Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THEORETICAL ARCHAEOLOGY KLA225 3. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Veli KÖSE
Assistants
Goals This course will examine contemporary debates in archaeological methodology, analysis and interpretation. Emphasis will be placed on the techniques for applying theoretical models to fieldwork and analytical research.
Course Content To develop an awareness of the relationship between archaeological interpretation and theoretical reasoning, to provide a detailed understanding of developments in archaeological theory, to illustrate the impact of different theoretical approaches on our understanding of the past and on present social, cultural and political contexts, to develop the ability to recognise and critically evaluate differing theoretical perspectives.
Learning Outcomes 1) to develop an awareness of the relationship between archaeological interpretation and theoretical reasoning,
2) to illustrate the impact of different theoretical approaches on our understanding of the past and on present social, cultural and political contexts.
3) to develop the ability to recognise and critically evaluate differing theoretical perspectives.
4) while the course is designed to address theoretical perspectives on the past, emphasis will be given to the practical deployment of theoretical perspectives in interpreting the past.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
Network Analysis in Archaeology and Classical Archaeology Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
1. Week A historical introduction to archaeological theory Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
2. Week The New Archaeology Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
3. Week Marxism in archaeology Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
4. Week The archaeological record Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Large Group Discussion; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
5. Week Contextual Archaeology Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
6. Week Objectivity and subjectivity, relativism and realism Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
7. Week Architecture and landscape using phenomenology and practice theory Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
8. Week Identities in practice: Sex and gender; personhood Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
9. Week Midterm exam Question Answer; Problem Solving
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Cognitive Analysis in Archaeology Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
11. Week Symmetrical archaeology and assemblage theory Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
12. Week The Archaeology of Culture Contact and Interaction Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
13. Week Network Analysis in Archaeology and Classical Archaeology Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
14. Week Critical theory and archaeology today; Review and Summary Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
I. Hodder, Archaeological theory today, Polity 2012
B. G. Trigger, A History of Archaeological Thought, Cambridge University Press 2006
G. Lucas, Understanding the archaeological record, Cambridge University Press 2012
J. Brück, Experiencing the past? The development of a phenomenological archaeology in British prehistory, Archaeological Dialogues 12, 2005, 45-72
M. Johnson, Archaeological theory: an introduction, Wiley-Blackwell 2010
O. J. T. Harris - C. Cipolla, Archaeological theory in the new millennium : introducing current perspectives, Routledge 2017

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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 5
Midterm Exam 1 4
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 4
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload