Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
MESOLITHIC AGE ARCHAEOLOGY PHA209 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 Metin KARTAL
Assistants
Goals The aim of the course is to provide information about the life styles of human groups who have adapted to the new environmental conditions with the melting of glaciers at the beginning of the holocene and at the end of the pleistocene. In addition, how the first Neolithic formations in Europe came into being will be examined.
Course Content The course includes European Mesolithic cultures and Mesolithic settlement patterns. During the course, information will be given about the first Neolithic formations as well as the European Mesolithic lifestyle.
Learning Outcomes 1) The general terms and concept concerned with the prehistoric archaeology
2) The techno-typology of bone tools in the prehistoric periods
3) Prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs
4) Prehistoric art and the ideality and lifestyle of prehistoric man
5) The most important discoveries, which occurred and effected to the history of mankind in prehistoric periods
6) Neolithisation process
7) The Pleistocene period’s ecology
8) The environmental factors, which played a role in transition from the Paleolithic to the Epi-paleolithic and/or Mesolithic
9) The techno-typology of knapped stone tools in the prehistoric periods
10) Making a relation skill between the human behaviors and the ecological conditions
11) Zooarchaeology principles and the prehistoric fauna
12) The Pleistocene period’s economy models
13) Understanding skill of the process of mankind history
14) Making a relation skill among the various settlements chronologically and culturally
15) Making comment on the various cultures

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The meaning term Mesolithic, The meaning of term Epi-paleolithic Lecture; Question Answer

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2. Week European Mesolithic chronology, Climate in Mesolithic Europe, Ecology in Mesolithic Europe Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Introduction to European Mesolithic cultures, Hamburgian Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Ahrensburgian, Lyngby, Azilien Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Remouchamps, Sauveterrien, Maglemosian Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Kongemose, Asturien, Swiderien Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Tardenoisien, Campignien Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Ertebölle, Kjökkenmöddings Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Star Carr Settlement Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Siebenlinden Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Lepenski Vir Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Tybrind Vig Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Franchthi Cave Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week General evaluation and discussion Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Kartal,M.Epi-paleolitik Dönem

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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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 6
Homework 2 6
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 3 4
Final Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Final Exam 3 3
1 1
1 1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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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