COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CERAMICS OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 3003 CERAMICS OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYGÜN EKIN MERIÇ

Offered to

Archeology
Archeology

Course Objective

- Learning of Hellenistic Pottery (320-30 BC) of Kitchen Ware, Plain Ware, and Table Ware including their fashionable ornaments.
- Studying the centers of pottery production.
- Trade Relation between cities and distribution pattern of pottery.
- Investigate the regional differences of pottery production.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   identify a Hellenistic pottery object.
2   find out the function of pottery fragment looking at the feature of clay and surface treatment
3   able able to tell the type of the studied Hellenistic pottery.
4   find out the production method.
5   describe the pottery correct terminology and date it roughly.
6   to write correct catalogue entries and recording process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Study the territory newly shaped after Alexander and study multi ethnic culture.
2 Treating the new pottery centers and the distribution of their markets
3 Kitchen culture in the Hellenistic Period Lecture
4 Fully Glazed Pottery Lecture
5 Partially Glazed Pottery Lecture
6 West Slope Ware Lecture
7 Laboratory Analyze
8 Midterm Lecture
9 Lagynos Ware Lecture
10 Megarian Bowls I Lecture
11 Megarian Bowls II Lecture
12 Appliquéd Ware Lecture
13 Unguentaria and their usage of grave offers Practice
14 Laboratory Analyze Practice

Recomended or Required Reading

1. ANDERSON STAJONAVIC, V. R. Stobi: The Hellenistic and Roman Pottery, Princeton, 1992.
2. BRUNEAU, Philippe. Les Lampes, Delos XXVI, Paris, 1965.
3. EDWARDS, Roger. Corinthian Hellenistic Pottery, Corinth VII, Part III, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, 1975.
4. GASSNER, Verena. Das Südtor der Tetragonos-Agora, Keramik und Kleinfunde, Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 1997.
5. GÜRLER, Binnur. Metropolis in Hellenistik Dönem Seramiği , (Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi), Ege Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Izmir,1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Practice
3. To analyze and identify studies of Hellenistic pottery in the laboratory and Museums of Archaeology.

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. Midterm Exam
1. Duty
3. Final Exam

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4: Midterm, Duty and Final Exam.
2. LO 5-6: Recognize ability the Hellenistic pottery on the practice in the laboratory the Museum.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

- Attendance at %70 of Lecture.
- Obliged to take Midterm, Duty and Final Exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aygun.ekin@deu.edu.tr
3018724

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 12
Preparation for final exam 14
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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