CONTENT CODE COURSE NAME
ARK 101 General Prehistory I The formation of earth and life to the humans will be covered within the term as well as environmental changes and adaptation process.
ARK 103 Introduction to Near Eastern Archaeology
ARK 105 Introduction to Classical Archaeology I
ARK 107 Excavation Techniques and Documentation I
ARK 109 Archaeological Material and Technology I
ARK 111 Computer Applications I
ARK 102 General Prehistory II
ARK 104 Crete-Mycenaean Archaeology and Its
Anatolian Relationship
The first appearance of agricultural activities during the so called
“Neolithic Revolution”, animal husbandry, first buildings, production of objects for daily use and their development until the III.
Millennium B.C.
To study of ancient Aegean geography and chronology of classical period.
The introduction of different excavation techniques and applications.
The coverage of the course will be on the tool production, especially based on lithic material use and production of tools and utilization.
Use of computer in archaeology and introdution to basic applications such as office and basic drwing programmes.
In this term the course will cover the cultural adaptation and enabled continious progress of human until the city states.
First step : The study of
Mycenaean civilization flourished during the period roughly between
1600 BC, and 1100 BC.
Second step : Mycenaean artefacts on the Anatolian west coast.
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ARK 106 Introduction to Classical Archaeology II
ARK 108 Excavation Techniques and Documentation II
ARK 110
ARK 112
Archaeological Material and Technology II
Computer Applications II
This course focus on general terminology of Hellenistic and
Roman period.
To help the students to gain necessary skills to perform their profession in the field.
The study of raw materials and technology needed by the ancient
Near Eastern cultures are studied in accordance to the archaeological and philological evidence.
Computer Aided analysis and the place of GIS aplications in archaeology.
ARK 201 Prehistoric Art I
ARK 203 Protohistory of Anatolia I
ARK 205 Early Bronze Age in Anatolia
ARK 207 The Pottery of Archaic and Classical Period
ARK 209 Archaeological Material and Technology III
ARK 211 Occupational English I Language
ARK 202 Prehistoric Art II
Prehistoric art course will deliver the human creativity and its understanding in the contexts for need of communication etc.
Human and its culture in Anatolia will be evaluated from cave to sedentary way living and to agricultural establishment.
Early Bronze age of Anatolia will be the foci of the course.
The study of role and importance of pottery within the frame of cultural and regional interrelations, and classification Archaic and Classical pottery according to the technical properties and functions.
Focus on ancient engineering techniques and ancient architectural materials.
The Course will provide occupational english knowledge i.e. terms, usage.
The examples from European
Prehistory and Anatolian cave art and other mobile and immobile forms will be analysed.
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ARK 204
ARK 206
Protohistory of Anatolia II
Near Eastern Archaeology
ARK 208 The Pottery of Hellenistic and Roman Period
ARK 210
ARK 212
Arcaheological Material and Technology IV
Occupational English Language II
The course will focus from
Chalcolithic to the end of Iron Age developments in Anatolian
Archaeology.
To present the geography and the archaeology of the Near Eastern region to the new students. Thus, starting with the first settlements in the region mostly Uruk and pre-
Uruk cultures are studied in a chronological frame.
Ceramics, the most important part of the material culture within archaeological context are studied in a chronological manner with production techniques and forms and Hellenistic-Roman pottery types are presented with local examples regarding regional interrelations.
In order to sum up and stabilize the understanding of all the courses in the terms 1, 2 and 3, this term the theory and use of technology will be the focus of the course.
The Course will provide occupational english knowledge i.e. terms, usage.
ARK 305 Anatolian Archaeology during the Colony
Period
ARK 307 Near Eastern Mythology
The study of every aspect of
Anatolian culture during the first quarter of II. Millennium B.C. which resulted from intensive interactions between Mesopotamia and Anatolia.
From prehistoric times to the first half of the I. Millennium BC, the mythological, iconographical and religious elements, which are seen in the Near Eastern cultures, are introduced. Symbolic representations of religious believes on art are studied in a chronological scheme with particular references to
Anatolia, Mesopotamia and surrounding regions.
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ARK 309 The Sculpture of Archaic and Classical Period The study of most important sculptural form of the Archaic
Period (kouroi, the standing male nude, and The Classical changes which in both the style and function of sculpture.
ARK 311 The Architecture of Archaic and Classical
Period
Categorizes and evaluates Greece
Architectures and Architets in
Archaic and Classical Period.
ARK 313 Environmental Archaeology Aims to delivery the environmental context and culture – nature and human-nature relations in archaeology as well as the applied methods in archaeology.
ARK 306 The Archaeology of the Hittites The Hittites who founded an important kingdom in Anatolian lands between 1650-1200 B.C. and took control over the areas including Northern Mesopotamia and Syria is studied with references to architecture, art and political history in light of the archaeological data.
ARK 308 Classical Greek Mythology Information on all subjects of Greek
Mythology, including details on
Greek Gods and Greek Goddesses,
Greek Myths and Greek Heroes.
ARK 310 The Sculpture of Hellenistic and Roman Period Details of Hellenistic sculpture which became more and more naturalistic (common people,
ARK 312 The Architecture of Hellenistic and Roman
Period women, children, animals and domestic scenes), and Roman sculpture which including copy of
Greek sculpture and form of sculpture which more emphasized the individual.
