ARK621 - WEST ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE SECOND MILLENNIU

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
WEST ANATOLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE SECOND MILLENNIU ARK621 1st Semester 3 0 3 6
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Ass. Prof. Dr. Nazlı Karaaslan 
Course objectiveThe aim of this course is, to explain the social structure and trade in the light of 2nd millennium BC settlements in West Anatolia and interpret the interregional relations.  
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of the lesson, the students will ;
  2. Describe the west Anatolia chronology in the 2nd millennium BC.
  3. Acknowledge the west Anatolia settlements in the light of archaeological and philological documents.
  4. Interpret west Anatolia 2nd millennium BC trade network and burial customs.
  5. Explain the interregional relations in 2nd millennium BC.
  6. Interpret the relations between west Anatolia and Hittites.
Course ContentAnatolian chronology and geography in 2nd millennium BC
West Anatolia in 2nd millennium BC in the light of archaeological and philological documents.
Relations between west Anatolia and neighboring regions.
Interregional trade and burial customs in west Anatolia during 2nd millennium BC.
2nd millennium BC settlements in west Anatolia.
 
ReferencesKamp, K.A. and N. Yoffee (1980). Ethnicity in Ancient Western Anatolia during the Second Millennium BC: Archaeological Assessments and Ethno archaeological Prospective. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 237, 85-104.
Macqueen, J.G. (1968). Geography and History in Western Asia Minor in the Second Millennium BC. Anatolian Studies Vol. 18, 169-185.
Mee, C. (1978). Aegean Trade and Settlement in Anatolia in the Second Millennium BC. Anatolian Studies, Vol. 28, 121-156.
Singer, I. (1983). Western Anatolia in the Thirteenth Century BC. According to the Hittite Sources. Anatolian Studies, Vol. 33, 205-217.
Yakar, J. (1976). Hittite Involvement in Western Anatolia. Anatolian Studies, Vol. 26, 117-128.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1End of the Early Bronze Age in west Anatolia and Aegean world in 2nd millennium BC.
Week 2West Anatolian chronology and geography in 2nd millennium BC.
Week 3Hittite effects in west Anatolia and west Anatolia in 13th century BC according to the Hittite sources.
Week 4The relations between East Aegean and West Anatolia in the Late Bronzer Age: Mycenaean and Ahhiyawa Kingdom.
Week 5Midterm exam
Week 6Mediterranean trade in Late Bronze Age and West Anatolia.
Week 7Northwest Anatolia 2nd millennium BC settlements: Troya, Beşiktepe and Yenibademli Höyük
Week 8İzmir region 2nd millennium BC settlements: Panaztepe, Liman Tepe, Çeşme-Bağlararası, Bakla Tepe and Kocabaş Tepe
Week 9Ä°zmir region 2nd millennium BC settlements: Ayasuluk, Ulucak, Smryna, Phokai
Week 10Southwest Anatolia 2nd millennium BC settlements: Milet, Iasos, Kadıkalesi, Pilavtepe and Bademgediği
Week 11Midterm exam
Week 12Southwest Anatolia 2nd millennium BC settlements: Çine-Tepecik Höyük, Aphrodisias, Beycesultan and Kusura
Week 13Inland west Anatolia 2nd millennium BC settlements: Demircihöyük and Şarkhöyük
Week 14West Anatolia burial customs in 2nd millennium BC.
Week 15
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) 12020
Total Workload2949184

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 colleaguesX    
14. Able to use information and communication technologies    X
15. Able to bring different disciplines together in archaeological studies     X

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