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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / ARK 526 - ARKEOLOJİ (YÜKSEK LİSANS)

Code: ARK 526 Course Title: C Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ARKEOLOJİ (YÜKSEK LİSANS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer PINAR ÇAYLI (pinarcayli@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to gain knowledge to understand the nature of social changes/transformations in societies, starting from the Paleolithic to the emergence of central government and cities.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Will be able to define the prehistoric society structure. PO-9 Able to take responsibility in archaeology about data collection, interpretation and publishing and act according to the rules of social, scientific and ethical values.
 		Presentation
Term Paper
LO-2 Learns the theories of sociology, anthropology and ethnology disciplines related to social structure. PO-13 Able to bring different disciplines together in a meaningful manner in national and international archaeological studies in a professional level.
 		Presentation
Term Paper
LO-3 Comprehends the dynamics that make up the social structures of the native tribes living today. PO-13 Able to bring different disciplines together in a meaningful manner in national and international archaeological studies in a professional level.
 		Presentation
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The relations that the individuals forming the society establish with each other and the organizations they form based on these relations; new life styles emerging with settled life and productive economy; ideologies that play an important role in determining, maintaining or destroying a social structure; complex societies determine the content of the course. Archaeologists give priority to the economic organization of societies in their definitions of social structure. In this context, they find the theoretical approaches of anthropologists and economists guiding. Therefore, the theoretical approaches belonging to different disciplines and the lifestyles of the indigenous tribes living today also constitute the content of the course.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction: Concepts of Human, Culture, Society, Social Structure Conversation Presantation Question-Answer
2 What has changed in the social structure from hunter-gatherer to sedentary? Theoretical approaches Conversation Presantation Question-Answer
3 Social structure construction in terms of concepts such as climate, nutrition, shelter-space-housing-public space, subsistence economy, production technology, belief, initiation, cultural interaction, surplus product, conflict, property-trade, exchange, gift giving, nuclear family-paternity, gender 1. Conversation Presantation Analysis of book, book chapter, article, documentary Question-Answer
4 Social structure construction in terms of concepts such as climate, nutrition, shelter-space-housing-public space, subsistence economy, production technology, belief, initiation, cultural interaction, surplus product, conflict, property-trade, exchange, gift giving, nuclear family-paternity, gender 2. Conversation Presantation Analysis of book, book chapter, article, documentary Question-Answer
5 Social structure construction in terms of concepts such as climate, nutrition, shelter-space-housing-public space, subsistence economy, production technology, belief, initiation, cultural interaction, surplus product, conflict, property-trade, exchange, gift giving, nuclear family-paternity, gender 3. Conversation Presantation Analysis of book, book chapter, article, documentary Question-Answer
6 Social structure construction in terms of concepts such as climate, nutrition, shelter-space-housing-public space, subsistence economy, production technology, belief, initiation, cultural interaction, surplus product, conflict, property-trade, exchange, gift giving, nuclear family-paternity, gender 4. Conversation Presantation Analysis of book, book chapter, article, documentary Question-Answer
7 General evaluation and discussion Summarizing Brainstorming Discussion Question answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Example: Climate, nutrition, subsistence economy and social structure in native tribes Student presentations, discussion
10 Example: Shelter-space-housing-public space and social structure in native tribes Student presentations, discussion
11 Example: Production technology, cultural interaction and social structure in native tribes Student presentations, discussion
12 Example: Belief, initiation and social structure in native tribes Student presentations, discussion
13 Sample: Nuclear family-lineage, gender and social structure in native tribes Student presentations, discussion
14 Example: Exchange, gift giving and social structure in native tribes Student presentations, discussion
15 Example: Surplus product, trade, property, conflict and social structure in native tribes Student presentations, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Diamond, J. 2015. Düne Kadar Dünya, Akılçelen Kitaplar.
2 Braidwood. R. J. , 1995; Tarihöncesi İnsan, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul.
3 RENFREW, C. – BAHN, P.G.; Archaeology, Theories, Methods and Practice (London 1996)
4 Güvenç, B. , 1999; İnsan ve Kültür, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul.
5 Leakey, R. ve R. Lewin, 1999. Göl İnsanları, Tübitak Yay.
6 Harris, M. 2018. Yamyamlar ve Krallar, İmge Yay. İstanbul.
7 Earle, T. 2013. Şefler Nasıl İktidara Geldiler, Versus Kitap, İstanbul.
8 Kottak, C. P. 2002. Antropoloji, İnsan Çeşitliliğine Bir Bakış. Ütopya Yay. İstanbul.
9 Gowland, R. ve Knüsel, C. (2009). Social archaeology of funerary remains. Oxbow boks, Oxford.
10 Thomson D. F. (2014).The Seasonal Factor in Human Culture Illustrated from the Life of a Contemporary Nomadic Group, Proceeding of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, Julie Gardiner (ed.), Published online by Cambridge University Press.
11 Bradley R. 2002.The Past in Prehistoric Societies, Routledge, London.
12 Kelly L. 2015. Knowledge and power in prehistoric societies: Orality, memory, and the transmission of culture, Cambridge Universt Press.
13 Weninger B. vd. 2009. The Impact of Rapid Climate Change on prehistoric societies during the Holocene in the Eastern Mediterranean, Documenta Praehistorica XXXVI.
14 Shahlins M. 2010. Taş Devri Ekonomisi, BGST.
Required Course instruments and materials
projector, computer, blackboard, Book/book chapter and articles, documentary

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 8 1 40
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project 15 1 60
final exam

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 15 45
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 12 60
       b) Search in internet/Library 5 12 60
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 6 12
       e) Term paper/Project 1 3 3
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 0
mid-term exam 0
Own study for final exam 0
final exam 0
0
0
Total work load; 180