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Department of Archeology-Year 2024- Course Information
Ardahan University, Faculty of Humanities and Letters

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1st Year

1st Semester

ARK-101 – Introduction to Archeology (Compulsory · Fall/1 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameIntroduction to ArcheologyCodeARK-101Semester/YarıyılFall/1
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
Ensuring that students have a general idea of this science, by providing basic information about archeology
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learning of archaeology and relations between the archaeology and other science.
  2. Learning of the archaeological ages.
  3. learning of branches of archaeology such as prehistoria, protohistoria, classical archaeology or Medieval archaeology.
  4. Learning of archaeological research and excavation methods and learning of Terminus ante quem and terminus post quem.
  5. Learning of general subjects on protohistoria and classical archeology.
  6. Learning Archaeological Research Methods.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Başaran, C., Arkeolojiye Giriş, 1989.
  • Trendall, A., Arkeolojiye Giriş, Yunan ve Roma Sanatına Genel Bakış, Çev. Y. Ersoy, 1996.
  • Mansel, A. M., Ege ve Yunan Tarihi, Ankara, 1963.
  • Akurgal, E., Anadolu Uygarlıkları, İstanbul, 2003.
  • Naumann, R., Eski Anadolu Mimarlığı, Ankara, 1975.
  • Sevin V. Anadolu Arkeolojisi, İstanbul 2003.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Archaeology and its purpose
Week 2Relations between the archaeology and other science. History of archaeology in Turkey.
Week 3Methods in archaeology and general archaeological terms.
Week 4Archaeological research methods.
Week 5Archaeological excavation methods.
Week 6Archaeological excavation methods.
Week 7Dating methods and criterions in archaeology
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Branches of archaeology
Week 10Branches of archaeology
Week 11Ages/Periods in archaeology
Week 12Written sources in archaeology
Week 13Society, religion and state in antiquity.
Week 14Society, religion and state in antiquity.
ARK-103 – Introduction to Prehistory (Compulsory · Fall/1 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameIntroduction to PrehistoryCodeARK-103Semester/YarıyılFall/1
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives:
It aims to understand Prehistory in its main lines.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To be able to evaluate and explain information and theories about prehistoric periods
  2. To be able to comprehend prehistoric periods and stages
  3. To be able to compare periods by looking at the finds
  4. To be able to make comparisons with the surrounding regions
  5. To be able to make chronological classifications by looking at the finds
  6. To be able to classify the artifacts belonging to this age unearthed during the excavations
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Braidwood, R.J. Tarih Öncesi İnsan, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul,1995
Lewin, R. Modern İnsanın Kökeni, Çev. N. Soysal, Say Yayınları, Ankara, 2000.
Mellaart, J. Yakın Doğu'nun En Eski Uygarlıkları, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yaınları, İstanbul, 1988.
Mithen, S. Aklın Tarihöncesi, Çev. İ. Kutluk, Ankara, 1999.
Naumann, R. Eski Anadolu Mimarlığı, TTK Yayınları, Ankara, 1991.
Özbek, M. Dünden Bugüne İnsan, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2000.
Sandars, N.K. Prehistoric Art In Europe, Yale University Press, 1995.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1What is prehistory?
Week 2Historical process of prehistory
Week 3Chronology of Prehistory
Week 4Paleolithic periods
Week 5Paleolithic periods
Week 6Paleolithic periods
Week 7Epi Paleolithic period
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Epi Paleolithic and Neolithization
Week 10Neolithic period
Week 11Neolithic period
Week 12Neolithic period
Week 13Anatolia in prehistoric times
Week 14General evalution
ARK-105 – Mythology I (Compulsory · Fall/1 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameMythology ICodeARK-105Semester/YarıyılFall/1
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Sinem COŞKUN
Course Objectives:
To provide information about the birth of mythology, its meaning and its effects on the history of civilization, by ensuring that mythology is understood as a reflection of society and culture.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Defines concepts such as Mythos, Logos, Mythology by mastering the terminology related to mythology. Explains the similarities and differences of these concepts.
  2. To have knowledge about myths, myth types and world mythologies.
  3. Can learn about mythologies from different periods and give information about their similarities and differences.
  4. Describes the subject, depicted gods and divine beings in mythological works in Anatolia and outside Anatolia.
  5. Explain the Gods and family trees of ancient Greek and Roman mythologies.
  6. Can use his knowledge of mythology in the interpretation of archaeological artifacts.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Donna Rosenberg, Dünya Mitolojisi, İmge Kitabevi, 2017.
Jean Bottero, Samuel Noah Kramer, Mezopotamya Mitolojisi, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2019.
Azra Erhat, Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Remzi Kitabevi, 2015.
Pierre Grimal, Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2017.
Jean-Pierre Vernant, Antik Yunan’da Mit ve Düşünce, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2023.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1What does myth mean? In the first week, a general framework will be drawn on philosophy-religion and mythology.
Week 2Middle Eastern Mythology: Sumerians, Akkadians
Week 3Sumerian Mythology: Gilgamesh, Inanna, Other Minor Myths
Week 4Babylon: The Creation Myth
Week 5Indroduction to Egyptian mythology
Week 6Egyptian Myths: Creation and Osiris Myths
Week 7Egyptian Myths: Myths of Ra, Egyptian Gods
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Hittite Mythology: Illuyanka and Kumarbi Myth
Week 10Greek Mythology: The Creation of Gods and Men
Week 11Olympian Gods: Zeus and Hera
Week 12Poseidon and Demeter
Week 13Demeter, Persephone and Hades
Week 14Apollo
ARK-107 – Archaeological Research Methods I (Compulsory · 5 ECTS)
Course NameArchaeological Research Methods ICodeARK-107SemesterFall/1
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Ayşegül AKIN ARAS
Course Objectives: To be able to convey to the student the awareness of the necessity of applying theory to archaeology as a science. This approach will focus on the theoretical archaeological approaches by focusing on the questions to be asked and the methods to be applied.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To be able to evaluate the history of archaeology with a theoretical perspective.
  2. Understanding the applicability and necessity of the theory to archaeology
  3. To be able to dominate the traditions of thought in archaeology from the 19th century to the present day.
  4. To be able to discuss the contributions to archaeology by dominating the issues discussed within the framework of theoretical archaeology.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Bahn, P., Arkeolojinin ABC’si (Çev.: Banu Örenk), Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul 1999.
  • Hodder, I. ve Hutson, S., Geçmişi Okumak Arkeolojiyi Yorumlamada Güncel Yaklaşımlar, Phoenix Yayınları, Ankara 2010.
  • Erdur, O. ve Duru, G., Arkeoloji: Niye? Nasıl? Ne İçin?, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul 2013.
  • Gamble, C., Arkeolojinin Temelleri, Aktüel Arkeoloji Yayınları, İstanbul 2014.
  • Harris, O. J., Cipolla, C., Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium: Introducing Current Perspectives, Routledge, Londra 2017.
  • Johnson, M. Archaeological Theory: An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, New York 2019.
  • Özdoğan, M., 50 Soruda Arkeoloji, (9. Baskı), Bilim ve Gelecek Kitaplığı, İstanbul 2023.
  • Renfrew, C. ve Bahn, P., Arkeoloji Anahtar Kavramlar (Çev.: Selda Somuncuoğlu), İletişim Yayınevi, İstanbul 2015.
  • Renfrew, C. ve Bahn, P., Arkeoloji Kuramlar, Yöntemler ve Uygulama (Çev.: Gürkan Ergin), Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul 2017.
  • Trigger, B. G., Arkeolojik Düşünce Tarihi (Çev.: Fuat Aydın), Eski Yeni Yayınları, İstanbul 2014.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction of the course, explanation of the course syllabus
Week 2Definition of archaeology, what is archaeology and what is not?
Week 3Key concepts in archaeology
Week 4History of archaeological thought (antiquarianism, classical archaeology)
Week 5History of archaeological thought (archaeology as a science)
Week 6History of archaeological thought (cultural historiography)
Week 7History of archaeological thought (cultural historiography)
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Marxist archaeology, Soviet archaeology
Week 10Process Archaeology (New Archaeology)
Week 11Process Archaeology (New Archaeology)
Week 12Post-Processual, Art-Processual archaeology (Interpretive Archaeology)
Week 13Post-Processual, Art-Processual archaeology (Interpretive Archaeology)
Week 14General review
ARK-109 – Measurement and Drawing Techniques in Archeology I (Compulsory · Fall/1 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameMeasurement and Drawing Techniques in Archeology ICodeARK-109Semester/YarıyılFall/1
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf BOZOĞLU BAY
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to understand the importance and place of Technical Drawing, to use it in accordance with its rules, to define standard technical drawing materials and to determine their usage areas. In addition, drawing techniques of small finds (ceramic pots, figurines, glass, metal, bone objects) that can be found in excavations or found in museums will be explained.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Describe the general characteristics of archaic pottery.
  2. To be able to determine the purposes of main drawing tools
  3. To be able to use the methods of technical drawing
  4. To be able to learn the main technical drawing principles for pottery and small objects by using correct tools.
  5. To be able to draw full pots and pottery sherds by choosing the correct way of technical drawing.
  6. To learn how to digitalize the cross sections and external views and to process them on the computer.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
İ. Türkoğlu, Arkeolojik Küçük Buluntu Çizimi Teknikleri, İstanbul, 2020.
Ç. Çilingiroğlu ve M. Godon, “Çanak-Çömlek Çalışmaları: Tarihçe, Temel Kavramlar ve Yeni Yaklaşımlar”, Arkeolojide Temel Yöntemler, İstanbul, 2020, 355-407.
B. Claasz Coockson, Arkeolojik İllüstrasyon ve Fotoğrafçılık, İstanbul, 2006.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction to Measurement and Drawing Techniques in Archeology (Why do we draw archaeological finds).
Week 2Introduction to Measurement and Drawing Techniques in Archeology (Introducing the tools and equipment required for drawing)
Week 3Profile drawing of ceramics and similar small objects
Week 4Profile drawing of ceramics and similar small objects
Week 5Profile drawing of ceramics and similar small objects
Week 6Profile drawing of ceramics and similar small objects
Week 7Drawing of broken lip pieces belonging to ceramics and similar small objects
Week 8Drawing of broken lip pieces belonging to ceramics and similar small objects Mid-term exam
Week 9Drawing of broken base/bottom pieces belonging to ceramics and similar small objects
Week 10Drawing of broken base/bottom pieces belonging to ceramics and similar small objects
Week 11Drawing decorations belonging to ceramics and similar small objects
Week 12Drawing decorations belonging to ceramics and similar small objects
Week 13To learn how to digitalize the cross sections and external views and to process them on the computer.
Week 14To learn how to digitalize the cross sections and external views and to process them on the computer.
ATA-101.2 – Ataturk´s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I (Compulsory · Fall/1 · 2 ECTS)
Course NameAtaturk´s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution ICodeATA-101.2Semester/YarıyılFall/1
Credit2Laboratory+Practice hour2+0ECTS2
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
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Teaching Mode and Methods:
Online
Recommended Reading:
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
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TRKÇ-101.2 – Turkish Language (Compulsory · Fall/1 · 2 ECTS)
Course NameTurkish LanguageCodeTRKÇ-101.2Semester/YarıyılFall/1
Credit2Laboratory+Practice hour2+0ECTS2
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
Course Learning Outcomes:
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Online
Recommended Reading:
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
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YAB-101.2 – Foreign Language 1 (Compulsory · Fall/1 · 2 ECTS)
Course NameForeign Language 1CodeYAB-101.2Semester/YarıyılFall/1
Credit2Laboratory+Practice hour2+0ECTS2
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
Course Learning Outcomes:
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Online
Recommended Reading:
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
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2nd Semester

ARK-102 – Introduction to archeology II (Compulsory · Spring/2 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameIntroduction to archeology IICodeARK-102Semester/YarıyılSpring/2
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf Bozoğlu Bay
Course Objectives:
Ensuring that students have a general idea of this science, by providing basic information about archeology
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Arkeolojide mimari, heykel ve seramikle ilgili kullanılan genel terimleri öğrenir.
  2. Antik yapılar hakkında genel bilgi sahibi olur.
  3. Antik yerleşimler hakkında genel bilgi sahibi olur.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
B. A. Kipfer, Dictionary of Artefacts, Blackwell, Oxford, 2007.
A.T. Ökse,Ön Asya Arkeolojisi Seramik Terimleri, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 1999.
H. Çambel vd, Çok Dilli Arkeoloji Terimleri Sözlüğü, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005.
T. Tekçam, Arkeoloji Sözlüğü, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
O. Tanındı, Arkeo Sözcük Veritabanı, Ege Yayınları, 2005.
I. Shaw-R. Jameson (Ed), A Dictionary of Archaeology, Blackwell, Oxford, 1999.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Archaeological chronology
Week 2Settlement types in archaeology
Week 3Architectural/temple plan types
Week 4Architectural/temple plan types
Week 5Support and binding elements
Week 6Cladding system and facade elements.
Week 7Religious buildings
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Public buildings
Week 10Civil buildings
Week 11Funeral architecture and burial types
Week 12Funeral architecture and burial types
Week 13Forms of pottery .
Week 14Forms of pottery .
ARK-104 – The Prehistory of Turkey (Compulsory · Spring/2 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameThe Prehistory of TurkeyCodeARK-104Semester/YarıyılSpring/2
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives:
Prehistoric research and excavations carried out in Turkey from the beginning to the present day are given under 3 periods, and it is aimed that students have information about Turkish Prehistory and perceive and synthesize the differences between these 3periods.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learns the reasons why Anatolia was preferred by people in prehistoric times.
  2. First Period conducted in Turkey have information about the archaeological work.
  3. Second Period conducted in Turkey have information about the archaeological work.
  4. Third Period conducted in Turkey have information about the archaeological work.
  5. Learns the history of archaeological research in Turkey in regional basis.
  6. Learns the excavation history of settlements belonging to Paleolithic.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Kazı Sonuçları Toplantıları, Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü
Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantıları, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü
Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantıları, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü
Kartal, M. (ed.), 2024, Türkiye’de Paleolitik Çağ Kazılar, Bilgin Kültür ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1The geographic, ecological and climatic conditions of Turkey in Pleistocene; the lifestyle of prehistoric man and why the prehistoric people prefer to Turkey for living?
Week 2Prehistoric research in Turkey were made between 1884 and 1940 (first period) and its general results.
Week 3The excavations and survey which made in the Central Anatolia Region between 1940 and 1980 (second period).
Week 4The excavations and survey of second period in the Aegean and Black Sea Region.
Week 5The excavations and survey of second period in the Marmara Region.
Week 6The excavations and survey of second period in the South-east Anatolia Region.
Week 7The excavations and survey of second period in the South-east Anatolia Region.
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9The excavations and survey of second period in the Mediterranean Region.
Week 10The excavations and survey of second period in the Mediterranean Region.
Week 11To make a general appreciation and to discuss the lacking and advantages of second period excavations and survey.
Week 12The excavations and survey of third period. The prehistoric excavations which made systematically and with an interdisciplinary comprehension since 1980 are given in detailed.
Week 13The systematic survey which carried out between 1980 and 2009, their results and profit to the Prehistory of Turkey are given.
Week 14The general results of the prehistoric excavations and survey which made in Turkey for a hundred and twenty years, situation of Turkey in prehistoric times and the importance and position in the world prehistory of Turkey will be discuss
ARK-106 – Mythology II (Compulsory · Spring/2 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameMythology IICodeARK-106Semester/YarıyılSpring/2
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Sinem COŞKUN
Course Objectives:
To provide information about the birth of mythology, its meaning and its effects on the history of civilization, by ensuring that mythology is understood as a reflection of society and culture.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Defines concepts such as Mythos, Logos, Mythology by mastering the terminology related to mythology. Explains the similarities and differences of these concepts.
  2. To have knowledge about myths, myth types and world mythologies.
  3. Can learn about mythologies from different periods and give information about their similarities and differences.
  4. Describes the subject, depicted gods and divine beings in mythological works in Anatolia and outside Anatolia.
  5. Explain the Gods and family trees of ancient Greek and Roman mythologies.
  6. Can use his knowledge of mythology in the interpretation of archaeological artifacts.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Mehmet Karaosmanoğlu, Mitoloji ve Ege’nin Tanrıları, Eser Ofset Matbaacılık, 2005.
Donna Rosenberg, Dünya Mitolojisi, İmge Kitabevi, 2017.
Jean Bottero, Samuel Noah Kramer, Mezopotamya Mitolojisi, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2019.
Azra Erhat, Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Remzi Kitabevi, 2015.
Pierre Grimal, Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2017.
Jean-Pierre Vernant, Antik Yunan’da Mit ve Düşünce, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2023.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Cult of Artemis and the Mother Goddess
Week 2Athena
Week 3Hephaestus Aphrodite and Ares
Week 4Dionysus and the Cult of Dionysus in Anatolia
Week 5Hermes and Hestia
Week 6Eros
Week 7Heracles
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Oedipus
Week 10Iliad and Odyssey
Week 11Perseus and Prometheus
Week 12Hekate, Mousa
Week 13Phsyce, Scylla, Triton, Sisyphus, Icarus
Week 14General Evaluation
ARK-108 – Archaeological Research Methods II (Compulsory · 5 ECTS)
Course NameArchaeological Research Methods IICodeARK-108SemesterSpring/2
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Ayşegül AKIN ARAS
Course Objectives: The theoretical archaeology perspective aims to be able to master other disciplines or methods that help / accompany archaeology and to focus on their relations based on mutual information sharing with these disciplines.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To be able to discuss the contributions of theoretical archaeology to archaeology.
  2. To be able to learn about theories, methods and practice.
  3. To be able to observe the changes in the theoretical framework of archaeology and the problems it asks.
  4. To be able to master current approaches in interpreting archaeology.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Arıkan, B., “Arkeoloji, Etmen-Temelli Modeller ve Simülasyonlar”, Colloquium Anatolicum 16, 2017, 1-13.
  • Bahn, P., Arkeolojinin ABC’si (Çev.: Banu Örenk), Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul 1999.
  • Hodder, I. ve Hutson, S., Geçmişi Okumak Arkeolojiyi Yorumlamada Güncel Yaklaşımlar, Phoenix Yayınları, Ankara 2010.
  • Erdur, O. ve Duru, G., Arkeoloji: Niye? Nasıl? Ne İçin?, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul 2013.
  • Gamble, C., Arkeolojinin Temelleri, Aktüel Arkeoloji Yayınları, İstanbul 2014.
  • Harris, O. J., Cipolla, C., Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium: Introducing Current Perspectives, Routledge, Londra 2017.
  • Johnson, M. Archaeological Theory: An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, New York 2019.
  • Özdoğan, M., 50 Soruda Arkeoloji, (9. Baskı), Bilim ve Gelecek Kitaplığı, İstanbul 2023.
  • Renfrew, C. ve Bahn, P., Arkeoloji Anahtar Kavramlar (Çev.: Selda Somuncuoğlu), İletişim Yayınevi, İstanbul 2015.
  • Renfrew, C. ve Bahn, P., Arkeoloji Kuramlar, Yöntemler ve Uygulama (Çev.: Gürkan Ergin), Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul 2017.
