Course Contents |
From the epipaleolithic period which is the earliest evidence on architecture in prehistory to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic ages, with the changes in settlent patterns, the evolution of the architecture in prehistoric times is the main concern of this course |
Weekly Course Content |
Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
1 |
Introduction to the prehistoric archaeology |
presentation and discussion |
2 |
Epipaleolithic in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
3 |
Epipaleolithic Architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
4 |
Pre Pottery Neolithic in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
5 |
Pre Pottery Neolithic architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
6 |
Pre Pottery Neolithic architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
7 |
Pre Pottery Neolithic architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
8 |
mid-term exam |
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9 |
Pottery Neolithic in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
10 |
Pottery Neolithic architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
11 |
Pottery Neolithic architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
12 |
Chalcolithic in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
13 |
Chalcolithic architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
14 |
Chalcolithic architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
15 |
Chalcolithic architecture in the Near East |
presentation and discussion |
16 |
final exam |
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Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
1 |
Anne Birgitte Gebaer, L. S., Anne Teather, António Carlos Valera (Ed.). (2020). Monumentalising Life in the Neolithic: Narratives of Continuity and Change. Oxbow Books. |
2 |
Antonio Sagona, P. Z. (2009). ANCIENT TURKEY. Routledge. |
3 |
Bar-Yosef, J.-P. B.-A. O. (Ed.). (2008). The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences. Springer. |
4 |
Brian M. Fagan, N. D. (2019). PEOPLE OF THE EARTH An Introduction to World Prehistory. Taylor & Francis. |
5 |
Cauvin, J. (2000). The Birth of the Gods and origins of Agriculture. Cambridge University Press. |
6 |
Daniela Hofmann, J. S. (Ed.). (2013). Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe Sedentism, Architecture and Practice. Springer. |
7 |
Güldoğan, E. (2011). Aşıklı Höyük Sürtmetaş Buluntu Topluluğu. Tüba-Ar, 14, 41-58. |
8 |
Hodder, I. (Ed.). (2018). Religion, History and Place in the Origin of Settled Life. University Press of Colorado. |
9 |
Ian A. Todd, G. P. (1965). The Chipped Stone Industry of Avla Daǧ. Anatolian Studies, 15, 95-112. |
10 |
Kuijt, I. (Ed.). (2002). Life in Neolithic Farming Communities Social Organization, Identity, and Differentiation. Kluwer Academic Publishers. |
11 |
Laneri, N. (Ed.). (2015). Defining the Sacred. Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion in the Near East. Oxbow Books. |
12 |
Sharon R. Steadman, G. M. (Ed.). (2011). The Oxford Handbook Of Ancient Anatolia 10,000–323 B.C.E. Oxford University Press. |
13 |
Simmons, A. H. (2010). The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East. Transforming the Human Landscape. |
Required Course instruments and materials |
Scientific publications which are related to main concept |