COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEAR EASTERN PREHISTORY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 1003 NEAR EASTERN PREHISTORY I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ABDULLAH SEMIH GÜNERI

Offered to

Archeology
Archeology

Course Objective

Objective of this course is to overview and discuss the models on the emergence and development of village-level societies who archaeologically appeared in the ancient Near East during the Epipaleolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic times. The course will focus on architecture, burial tradition and artfecats to discover those prehistoric villagers

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define mentioned region and village settlements of that period.
2   define PPN cultures in Anatolia and their relation with other cultures
3   explain PPN cultures in Anatolia
4   analyze the relation between PPN A,B,C layers and the neolithic cultures in the Near East
5   define the production process in the Near East In PPN

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Near East Geography, description of Fertile Crescent which will be the subject of the course
2 Human species lived in Early and Middle Paleolithic Ages; their relations with climate and their settlements
3 Human species lived in Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic Ages; their relations with climate and their settlements
4 Kebarian, Natufian and Karim Shahir and settlements
5 Description of Neolithic period and becoming Neolithization process
6 Anatolia: Halan Çemi, Demirköy and Çayönü
7 Körtik Tepe, Göbekli Tepe
8 Midterm
9 Mureybit, Jerf el-Ahmar Dja de el-Mughara, Ebu Hureyra
10 Jeriko, Nevali Çori, Mezraa Teleilat
11 Halula, Tel Sabi Abyad
12 Overview of early village-level societies in the Near East

Recomended or Required Reading

1. M.Özdoğan, N.Başgelen (Ed.), Türkiye de Neolitik Dönem-Yeni Kazılar, Yeni Bulgular, Istanbul, 2007.
2. M.Kartal, Konar-Göçerlikten Yerleşik Yaşama Geçiş Epi-Paleolitik Dönem Türkiye de Son Avcı-Toplayıcılar, Istanbul, 2009.
3. R.J.Braidwood, Tarihöncesi Insanları, Istanbul, 1990. -N.Başgelen (Ed.), 12000 Yıl Önce Uygarlığın Anadolu dan Avrupa ya Yolculuğunun Başlangıcı Neolitik Dönem, Istanbul, 2007.
S.Foster-McCarter, Neolithic, New York, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lesson
2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Mid-term Exam
2. Project+homework
3. Final Exam

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1, 3: Midterm exam will be assessed with questions to ask.
2. LO 3 4-6: Final exam will be assessed with questions to ask.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1- 70 % of the participation of classes is mandatory.
2. 2- Midterm and final exam will be assessed by participation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

semih.guneri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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