Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Ceramic Art in Front Asia ARK 114 2. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurperi AYENGİN
Instructors Nurperi AYENGİN
Assistants
Goals The purpose of this course is to analyze the political history, social and cultural structures, ceramics, metals, illustrative artworks and the settlement architecture of Early Hittite Period in Anatolia.
Course Content By specifying the features of the basin's ceramic tradition, the ceramic samples recovered from the settlements will be evaluated in terms of typological and technological aspects.
Learning Outcomes - 1. Recognize the concepts related to ceramics.
- Learn ceramic samples recovered from basin settlements.
- Learn the typological properties of the ceramics and the properties of the dough.
- Knowing the ceramics and understanding the settlement's ceramic tradition.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Description of ceramic, materials, construction stages
2. Week Typology
3. Week Neolithic Age-1 Ceramics
4. Week Neolithic Age-2 Ceramics
5. Week Chalcolithic Age Ceramics
6. Week Early Bronze Age Ceramics
7. Week Middle Bronze Age Ceramic
8. Week Midterm Course Hours
9. Week From the beginning BC III. Examples of Near Eastern ceramics until the end of the millennium Course Hours
10. Week Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine and Iran Ceramics
11. Week Cyprus, Crete and Mycenaean Ceramics
12. Week Iron Age Ceramics
13. Week The development of ceramic art in the Mesopotamian Culture.
14. Week From the beginning BC. III. Until the end of the thousand years, Cyprus, Crete, Cycladic and Continental Greece
Recommended Sources
A. Shepard, Ceramics for the Archaeologist, Washington, 1956.
A.T. Ökse, Önasya Arkeolojisi Seramik Terimleri, İstanbul, 1993.
A.T. Ökse, Önasya Arkeolojisinde Çanak Çömlek, İstanbul, 2012.
L. M. Senior, Time and Technological Change: Ceramic Production, Labor and Economic Transformation in a Third Millennium Complex Society (Tell Leilan, Syria), Michigan, 1998.
Orton, C. /Tyers P. / Vince A. ; Pottery in Archaeology, Cambridge 1993 F.R.Matson, “ Potters and pottery in the Ancient Near East”, Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Ed. By J.M. Sasson, New York 1995, p.1553-1565.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 Measurement Method
PY1 4 0 0 0 0 40,60,40,60
PY2 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY3 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY4 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY5 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY6 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY7 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY8 4 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY9 5 0 0 0 0 -
PY10 5 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY11 5 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY12 4 0 0 0 0 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Homework 1 2 21 42
Final 1 2 2
Practice End-Of-Term 1 39.5 39.5
Classroom Activities 14 3 42
Total Workload 127.5
ECTS Credit of the Course 5.0