Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ASIAN PREHISTORY PHA203 3. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 7.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Lecture
Course Coordinator
Instructors Yavuz AYDIN
Assistants
Goals The goal of this course is to discuss some problems that concerned with the migration of first human out of Africa in the light of the new prehistoric excavations and survey in Asia. In addition, to understand are the Palaeolithic cultures which discovered in this region, effected from whether west or east?
Course Content The excavations and survey which concerned with Palaeolithic period in Asia and its results will be discussed in this course
Learning Outcomes 1) The techno-typology of knapped stone tools in the prehistoric periods
2) Prehistoric settlement patterns
3) The prehistory of continents
4) Prehistoric economy models
5) Making comment on the various subjects
6) Understanding skill of the process of mankind history
7) Making a relation skill among the various settlements chronologically and culturally
8) Multifarious thinking skill about the development process of mankind’s technology
9) Multifarious thinking skill about the development process of mankind’s technology
10) Making a relation skill between the human behaviors and the ecological conditions

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The geographic borders of Asia and the distribution of prehistoric settlements Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The problem of Homo erectus. Are they evolved in Asia or are they come to Asia with the migration from Africa or south-east Asia? Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week The problem whether Asia inside of Movius Line or not? Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week First colonization of region in the Lower Palaeolithic period and arrival to the region of Homo erectus Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week The important sites which belong to Lower Palaeolithic period: Kuldara, Sel-Ungur e.g. Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week The general view to the Middle Palaeolithic period of Asia Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week The important sites which belong to Middle Palaeolithic period such as Khudji, Ogzi-Kichik and Obi-Rakhmat Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week The other sites which belong to Middle Palaeolithic period such as Hocakent, Teşiktaş, Zirabulak and Kulbulak Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week The lithic industry of middle palaeolithic Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week The known that concerning the burying tradition of Homo neanderthalensis who found in Teşiktaş Cave Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week The general view to the Upper Palaeolithic period of Asia Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week The sites which belong to upper palaeolithic such as Semerkandskaya and Karakamar Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week The human and culture relations between Asia with Caucas and Taurus-Zagros Lecture; Question Answer

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14. Week The general evaluation and discussion Discussion

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Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ceri Ben Kersey Shipton, A Million Years of Hominin Sociality and Cogntion Ach. Bifaces in the Hunsgi-Baichbal Valley, India

Assessment
Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques
Lecture and discussion
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 8
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 2 6
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 2 7
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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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