  • Trigger, B. G., Arkeolojik Düşünce Tarihi (Çev.: Fuat Aydın), Eski Yeni Yayınları, İstanbul 2014.
  • Ünlüsoy, S., Çakırlar, C. ve Çilingiroğlu, Ç., Arkeolojide Temel Yöntemler, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul 2018.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction of the course, explanation of the course syllabus
Week 2Archaeological theory, method and practice
Week 3Theoretical approaches and the interaction of archaeology with other disciplines
Week 4Human-environment-culture relationship in archaeology: environmental archaeology
Week 5Environmental archaeology: geoarchaeology
Week 6Geoarchaeology and palaeogeography
Week 7Environmental archaeology: zooarchaeology
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Environmental archaeology: zooarchaeology
Week 10Environmental archaeology: archaeobotany
Week 11Environmental archaeology: archaeobotany
Week 12Environmental archaeology: biological anthropology
Week 13Environmental archaeology: biological anthropology
Week 14General review
ARK-110 – Measurement and Drawing Techniques in Archeology II (Compulsory · Spring/2 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameMeasurement and Drawing Techniques in Archeology IICodeARK-110Semester/YarıyılSpring/2
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to understand the importance and place of Technical Drawing, to use it in accordance with its rules, to define standard technical drawing materials and to determine their usage areas.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Grounding the students in the basic principles and terminology of graphical records used in archealogical works.
  2. Making an interpretation of a topographic map and settlement plans.
  3. Protracting architectural remnants in a scaled plan.
  4. Making an interpretation of stratigraphic sections and setting stratification
  5. . Describe the general characteristics of archaic pottery..
  6. To learn how to digitalize the cross sections and external views and to process them on the computer.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
İ. Türkoğlu, Arkeolojik Küçük Buluntu Çizimi Teknikleri, İstanbul, 2020.
Ç. Çilingiroğlu ve M. Godon, “Çanak-Çömlek Çalışmaları: Tarihçe, Temel Kavramlar ve Yeni Yaklaşımlar”, Arkeolojide Temel Yöntemler, İstanbul, 2020, 355-407.
B. Claasz Coockson, Arkeolojik İllüstrasyon ve Fotoğrafçılık, İstanbul, 2006.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction to Measurement and Drawing Techniques in Archeology (Why do we draw architectural finds?).
Week 2Introduction to Measurement and Drawing Techniques in Archeology (Introducing the tools and equipment required for drawing)
Week 3Architectural drawings/Scaled architecture plan
Week 4Architectural drawings/Scaled architecture plan
Week 5Architectural drawings/Scaled architecture plan
Week 6Architectural drawings/Scaled architecture plan
Week 7Architectural drawings/Scaled architecture plan
Week 8Architectural drawings/Scaled architecture plan -Mid-term exam
Week 9Finding location and mapping
Week 10Finding location and mapping
Week 11Finding location and mapping
Week 12Finding location and mapping
Week 13To learn how to digitalize the cross sections and external views and to process them on the computer.
Week 14To learn how to digitalize the cross sections and external views and to process them on the computer.
ATA-102.2 – Ataturk´s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II (Compulsory · Spring/2 · 2 ECTS)
Course NameAtaturk´s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution IICodeATA-102.2Semester/YarıyılSpring/2
Credit2Laboratory+Practice hour2+0ECTS2
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
Course Learning Outcomes:
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Online
Recommended Reading:
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
TRKÇ-102.2 – Turkish Language (Compulsory · Spring/1 · 2 ECTS)
Course NameTurkish LanguageCodeTRKÇ-102.2Semester/YarıyılSpring/1
Credit2Laboratory+Practice hour2+0ECTS2
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
Course Learning Outcomes:
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Online
Recommended Reading:
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
YAB-102.2 – Foreign Language II (Compulsory · Spring/2 · 2 ECTS)
Course NameForeign Language IICodeYAB-102.2Semester/YarıyılSpring/2
Credit2Laboratory+Practice hour2+0ECTS2
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
Course Learning Outcomes:
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Online
Recommended Reading:
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14

2nd Year

3rd Semester

ARK-201 – Historical Geography I (Compulsory · 5 ECTS)
Course NameHistorical Geography ICodeARK-201SemesterFall/3
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Ayşegül AKIN ARAS
Course Objectives: It is aimed to reveal the geography of the past by looking at the geographical information belonging to those periods as a result of researching and revealing the remains of the settlements and economic activities and various cultural elements in the field.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To be able to comprehend the role of geographical factors in the formation process of cultures by mastering the geographical features of Anatolia.
  2. To be able to emphasise the importance of historical geography studies in terms of archaeological science.
  3. To be able to understand the regions covered by the settlements today.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • - Mitchell, J. B., Historical Geopraphy, Hodder ve Stoughton, London 1975.
  • Gümüşçü, O., Kaynaklarıyla Tarihi Coğrafya, Yeditepe Yayınları, İstanbul 2016.
  • Sevin, V., Anadolu’nun Tarihi Coğrafyası I, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 2019.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction of the course, explanation of the course syllabus
Week 2Anatolian geographical features
Week 3Human traces in prehistoric Anatolia
Week 4Palaeolithic settlements
Week 5Mesolithic settlements
Week 6Neolithic settlements
Week 7Chalcolithic settlements
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Historical geography of the Aegean and Anatolia in the Bronze Age
Week 10Bronze Age settlements
Week 11First city states and examples in the Aegean
Week 12States in Anatolia and Near East
Week 13Hatti country and its historical geography
Week 14General review
ARK-203 – Geometric and Archaic Period Ceramics (Compulsory · Fall/3 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameGeometric and Archaic Period CeramicsCodeARK-203Semester/YarıyılFall/3
Vredit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives: Learning the ceramic culture, art and typology of the Geometric and Archaic Periods.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learning the ceramic forms of the Protogeometric Period and the art of ceramic decoration.
  2. Learning the ceramic forms of the Geometric Period and the art of ceramic decoration.
  3. Learning the ceramic forms of the Archaic Period and the art of ceramic decoration.
  4. Learning of the ceramic art painters of the Archaic Period.
  5. Ceramic making techniques in the Geometric and Archaic Periods.
  6. Geometric and Archaic Period ceramics discovered in ancient cities.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Kyreleis, H.- Floren, J. – Fuchs, W (Ed.), Handbuch der Archeologie. Die Griechische Plastik, 1 Die geometrische und archaische Plastik, München, 1987.
  • J. Boardman, Greek Art, Thames and Hudson, 1996.
  • V.R. Desborough, Protogeometric Pottery, Oxford, 1952.
  • J.N.Coldstream, Greek Geometric Pottery, London, 1968.
  • W.Schiering, Werkstätten orientalisierender Keramik auf Rhodos, Berlin, 1957.
  • B.Schweitzer, Greek Geometric Art, London, 1969.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1General evaluations on the Protogeometric and Geometric Period in Anatolia and Continental Greece
Week 2Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Protogeometric Period
Week 3Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Protogeometric Period
Week 4Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Geometric Period
Week 5Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Geometric Period
Week 6Protogeometric and geometric Period ceramics in Anatolian cities
Week 7Orientalizing phase ceramics
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Orientalizing phase ceramics
Week 10Archaic Period vessel forms and vessel decoration art
Week 11Archaic Period vessel forms and vessel decoration art
Week 12Archaic Period ceramic painters
Week 13Archaic Period ceramic painters
Week 14Archaic Period ceramics in Anatolian cities
ARK-205 – Archaic Period Sculpture (Compulsory · Fall/3 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameArchaic Period SculptureCodeARK-205Semester/YarıyılFall/3
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Sinem COŞKUN
Course Objectives:
The aim of the course is to provide the students with the ability to date the artefacts by commenting on the Archaic Period sculpture artefacts in Anatolia and outside Anatolia with the style critique technique.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To have knowledge about the materials and techniques used in archaic period sculpture.
  2. Will be able to master the art of sculpture of the Archaic period and be able to give information about these works.
  3. Will be able to date using the style criticism method.
  4. Can give information about the development in the field of sculpture of the Archaic period.
  5. Will have chronological information about sculpture works in Anatolia and outside Anatolia.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Boysal Y. (1969) Arkaik Çağ Yunan Heykeltraşlığı
Payne.H. -Young.G.M.(1936)Archaic Marble Sculpture from the Akropolis. Richter.G.M.A.(1949)Archaic Greek Art against its historical background.
Langlotz.E.-Schuahhardt.W.M.(1941)Archaische Plastic auf derAkropolis. Schuchhardt.W.H.(1940)Archaische Giebel Kompositionen.
Smith.A.H.(1892-1904)Catologue of Greek Sculpturein the British Museum. Webster.A.H.(1939)Greek Art and Literature 530-400.B.C.
Boardman. J.(1992)The Archaic Sculpture,London.
Richter G.M.A. (1950) The Scuplture and Scupltors of The Greeks. New Haven.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Explanation of social, cultural and political events of the geometric, orientalizing and archaic periods and sculpture chronology
Week 2Materials, techniques and terminology used in the field of sculpture in the Archaic Period.
Week 3The first sculptures from the Geometric period
Week 4Early Archaic Cross Country Sculptures
Week 5Cross Country Sculptures from the Middle Archaic Period
Week 6Cross Country Sculptures from the Late Archaic Period
Week 7Helen Clothing Types
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Early Archaic Korean Sculptures
Week 10Korean Sculptures of the Middle Archaic Period
Week 11Late Archaic Korean Sculptures
Week 12Archaic Period Terracotta Figurines
Week 13Archaic Period Grave Stelae
Week 14Architectural relief works of the Archaic Period
ARK-221 – Archaic Period Architecture (Elective · Fall/3 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameArchaic Period ArchitectureCodeARK-221Semester/YarıyılFall/3
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf BOZOĞLU BAY
Course Objectives:
Knowing the stages in the emergence of architecture. To express the basic properties of the Archaic period architecture in Greece, Italy and Anatolia and to recognise the differences between the regions and transition from timber architecture to stone architecture through history. General properties of the Archaic period structures, architects and the place of their implementations with the process of architectural development will be explored.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To express the basic features of Archaic Period architecture in Greece, Italy and Anatolia.
  2. To know the archaic structures and architects in general.
  3. To be able to make inferences about the first use of architectural arrangements in different regions.
  4. To be able to make inferences about inter-regional architectural practices and the differences between them.
  5. Emergence of Architectural Layouts to recognize the first structures and the general features of the Archaic Period.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
H. Stierlin, Griechenland von Mykene zum Parthenon, 2001, Köln.
O. Bingöl, Arkeolojik Mimari’de Taş, İstanbul, 2004.
R. Naumann, Eski Anadolu Mimarlığı, Ankara, 1975.
S. Saltuk, Arkeoloji Sözlüğü, İstanbul, 1997.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction - History of Archaic Period.
Week 2Architectural structures before the Archaic Period (Wooden ve Stone Structures)
Week 3Wooden ve Stone Structures-Temple of Olympia Hera
Week 4Sicilian Structures and Features
Week 5Temple of Aegina Aphaia and Temple of Zeus Olypios
Week 6Aeolian Structures in Anatolia
Week 7Midterm Exam-Archaic Period Doric Temple in Anatolia
Week 8The Appearance of Ionic Order in Anatolia Mid-term exam
Week 9Temple of Phokaia Athena
Week 10Temple of Ephesos Artemis-Archaic Period
Week 11Didyma Temple of Apollo Architecture-Archaic Period
Week 12Samos, Temple of Hera
Week 13Asos, Temple of Athena
Week 14Treasury Building and tomb structures in the Archaic Period
ARK-223 – Paleolithic Cultures and Lithic Technology (Elective · Fall/3 · 5 ECTS)
Course NamePaleolithic Cultures and Lithic TechnologyCodeARK-223Semester/YarıyılFall/3
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives:
It is aimed to give the students basic information on the cultural developments through Palaeolithic in the chronological context within the framework of prehistoric archaeology.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. The general terms and concept concerned with the prehistoric archaeology
  2. The techno-typology of knapped stone tools in the prehistoric periods
  3. The techno-typology of bone tools in the prehistoric periods
  4. The most important discoveries, which occurred and effected to the history of mankind in prehistoric periods
  5. The prehistory of continents
  6. Making a relation skill between the human behaviors and the ecological conditions
  7. Understanding skill of the process of mankind history
  8. Making a relation skill among the various settlements chronologically and culturally
  9. Making comment on the various subjects
  10. Making a relation skill between the human behaviours and the ecological conditions
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:

Kartal, M. (ed.), 2024, Türkiye’de Paleolitik Çağ Kazılar, Bilgin Kültür ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara.
Bordes, F., 1961, Typologie du Paléolithique Ancien et Moyen, Bordeaux: de l’Université de Bordeaux 1.
Inizian, M. L., Reduron-Ballinger, M., Roche, H., Tixier, J., 1999, Technology and Terminology of Knapped Stone, (Çev. Jehanne Féblot- Augustins), Cercle de Recherches et d’Etudes Préhistoriques, Nanterre: CREP.
Shea, J., 2003, Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide, Cambrigde.
Yalçınkaya, I. 1989, Alt ve Orta Paleolitik Yontmataş Endüstrileri Biçimsel Tipolojisi ve Karain Mağarası, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction to paleolithic cultures
Week 2MODE 1 Cultures (Pebble Core Tool)
Week 3MODE 1 Cultures (Abbevillian)
Week 4MODE 1 Cultures (Clactonian and Tayacian)
Week 5MODE 2 Cultures (Acheulean and Micoquien)
Week 6MODE 3 Cultures (Mousterian)
Week 7MODE 4 Cultures (Aurignacian)
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Mode 4 Cultures (Perigordian tradition Chatelperronian and Gravettian)
Week 10MODE 4 Cultures (Solutrean and Magdalenian)
Week 11MODE 5 Epi-paleolithic Cultures Near East
Week 12Terminal Epi-paleolithic-Beginning of Neolithization in the Near East
Week 13European Mesolithic Cultures
Week 14General Evaluation
ARK-225 – Mesopotamian Archaeology (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NameMesopotamian ArchaeologyCodeARK-225SemesterFall/3
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives: The introduction of the process in question is to introduce the archaeological terminology related to the field within the scope of the subject, to introduce the effect of the geography of the region on the cultural structure and cultural developments, as well as to create awareness of the basic issues of Protohistory and Asia Minor Archaeology.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Will be able to explain the environmental conditions and economic infrastructure of the historical development of Mesopotamia.
