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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK164 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK164 Course Title: NEOLITHIC PERIOD IN ANATOLIA II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ARCHAEOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer FEVZİ VOLKAN GÜNGÖRDÜ (volkangungordu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course is the figuring out of the different Neolithic cultures in Anatolia and the comparison of them with the other Near Eastern Neolithic cultures in order to see the conncetions between them.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-9 Make inner and interdisciplinary team works happen
Examination
LO-2 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
Examination
LO-3 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-7 Establish analytical and critical communication with the other parts of the society in a professional way using oral and written means
PO-8 Use at least one foreign language to follow new information in their field and to communicate with their colleagues
Examination
LO-4 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The evaluation of the Anatolian Neolithic cultures and the relation with the Near Eastern Neolithic cultures.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Cappadocia Region and Neolithic Period Visual presentation and lecturing
2 Aşıklı Höyük Settlement Visual presentation and lecturing
3 Musular and Kömürcü Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop Visual presentation and lecturing
4 Tepecik çiftlik and Köşk Höyük Settlements Visual presentation and lecturing
5 Konya Plain Neolithic Settlements Visual presentation and lecturing
6 Pınarbaşı and Boncuklu Höyük Visual presentation and lecturing
7 Çatalhöyük Settlement Visual presentation and lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 General evaluation on the Cappadocian Neolithic Visual presentation and lecturing
10 the relations between Cappadocia and Southeastern Anatolia in Neolitihic Era Visual presentation and lecturing
11 Neolithic Period in Marmara Region Visual presentation and lecturing
12 Neolithic Period in Marmara Region Visual presentation and lecturing
13 Neolithic Period in İzmir Region Visual presentation and lecturing
14 Neolithic Period in İzmir Region Visual presentation and lecturing
15 General Evaluation Visual presentation and lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Barker, G. (2006). The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory. New York: Oxford University Press.
2 N. Başgelen (Editör) (2007). Anadolu’da Uygarlığın Doğuşu ve Avrupa’ya Yayılımı Türkiye’ de Neolitik Dönem. Yeni Kazılar, Yeni Bulgular.. İstanbul: Arkeolji ve Sanat Yayınları
3 Güngördü, F. V. (2014). “Obsidian and its Significance for Cappadocian Pre-Pottery Neolithic”. Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 3, 103-110.
4 Hole, F. (2000). Is size important? Function and Hierarchy in Neolithic Settlements. Ian Kujit (Editör). Life in Neolithic Farming Communities: Social Organization, Identitiy and Differantiation. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, s.191-209.
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 5 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 5 20
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 8 4 32
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 134