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| Unit | FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS |
| ARCHAEOLOGY PR. | |
| Code | AR151 |
| Name | General Prehistory I |
| Term | 2021-2022 Academic Year |
| Semester | 1. 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 | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Uzaktan 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
The purpose of the course is to teach the students about the how food production transformed a Late Pleistocene world of hunting-gathering societies into a Holocene world of hunting, farming and herding societies.
Course Content
The course first describes different hunting-gathering societies in the Late Pleistocene, and then describes different food producing societies during the Holocene in both the Old World and the New World.
Course Precondition
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Understands global Late Pleistocene and Holocene environmental changes |
| LO02 | Understands debates about the first people in the New World |
| LO03 | Understands the diversity of Late Pleistocene hunting-gathering societies |
| LO04 | Understands the importance of the 'neolithic revolution' |
| LO05 | Understands basic reasons people started food production |
| LO06 | Understands different paths to domestication around the world |
| LO07 | Understands the geographical origins of many common foods |
| LO08 | Understands how farming spread from its places of origin |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduction to the course - the significance of food production | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 2 | Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in Eurasia 1 | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 3 | First people in the New World | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 4 | Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in Eurasia 2 | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 5 | Late Plesitocene hunter-gatherers in Africa | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 6 | Epipalaeolithic in southwest Asia | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 7 | First farmers in southwest Asia | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | ||
| 9 | Early Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Old World | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 10 | The spread of farming to Europe and North Africa | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 11 | Early farmers of China | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 12 | Early farmers in the tropics of the Old World | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 13 | Holocene hunter-gathers in the New World | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 14 | Early farmers in Mesoamerica | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 15 | Early farmers and herders in South America | Assigned chapters should be read | |
| 16 | Term Exams | ||
| 17 | Term Exams |
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 |
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 | ||