Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Ceramic Art in Front Asia ARK 114 Turkish Compulsory 2. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nurperi AYENGİN
Instructor(s)
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
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 1. Recognize the concepts related to ceramics.
2 Learn ceramic samples recovered from basin settlements.
3 Learn the typological properties of the ceramics and the properties of the dough.
4 Knowing the ceramics and understanding the settlement's ceramic tradition.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
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 Class Hours
9. Week From the beginning BC III. Examples of Near Eastern ceramics until the end of the millennium Class 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
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Students will be able to have archaeological up-to-date information and application methods
1 Students will be able to have archaeological up-to-date information and application methods
2 Students will be able to apply theoratical and practicaal knowledge in the field of study
3 Students will be able to distinguish and analyze stylistic and chronological problems of archaeological data and material
3 Students will be able to distinguish and analyze stylistic and chronological problems of archaeological data and material
4 Students will be able to document the archaeological data within the visual and verbal framework also with the help of digital documentation sources.
5 Students will be able to make independent decisions and studies during the analysis of the archaeological problems
6 Students will be able to have responsibility the resolving the problems in the archaeological projects
7 Students will be able to interpret the archaeological data and use various data history, geography, sociology, economics, anthropology, and architecture in order to solve or discuss a problem concerning archaeology
8 Students will be able to become concious of the requirement of being aware of the current developments and results of archaeology; follow Turkish and Foreign literature (via library and informatics) and attain these as a lifelong learning habit.
9 Students will be able to follow the foreign literature and to get across with colleagues
10 Students will be able to utilize contemporary techniques and equipments for archaeological applications.
11 Students will be able to make disciplinary or interdisciplinary teamwork
12 Students will be able to protect archaeological material and have it recognized by the public within the interrelation tourism and environment.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4
PY1 4 4 4 4
PY2 4 4 4 4
PY3 5 5 5 5
PY4 4 4 4 4
PY5 4 4 4 4
PY6 4 4 4 4
PY7 4 4 4 4
PY8 4 4 4 4
PY9 5 5 5 5
PY10 5 5 5 5
PY11 5 5 5 5
PY12 4 4 4 4
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • 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.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Sınavlar
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
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 5.0