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| Unit | FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS |
| ARCHAEOLOGY PR. | |
| Code | AR331 |
| Name | Neolithic of the Near East |
| Term | 2019-2020 Academic Year |
| Semester | 5. 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 | E Elective |
| 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
Introducing basic issues of the Neolithic period in southwest Asia, surveying key Neolithic sites of the region, and understanding important economic and social changes during the 10th-7th millennia BC.
Course Content
Changing environments and human adaptations during the late Pleistocene-early Holocene, where and how food production began in different parts of the Near East, social and cultural changes that resulted from food production.
Course Precondition
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Introduces Late Pleistocene-early Holocene climate history. |
| LO02 | Understands the importance of the Epipalaeolithic in the Near East. |
| LO03 | Introduces the geography of plant and animal domestication in the Near East. |
| LO04 | Understands PPNA architecture, art, and burial practices in SE Anatolia-N Syria and the southern Levant. |
| LO05 | Understands PPNB architecture, art, and burial practices in SE Anatolia-N Syria and the southern Levant. |
| LO06 | Introduces Aceramic Neolithic developments in western Iran. |
| LO07 | Introduces the spread of food production to Transcaucasia. |
| LO08 | Introduces the spread of food production to Pakistan, eastern Iran and Turkmenistan. |
| LO09 | Understands the economic and social consequences of food production. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals of the course; geography of domestication | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 2 | Palaeoenvironments and late Pleistocene-early Holocene climate change | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 3 | Epipalaeolithic background: Levant (Kebaran-Natufian) | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 4 | Epipalaeolithic background: İran and southeast Anatolia (Zarzian, Zarzian-related and Natufian-related) | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 5 | Sedentism, food production and climate change | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 6 | PPNA: Levant, Euphrates drainage, Cyprus | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 7 | PPNA: Tigris drainage, Zagros | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Exam preparation | |
| 9 | PPNB: villages and architecture | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 10 | PPNB: food production, technologies and exchange | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 11 | PPNB: burial, skull cults, ideology | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 12 | PPNB: collapse and other transformations | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 13 | Late Neolithic: spread of food production | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 14 | Late Neolithic: technological innovations - pottery, irrigation | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 15 | Summary and discussion | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Exam preparation | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Exam preparation |
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 |