First step : All details of Ancient
Greek temple, open-air theatre, processional gateway (propylon), the public square (agora) surrounded by storied colonnade
(stoa), the town council building
(bouleuterion), the public monument, the monumental tomb
(mausoleum) and the stadium.
Second step : In addition to Roman types of buildings, to discuss about civil and military engineering, and
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ARK 314 Ethnoarchaeology
ARK 401 Contemporary Approaches in Archaeology I
ARK 403 Anatolian Iron Age I
ARK 402 Contemporary Approaches in Archaeology II
ARK 404 Anatolian Iron Age II
Roman architectural elements
(hypocaust, mosaic, Roman bricks..)
Ethnoarchaeological theory, method and practice and examples from worldwide and Anatolian archaeology will be presented as an ıntroduction by emphasis on the contributionof it to archaeological interpretation.
In wide spectrum, from beginning of archaeology to today theory method and practice that employed the past human behaviour and communites in archaeology.
After the collapse of the Hittite
Empire and about the beginning of the I. Millennium B.C., new political and cultural formations took part in Southeastern Anatolia and North Syria. No central authority is seen during this period, instead, in a restricted geography the city-states existed their presence and authority. In this multi-political environment, in spite of everything, it is observed that a common art and cultural aspects, which took their roots from the Central Anatolia of the II. Millennium B.C. were applied. In this course, the products of this common art and culture are evaluated in the light of the archaeological excavations and taught.
In wide spectrum, from beginning of archaeology to today theory method and practice that employed the past human behaviour and communites in archaeology.
First Step: The cultural activities of the Phrygians which migrate to
Anatolia in the early I. Millennium
B.C. are being studied. Their architecture, art objects, mythology and burial customs related to the tumuli-type graves, which show a
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new feature for Anatolia are being discussed in detail.
Second Step: The remains of the
Urartians, the first state in the East and Southeast Anatolia are being studied. The main topics are settlement planning, architectural, remains, art objects and burial customs.
ARK 405
ARK 407
Archaeological Research Methods I
Museology I
All details of field survey, excavation, analysis and documentation.
Different types of museums, their functions and organizations and the applications in this field are studied with practical information about applications of preservation in the museums.
ARK 409 Archaeological Conservation and Restoration I The main of this course to discuss different conservation and restoration techniques and practice.
ARK 411
ARK 413
Geoarchaeology
Aegean and European Prehistory
İnterdisciplinary study of Geology and Archaeology and contributions to undertsand human culture and technology.
The general introduction to Aegean,
Balkan and European archaeology
ARK 415 Metalworking in the Ancient Anatolia
ARK 417
ARK 419
Prehistoric Settlement Systems
Numismatic I
From its beginning until the end of the I. Millennium B.C. the mines and mining resources in the Near
East, production materials and techniques are studied and every type of artifacts made of metals are discussed in typological and comparative manner.
Prehistoric settlement sytems and peripheric analysis in order to understand architect, place of sites, cultural relations interactions and models.
The course offers a chronological survey of Greek coinage, beginning in the late Archaic period and
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ARK 421 Art and Craft in Archaeology I
ARK 423 Painting and Mosaic in Ancient Times continuing through the Classical into the Hellenistic and Greek
Imperial periods.
Technology and creativity in order human survival how is it applied to raw material and conversion techniques of raw material into tool to symbols that we communicate.
First step : Mosaic history and techniques (beginning ancient
Mesopotamia)
Second step : Fresco history and techniques (beginning ancient
Minoan Crete).
ARK 406
ARK 408
Archaeological Research Methods II
Museology II
ARK 410 Archaeological Conservation and Restoration II The main of this course to discuss different conservation and
ARK 412 Culture and Lifeways in Archaeology restoration techniques and practice.
Cultural change and dynamics and impacts of the culture on lifeways and identity from archaeological evidence.
ARK 414 History of Archaeology History of archaeology from the ginning to today.
ARK 416 The Archaeology of Cyprus
All details of field survey, excavation, analysis and documentation.
Different types of museums, their functions and organizations and the applications in this field are studied with practical information about applications of preservation in the museums.
The main aim of this course is to introduce the cultures of Cyprus within a time frame starting from the prehistoric period until the movement of Sea People. Supported with visual materials and discussion it’s aimed to study the cultural process from the first colonization of Cyprus until the end of the Late
Bronze Age whereby its relations with neighboring regions such as
Anatolia, Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean are discussed in light of archaeological evidence.
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ARK 418
ARK 420
ARK 422
The Archaeology of Syria and Palestine
Numismatic II
Art and Craft in Archaeology II
ARK 424 Anatolia and the Aegean in the Age of Homer
The Syrian and Palestinian cultures are discussed with a special emphasis on the city-formation and development process. The relations with the neighboring cultures are discussed to prese nt the character and role of these cultures in a broader aspect within the Near
Eastern region.
All details roman coins according to chronological list of Roman emperors.
Technology and creativity in order human survival how is it applied to raw material and conversion techniques of raw material into tool to symbols that we communicate.
Focus on mediterranean warfare and the Sea Peoples, discuss about
Greek dark age or homeric age.
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