Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
EPI-PALEOLITHIC PERIOD ANATOLIAN-NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY PHA204 4 + 0 4.0 7.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Theoric
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Goals The main goals of the lecture are to explain the cultural developments, life style, economy and the artifacts of men during the transition from the hunter-gatherer way of life to the food production phase. The settlement patterns and the special sites of Anatolia and Near East will be explained as well.
Course Content The cultural developments in Anatolia and Near East at the end of the Paleolithic Age
Learning Outcomes 1) The general terms and concept concerned with the prehistoric archaeology
2) The techno-typology of knapped stone tools in the prehistoric periods
3) The techno-typology of bone tools in the prehistoric periods
4) The Pleistocene period’s ecology
5) The environmental factors, which played a role in transition from the Paleolithic to the Epi-paleolithic and/or Mesolithic
6) Prehistoric art and the ideality and lifestyle of prehistoric man
7) The most important discoveries, which occurred and effected to the history of mankind in prehistoric periods
8) Making a relation skill between the human behaviors and the ecological conditions
9) Understanding skill of the process of mankind history
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 Some ideas on the term epi-paleolithic/Some ideas on the term Mesolithic Lecture; Question Answer

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2. Week Economy and the way of life in the epi-paleolithic period Lecture; Question Answer

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3. Week Introduction to the epi-paleolithic period settlements in Turkey/The distribution of the epi-paleolithic settlements in Turkey Lecture; Question Answer

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4. Week Cultural stratigraphy of Near Eastern Epi-paleolithic Period Lecture; Question Answer

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5. Week Kebaran/Geometric Kebaran Lecture; Question Answer

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6. Week Mushabian /Hamran/Madamaghan Lecture; Question Answer

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7. Week Natufian Culture Lecture; Question Answer

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8. Week Khiamian/Harifian/Sultanian Lecture; Question Answer

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9. Week Baradiz /Belbaşı /Beldibi /Belpınar/Çarkini /Güzeloba Lecture; Question Answer

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10. Week Karain Cave /Kızılin Lecture; Question Answer

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11. Week Öküzini cave/General information on Öküzini cave and its previous excavations/New excavations, sedimentation and stratigraphy in Öküzini/The type-list of the lithics of Öküzini Lecture; Question Answer

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12. Week General findings of Öküzini cave and its comparisons with the Near East/Balkans/Üçağızlı/Ağaçlı/Domalı-Alaçalı/Gümüşdere-Kilyos/Yarımburgaz Lecture; Question Answer

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13. Week Malaliki/Söğüt tarlası/Şarklı mağara/Uluk mevkii/Macunçay/Pınarbaşı/Tekeköy-Fındıcak/Asarkaya Lecture; Question Answer

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14. Week General Discussions Discussion

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Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Braidwood,R.J.Tarih Öncesi İnsan
Kartal,M.Epi-paleolitik Dönem

Assessment
Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques
Opinions with the Lecture, Discussion, Questions and Answers
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 3 5
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 5 5
Total Workload
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