ARK631 - HOME and HOUSE LIFE IN THE GREEK and ROMAN WORLD

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
HOME and HOUSE LIFE IN THE GREEK and ROMAN WORLD ARK631 1st Semester 3 0 3 6
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Assoc. Prof. Veli Köse 
Course objectiveTo attain a knowledge of Greek and Roman domestic architecture, home life and the role of the house in Greek and Roman society and politics. 
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of the semester the student will be able to:
  2. demonstrate knowledge of the archaeological evidence for Greek and Roman housing
  3. identify and use the literary sources relevant to Greek and Roman domestic life
  4. demonstrate an understanding of key approaches and debates relevant to the interpretation of domestic architecture, and demonstrate an ability to evaluate the evidence critically with reference to these approaches and debates
  5. demonstrate the ability to discuss the issues in written work with coherent and logical arguments, clearly and correctly expressed
  6. demonstrate a thorough understanding of the development of domestic architecture and decoration (including floor mosaics, wall-painting and sculpture) and their application in a variety of different domestic contexts
Course ContentThe development of Greek and Roman housing
its relationship to social and economic change
Greek houses with pastas, prostas and peristyle
interior decoration: the meaning and function of wall-painting, mosaics and sculpture
domestic space and society: concepts of public and private space; the relationship between space, gender and status
reconstructing the use of space through texts, architecture, artefacts and decoration
the economic role of the household
the house as political power-base; Roman debates about luxury and propriety
the development of the Imperial palace
villas and rural life
 
ReferencesS. P. Ellis, Roman Housing (2000).
S. J. Hales, The Roman House and Social Identity (2003).
N. Cahill, Household and City Organization at Olynthus (2001).
L.C. Nevett, Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity (2010).
B. Rawson, A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds (2011).
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Early houses and house models
Week 2City planning and Insulae
Week 3Houses with pastas: Olynthus, Athens, Delos and Priene.
Week 4Houses with peristylium: Priene and Pergamon
Week 5Living in a Greek house and household: meals, patronage and self definition of elites
Week 6Midterm exam
Week 7Roman houses with atriums: Rome, Pompei, Herculanaeum and Ephesos
Week 8Furniture and decor. Wall-painting, mosaics and sculpture
Week 9Culture of villai
Week 10Apartments and hotels. Ostia and Pompei
Week 11Midterm exam
Week 12Roman imperial domus
Week 13Houses and home life in rural areas
Week 14Houses and home life in late Antiquity
Week 15Preparation for final exam
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms250
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes250
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes150
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)12784
Presentation / Seminar Preparation000
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)21938
Final Exam (Study duration) 12121
Total Workload2950185

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Have the basic and updated knowledge of archaeology    X
2. Able to interpret and evaluate of undergraduate knowledge of archaeology and practice this knowledge in the field.    X 
3. Able to record the archaeological data with technological implements    X
4. Able to transfer of the archaeological knowledge and experience through oral and written communication   X 
5. Able to carry out archaeology projects  X  
6. Able to take responsibility to solve the problems encountered in archaeological studies   X 
7. Able to plan and manage archaeological activities  X  
8. Able to identifying learning needs in archaeology and to take responsibility to protect cultural heritage. Also able to raise public awareness of cultural heritage    X
9. Able to transmit archaeological popular topics to the community   X 
10. Able to take responsibility about data collecting, interpreting and publishing archaeological data    X
11. Able to work both in the field and in store/ laboratories   X 
12. Able to present and protect the artefacts and cataloguing in the scope of documentation   X 
13. Able to use at least one foreign language in Europeam Language Portfolio at General Level B2 to read up to date information about field and communicate with colleagues   X 
14. Able to use information and communication technologies    X
15. Able to bring different disciplines together in archaeological studies     X

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