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Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE AEGEAN PRT221 3. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Vasıf ŞAHOĞLU
Assistants
Goals In this course, it is aimed to present a general approach to the students about the relations and chronological comparisons of these cultures with different prehistoric cultures in Continental Greece, Cyclades Islands, Crete island and Western Anatolia.
Course Content Settlements in Western Anatolia and the Continent of Greece are described in chronological order.
Learning Outcomes 1) The interconnections of the Bronze Age cultures of Greek Mainland, the Aegean Islands are discussed
2) Have knowledge about the terminology used in the Aegean cultural region and this area
3) Examines the development of the Cycladic, Minos and Hellas cultures.
4) Examines the emergence and development of overseas trade
5) Discusses the causes and consequences of interregional interaction.
6) Examine the factors behind the culture and propagation of Minos
7) Have knowledge about the Mycenaean culture, Hitih-Aegean relations.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Geography of the Aegean Lecture; Problem Solving
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Neolithic Period in Crete Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Neolithic Period in Greek Mainland Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Neolithic Period in the Cyclades. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Neolithic Cultures of Coastal Western Anatolia Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Early Minoan Culture Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Early Helladic Culture Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Early Cycladic Culture Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Mid Term Exam Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Middle Minoan Period Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Late Minoan Period Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Middle and Late Helladic Periods, Mycenaean Culture and its Distribution Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Middle and Late Cycladic Cultures Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week Western Anatolia during the 2nd Millennium BC Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
16. Week Final Exam Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning
Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
C. Renfrew, The Emergence of Civilisation in the Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millennium B.C., London, 1972.
C. Shelmerdine, The Aegean Bronze Age, 2008.
O.T.P.K. Dickinson, Aegean Bronze Age, Cambridge, 1994.
T. Cullen (ed.), Aegean Prehistory, A Review, Boston, 2001.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 16 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 16 6
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 25
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 25
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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