AR411 Archaeology of Syria and Palestine 1

3 ECTS - 2-0 Duration (T+A)- 7. Semester- 2 National Credit

Information

Unit FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS
ARCHAEOLOGY PR.
Code AR411
Name Archaeology of Syria and Palestine 1
Term 2017-2018 Academic Year
Semester 7. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 3 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Üniversite Dersi
Type Normal
Label C Compulsory
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Öğr. Gör. Dr. CHRISTOPHER MEDWIN EDENS
Course Instructor Öğr. Gör. Dr. CHRISTOPHER MEDWIN EDENS (Güz) (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

Learning about the development of complex societies in the Levant during the 5th-4th millennium BC, and the cycle of urbanization and de-urbanization in the Levant during the 3rd millennium BC.

Course Content

Settlement patterns, architecture, craft products, burial patterns, botanical and faunal remains, trade relations, and other archaeological evidence which reflect changing levels of social complexity and urbanisation in the Levant.

Course Precondition

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Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Goals of the course; regional geography and environments Assigned chapters should be read
2 Late Chalcolithic period of the southern Levant (4500-3800 BC) - towns and villages Assigned chapters should be read
3 Late Chalcolithic period of the southern Levant - burial practices, metallurgy, craft specialization Assigned chapters should be read
4 Early Bronze I of the southern Levant - return to village life (3800-3300 BC) and Egyptian colonies (3300-3100 BC) Assigned chapters should be read
5 Late Chalcolithic of the northern Levant (4400-3100 BC) - settlement patterns Assigned chapters should be read
6 Late Chalcolithic of the northern Levant - emerging social complexity Assigned chapters should be read
7 Late Chalcolithic of the northern Levant - relations with Uruk Mesopotamia (3600-3000 BC), and Early Bronze I-II de-urbanization (3000-2600 BC) Assigned chapters should be read
8 Mid-term exam Mid-term exam
9 Early Bronze III-IVA in the northern Levant (2600-2250 BC) - cities, palaces and temples Assigned chapters should be read
10 Early Bronze III-IVA in the northern Levant - craft products and art Assigned chapters should be read
11 Early Bronze III-IVA in the northern Levant - burial practices Assigned chapters should be read
12 Early Bronze II-III in the southern Levant (3000-2300 BC) - cities, palaces and temples Assigned chapters should be read
13 Early Bronze II-III in the southern Levant - economic production and burial practices Assigned chapters should be read
14 Early Bronze IV in the southern Levant (2300-2000 BC) - collapse of cities and pastoralist societies Assigned chapters should be read
15 Early Bronze IVB in the northern Levant - a mixed picture Assigned chapters should be read
16 Final exam Final exam
17 Final exam Final exam


Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria

Assessment Type Midterm / Year Impact End of Term / End of Year Impact
1. Midterm Exam 100 40
General Assessment
Midterm / Year Total 100 40
1. Final Exam - 60
Grand Total - 100

Update Time: 31.10.2017 12:59