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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
AKI 5059	ARCHAEOMETRIC ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IHSAN MURAT KUŞOĞLU

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

Metal, ceramic, glass and natural stone based materials can be excavated during archaeological excavations. The aim of the lecture is introduction to archaeometric techniques and applications to determine properties and origins of archaeological materials which are excavated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To classify archaeological findings according to materials groups
2	To know archaeometric analysis techniques
3	To decide right archaeometric techniques to identify archaeological findings
4	To infer analytical datas obtained by archaeometric analysis techniques
5	To compare analytical datas obtained by archaeometric analysis tec
6	To discuss analytical datas obtained by archaeometric analysis techniques
7	To explain structural properties of findings obtained by archaeometric analysis
8	To put forward an idea for the dating of archaeological findings

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Archaeometry in Archaeology
2	Classifications of archaeomaterials
3	Archaeometric analysis techniques used in Archaeology
4	Microscopes used in microstructural observations
5	Microstructural analysis by light microscopes
6	Microstructural analysis by electron microscopes
7	Mid-term exam
8	Archaeometric analysis techniques related to optical wavelenghts
9	Archaeometric analysis techniques using X-ray
10	Mass spectroscopy techniques
11	Chromotographic techniques
12	Infrared and Raman Spektroscopy
13	Other techniques
14	Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

- Archaeological Chemistry, A. Mark Pollard, Carl Heron, RSC Publishing, 2008. ISBN :978-0-85404-262-3
- Characterization of Materials, Copyright © 1999-2012 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Online ISBN: 9780471266969, 2003

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This lecture will be processed theoritically in class. Teaching staff will give the subjects by using slides, will discuss with students by asking and answering for a better understanding of subjects. Laboratuary possibilities will be used for a better understanding.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Mid-term exam %25: To examine the theoretical information.
II. Application %25: To examine the application information.
III. Final Exam %50: To examine the all learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Student has to follow 70% of the lectures

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.kusoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	20	20
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparing presentations	1	20	20
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6
LO.1	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.2	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.3	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.4	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.6	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.7	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.8	5	5	5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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