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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CYPRUS ARCHAEOLOGY PRT314 6. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS AND CITY-STATES IN MESOPOTAMIA

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
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Goals Archaeology of Cyprus is taught from the beginning until the coming of the Sea Peoples within the course of this lesson.The course is supported with visuals of archaeological finds. The courses discuss the interregional contacts of Cyprus and focuses on the development of human life on Cyprus from her first colonization until the end of the Late Bronze Age.
Course Content The Archaeology of Cyprus is taught from the earliest human presence on the island until into the Late Bronze Age.
Learning Outcomes 1) Starting from the prehistoric era to the period until the end of the Late Bronze Age examines all the features.
2) He examines the first colonization of Cyprus and the cultures of this period.
3) Examines the place of the Cypriot culture in the eastern Mediterranean basin and its relations with neighboring cultural regions.
4) Examines the architectural and artistic understanding of Cyprus, and discusses its origins, conditions and development.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The Geomorphology and Geography of Cyprus Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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2. Week Chronology and Terminology Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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3. Week Akrotiri Aetokremnos and the Earliest Evidence for Humans in Cyprus Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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4. Week The First Colonization of Cyprus - I (Ayia Varvara - Asprokremnos, Klimonas, Shillourokambos, Kissonerga Mylouthkia) Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion

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5. Week The First Colonization of Cyprus - II (Tatlısu - Öiftlikdüzü, Kalavassos - Tenta) Lecture; Question Answer

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6. Week Late Pre Ppttery Neolithic of Cyprus - Khirokitia Culture Lecture; Question Answer

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7. Week Pottery Neolithic Cultures of Cyprus - Vrysi / Sotira Culture Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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8. Week Chalcolithic Period in Cyprus - (Lemba - Lakkous, Kissonerga - Mosphilia) Lecture; Question Answer

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9. Week Midterm Exam Question Answer
10. Week Philia Culture and its Anatolian Connections Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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11. Week Early Bronze Age Cultures of Cyprus I - Settlements (Marki - Alonia) Lecture; Question Answer

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12. Week Early Bronze Age Cultures of Cyprus II - Cemeteries (Vounos, Karmi, Lapithos) Lecture; Question Answer

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13. Week Early Bronze Age Cultures of Cyprus II - Cemeteries (Vounos, Karmi, Lapithos) Lecture; Question Answer

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14. Week Late Bronze Age Cultures of Cyprus I - (Settlements at, Morphou, Kition, Pyla) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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15. Week Late Bronze Age Cultures of Cyprus - II (Settlements at Enkomi, Palaikastro) Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion

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16. Week Finaly Exam Question Answer

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Kaynak Aksiyon Cyrus. Before the Bronze Age. Malibu, 1990 H.Buchholz, V. Karageorghis, Prehistoric Greece and Cyprus, Phaidon New York 1973 "B. Schweitzer, Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Result of Excavations in Cyprus, 1927-1931.Vol.2. "B. Schweitzer, Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Result of Excavations in Cyprus, 1927-1931.Vol.3. D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford 1985
L. Steel, Cyprus Before History. London, 2004
V. Karageorghis, Cyprus. Achaeologia Mvundi,. Nagel, 1968
"B. Schweitzer, Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Result of Excavations in Cyprus, 1927-1931.Vol.2.
"B. Schweitzer, Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Result of Excavations in Cyprus, 1927-1931.Vol.3.
Cyrus. Before the Bronze Age. Malibu, 1990
E. Peltenburg (ed.) Early Society in Cyprus, Edinburgh, 1989
H.Buchholz, V. Karageorghis, Prehistoric Greece and Cyprus, Phaidon New York 1973
V. Karageorghis & H. Buchholz, Alt Aegaeis und Alt Kypros, Nicosia, 1972.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 15
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 15
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