COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLASS IN THE ANCIENT ERA IN EAST MEDITERRANEAN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 6028 GLASS IN THE ANCIENT ERA IN EAST MEDITERRANEAN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Archaeology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR BINNUR GÜRLER

Offered to

Archaeology

Course Objective

An important cultural material of the invention takes place, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean ancient glass production, trade and cultural relations with the interpretation of the framework.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Glass technology to learn.
2   To understand the typology and chronology of the glass.
3   Learning centers of glass production.
4   Along with other cultural materials to evaluate the glass.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Written sources for the production of glass.
2 Glass production techniques, raw material supply in the 3th and 2nd millenium B.C.
3 Glass production techniques, raw materials and trade in the 1st millenium B.C.
4 Wrecks and chronologies relating to the trading of glass.
5 Glass production techniques in the Hellenistic period.
6 Centers. The finds propagation.
7 The presence of glass blowing techniques and associated written resources.
8 Glass-manufacturing centers in the 1st century B.C. and 1st century A.D. and the glass areas.
9 MIDTERM EXAMS
10 Glass production, form, repertoire, traveling craftsmen, large workshops inthe 2nd century A.D. and Anatolian glass area.
11 Glass production status in the 3rd century A.D., changes in the form repertoire.
12 Period of decline in the production of glass and causes: 4th century A.D.
13 Discussion
14 Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds, Archaeologia Traiectina II (Groningen/Djakarta 1957).
Yardımcı kaynaklar: C. Atila / B. Gürler, Glass Objects from Bergama Museum. Bergama Belleten 16 (Izmir 2009). B. Gürler, Tire Müzesi Cam Eserleri. T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü Yayınları 74 (Ankara 2000). D. B. Harden / H. Hellenkemper / K. Painter / D. Whitehouse, Glass of the Caesars (Milan 1987). J. W. Hayes, Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. A Catalogue (Toronto 1975). J. W. Hayes, Late Roman and Byzantine Glass. In: Excavations at Saraçhane in Istanbul. Vol. 2: The Pottery (Princeton, NJ/Washington, DC 1992) 400-407.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course is mainly the presentation of visual material that the student be transferred, will be made after discussion and evaluation.

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2: Midterm exam will be assessed with questions to ask.
2. LO 3-4: In the final assessed with questions to ask

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% of the classes is compulsory to attend.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

binnur.gurler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday: 14:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 3 7 21
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 164

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.155555
LO.255555
LO.355555
LO.455555

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