
Midterm Exam50Midterm Exam
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes