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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK361 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK361 Course Title: MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHAEOLOGY (THIRD MILLENNIUM BC) Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall 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 3rd Millenim BC Mesopotamian Cultures

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
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
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
Sumerian and Akkadian Civilizations
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction, the geography of the Southern Mesopotamia and the earliest Settlements Visual presentation and lecturing
2 Hassuna, Samarra periods in Mesopotamia Visual presentation and lecturing
3 Halaf and Ubaid Periods in Mesopotamia Visual presentation and lecturing
4 Uruk Period in Mesopotamia Visual presentation and lecturing
5 Early Dynastic Period Settlements and archaeological findings Visual presentation and lecturing
6 Early Dynastic Period Settlements and archaeological findings Visual presentation and lecturing
7 Early Dynastic Period Settlements and archaeological findings Visual presentation and lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Early Dynastic Period Settlements and archaeological findings Visual presentation and lecturing
10 Akkadian Period Settlements and findings Visual presentation and lecturing
11 Akkadian Period Settlements and findings Visual presentation and lecturing
12 Akkadian Period Settlements and findings Visual presentation and lecturing
13 New Sumerian Period and the settlements Visual presentation and lecturing
14 New Sumerian Period and the settlements Visual presentation and lecturing
15 General Evaluation Visual presentation and lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 A. Moortgart, Die Kunst des Alten Mesopotamien I-II, Sumer und Akkad, Köln, 1985
2 W. Orthmann, Der Alte Orient. Propyläen Kunst Geschichte. Berlin
3 Harriet Crawford, The Sumerian World
4 Harriet Crawford Sumer and the Sumerians.
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 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       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 4 4 16
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 4 16
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 132