Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
EARLY AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY KLA117 1. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Serdar Hakan ÖZTANER
Assistants
Goals The main purpose of this lecture is to introduce the Minoan and Mycenaean Civilisations who were the foundations of the ancient Greek cultures and beginning of the ancient greek art after the Aegean migrations.
Course Content Cultural remains of Minoan and Mycenaean cultures and the Protogeometric and geometric artifacts are within the content of this lecture.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students will learn Minioan Civilization that spanned in the island of Crete.
2) Students will learn Mycenaean Civilization that spanned in Mainland Greece.
3) Beginning of the Iron Age and art and culture in the Protogeometric and Geometric era will be evaluated.
4) Students will be able to understand cultural diversity of Minoans and Mycenaeans. Moreover, historical events will be explained to them. Among with Minoans and Mycenaeans , difference between Protogeometric and Geometric art and architecture will be compared.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The aim of lecture and its scope will be explained. Required sources for class will be introduced. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Introduction to Cycladic and Minoan Cultures. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Neolithic Era and Pre-palace Period in Crete. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Architecture of the Old Palace Period of Minoans and their ceramics. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Architecture of the New Palace Period of Minoans and their ceramics. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week The Age of the Minoans after Palace Period and Achaians. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Art and culture of the Mycenaeans. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Cultural remains of Mycenaean civilization; Their settlements in Western Anatolia and Mainland Greece. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Midterm Exams 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 Aegean and Doric Immigration. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week The Dark Age, Sub-mycenaean Ceramics. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Protogeometric Era and its art. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Art of the Geometric Period. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Architecture of the Geometric Period. Lecture; Discussion
Speech Loop
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week Final Exams. Question Answer; Problem Solving
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
A. M. Mansel, Ege ve Yunan Tarihi, Ankara, 9.Baskı - 2011.
B. Schweitzer, Greek Geometric Art. Londra 1971.
G. E. Mylonas, Mycenae and the Mycenaean Age, Princeton N.J. 1966.
J. N. Coldstream, Greek Geometric Pottery – A Survey of Ten Local Styles and Their Chronology, Londra 1968.
Karşıdan Karşıya, M.Ö. 3. Bin’de Kiklad Adaları ve Batı Anadolu (Ed. V. Şahoğlu, P. Sotirakopoulou) 2011.
R. A. Higgins, Minoan and Mycenaean Art, Londra 1967.
R. A. Higgins, The Archaeology of Minoan Crete, Londra 1973.
S. Alexiou, A Guide to the Minoan Palaces; Knossos, Phaestosi,Mallia, Heraklion 1973.
S. Alexiou, Minos Uygarlığı, İstanbul 1991.
S. Alexiou, P. Nikolas, H. Guanella, Ancient Crete, Londra 1968.
U. Knigge, The Athenian Kerameikos, History, Monuments, Excavations, Atina 1998.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4
PY150000
PY255555
PY355555
PY455555
PY555555
PY855555
PY1055555

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 5
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 5
Homework 1 2
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 2
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 1
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
Quick Access Hızlı Erişim Genişlet
Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload