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| Unit | FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS |
| ARCHAEOLOGY PR. | |
| Code | AR353 |
| Name | Prehistoric Technologies I |
| Term | 2020-2021 Academic Year |
| Semester | 5. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Uzaktan Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Öğr. Gör. Dr. CHRISTOPHER MEDWIN EDENS |
| Course Instructor |
Doç. Dr. BAKİYE EDENS
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
Öğr. Gör. Dr. CHRISTOPHER MEDWIN EDENS (Güz) (A Group) (Asst. Ins.) |
Course Goal / Objective
Attempting to understand from material remains human intellectual and physical evolution in prehistoric periods and their resulting cultural development, from the perspective of technology.
Course Content
The adventure of the development of technology begins with orienting the intelligence, logic and sense organs of the first people toward materials. It is irrefutable that the longest stage of this process, up to the invention of writing, encompassed the foundations of all of today's advanced technologies. This course will consider and teach, in the framework of the process of prehistoric transformations, people and their products, and the technological developments of their production, in parallel with their physical, mental and psychological evolution.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Understands the history of technology and important turning points that lead to today's technology |
| LO02 | Explains the relationship between the human modernization process and cultures |
| LO03 | Understands the general terms related to chipped stone technology, and their meanings |
| LO04 | Understands theoretically the varieties of Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic chipped stone technology |
| LO05 | Recognizes Epipalaeolithic technologies and products. |
| LO06 | Understands visually how a chipped stone tool was made. |
| LO07 | Introduces pyrotechnologies of the Palaeolithic. |
| LO08 | Understands bone technologies of the Palaeolithic |
| LO09 | Understands technologies from other raw materials in the Palaeolithic |
| LO10 | Infers characteristics of societies from tool technologies. |
| LO11 | Comprehends the relationship between past tool technologies and the creation and dispersal of economic conditions such as farming, herding and trade |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Understands the basic knowledge of archaeology and advanced applied knowledge. | 4 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains advanced knowledge, scientific results and problems related to scientific and application areas of archaeology. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Classifies archaeological data and material chronologically. | 3 |
| PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Examines the stylistic characteristics of archaeological material. | 3 |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Uses all the skills gained in the profession of archaeology to serve society and humanity in line with national and universal needs. | 4 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Interpret the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in archaeology with a holistic perspective. | 4 |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Records archaeological data visually and verbally using technological tools. | |
| PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Takes responsibility in field studies (excavations and surveys) and projects in archaeological sites. | |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Makes individual and team work in the laboratory environment where archaeological data are evaluated in written and visual form. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Evaluates the knowledge and skills acquired in the professional field with a critical approach. | 3 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Continuously improves himself/herself with the principle of lifelong development in scientific, social, artistic and cultural fields within his/her professional and individual development. | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | To be able to share information about the field with experts and non-experts using Turkish and foreign languages. | 2 |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Have professional and ethical responsibility. | |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Protects historical and cultural heritage. | |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Organize collaborative studies for problem solving with different disciplines. | 2 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concerns of the course and of the semester: technology and its history | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 2 | Evolution and cultures | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 3 | Chipped stone technology (the earliest technology) - general terms, raw materials, mechanics of knapping | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 4 | Chipped stone technology - flake, blade, retouch | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 5 | Chipped stone technology - Olduwan, other pebble tool cultures, Clactonian, Acheulian | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 6 | Chipped stone technology - Mousterian (Levallois techniques), Upper Palaeolithic blade techniques, Epipalaeolithic/Mesolithic microliths and composite tools | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 7 | Chipped stone technology - developments after the Palaeolithic | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | ||
| 9 | Using stone tools - working organic materials (wood, hides) | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 10 | Pyrotechnologies in the Palaeolithic | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 11 | Bone and antler tools I | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 12 | Bone and antler tools II | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 13 | Upper Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic innovations - grinding stones, polished stone, pottery I | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 14 | Upper Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic innovations - grinding stones, polished stone, pottery II | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 15 | Palaeolithic technologies - a brief summary | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 16 | Term Exams | ||
| 17 | Term Exams |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 88 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 3,52 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||