Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
DATABASE AND ITS USE IN ARCHEOLOGY PHA414 4 + 0 4.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals The aim of this class is to introduce students to computing and for them to learn its place within archaeological science. It is particularly explained how databases are prepared and with the aid of analytical programs how archaeological data are procured and their fundamental documentation purposes in archaeology. The student will learn in practice how to prepare and use a database.
Course Content In this class, the student will learn how the specifics of data are procured, how they are evaluated within categories and by preparing suitable databases how these data are evaluated.
Learning Outcomes 1) The importance of computers in archaeology will be understood
2) How and why archaeological data are collected will be understood
3) The programs used as databases and basic software will be learned
4) The preparation of a database will be learned
5) The reasons for the evaluation of data from an analytical perspective will be learned
6) The analysis of data will be learned
7) The evaluation and manipulation of data will be learned
8) The interpretation of data will be learned
9) The relationships between different types of data will be understood
10) Analysis by compiling different data will be learned
11) Interpretation skills will be developed
12) Analytical knowledge will be developed

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week What is data, and why and how is it generated? Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week What are archaeological data? Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week What is a database? Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Why is the database important in archaeology? Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Databases and their areas of use Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Which database? And why? Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Elements to be noted in the preparation of a database Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Databases and the sharing of data Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Basic databases Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Relational databases Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week The preparation of a simple database (example) Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week The preparation of relational databases (example) Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week The analysis and filtering of data Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Interpretations with analysis of data and conversion to graphics Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
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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 4
Homework 1 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 2
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 2
Total Workload
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