  2. Will be able to analyse the cultures of Mesopotamia and its constituent elements.
  3. Compare the settlement units and their relations with the environment.
  4. Will be able to analyse the chronological and typological development of the material elements of Mesopotamian cultures.
  5. Analyses the development of forms of expression such as belief and art belonging to these cultures.
  6. Question the chronological development and dating problems of the cultures of the Mesopotamian region.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
- Roaf, M. Mezopotamya ve Eski Yakındoğu, İstanbul, iletişim yayıncılık, 1996.
- Akkermans, P.M.M.G. u.a., Bouqras Revisited: Preliminary Report on a Project in Eastern Syria. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 49, 1983, 335–372
- Braidwood, R.J. u.a., A Report on Chalcolithic Material of the Samarran Type Found at Baghouz on the Euphrates and a Reconsideration of the Samarra Material in General ... JNES 3, 1944, 47-72
Breniquet, C., Tell es-Sawwan - rèalités et problèmes. Iraq 53, 1991, 75-90
- Kamada, H. / T. Ohtsu, Fourth Report on the Excavations at Songor A, Samarra Period. al-Rafidan 16, 1995, 275-366; Fifth Report ..., 17, 1996, 57-76
- Campbell, S., Problems of Definition: The Origins of the Halaf Culture in North Iraq, in: Lebeau, M. (Hrsg.) Subartu IV: Studies devoted to Upper Mesopotamia. Vol 1: Landscape, Archaeology, Settlement. Brepols 1998, 39-52
- Davidson, T.E., Regional Variation within the Halaf Ceramic Tradition, I-II. Unpubl. Diss. Edinburgh 1977
- Frankel, D., Archaeologists at Work: Studies on Halaf Pottery. London 1979
- Hijara, I. u.a., Arpachiyah 1976. Iraq 42, 1980, 131-154
- Hijara, I., The Halaf Period in Northern Mesopotamia. Edubba 6. London 1997
- Mallowan, M.E.L. / C. Rose, Excavations at Tall Arpachiyah. Iraq 2, 1935, 1-178
- Verhoeven, M., An Archaeological Ethnography of a Neolithic Community: Space, Place and Social Relations in the Burnt Village at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. Istanbul 1999
- Yoffee, N. / J.J. Clark (Hrsg.), Early Stages in the Evolution of Mesopotamian Civilization: Soviet Excavations in Northern Iraq. Tucson 1993.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Mesopotamia Definition and Geographical Structure
Week 2Chronological Sequence: Beginning of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Age and its causes
Week 3Neolithic Period: Hassuna Age, Samarra Age
Week 4Halaf Period
Week 5Ubaid Period
Week 6Uruk Period
Week 7Early Dynastic Period
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Ancient Sumerian Architecture, Ancient Sumerian Sculpture
Week 10Akats
Week 11New Sumerian Age
Week 12Old Babylonian Age
Week 13Old - New Babylonian Age
Week 14New Assyrian Age
ARK-227 – Physics Anthropology (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NamePhysics AnthropologyCodeARK-227SemesterFall/3
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives: Within the scope of this course, the evaluation of the development of Anthropology in the historical process and the study areas of Physical Anthropology and general methods and techniques are introduced.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Will analyse the terms Ethnocentrism, Geocentrism, Homocentrism.
  2. Will provide an overview of the development of anthropology in 1918-1986.
  3. Compare settlement units and their relations with the environment.
  4. Will learn about the developments after the new physical anthropology.
  5. Examples of studies in the field of physical anthropology.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Kottak, 2001, Antropoloji, İnsan Çeşitliliğine Bir Bakış, Ankara: ütopya Yayınevi.
  • Özbek, Metin. 2000: Dünden Bugüne İnsan, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi.
  • Özbek, Metin. 2010: 50 soruda İnsanın Tarih Öncesi Evrimi, İstanbul: Bilim ve gelecek Kitaplığı.
  • Arsebük, Güven. 1990: Insan ve Evrim, Ankara: T.T.K.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Human and Anthropological Science
Week 2What is Anthropology?
Week 3Development Processes of History of Science
Week 4Development of Physical Anthropology
Week 520th Century Anthropology
Week 6New Physics Anthropology
Week 7Studies Contributing to Physical Anthropology
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Studies Contributing to Physical Anthropology II
Week 10Anthropology in Turkey
Week 11Anthropology in Turkey II
Week 12Anthropology Education and Contributors
Week 13Physical Anthropology Department Courses
Week 14Examples of Studies in the Field of Physical Anthropology
ARK-229 – Archeology of Crete and Mycenae (Elective · Fall/3 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameArcheology of Crete and MycenaeCodeARK-229Semester/YarıyılFall/3
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
Objective of the course is teaching Aegean basin cultures (Cretan, Greece and Western Anatolia) in the 3rd and 2nd millennium B.C. and their Eastern Mediterranean connections.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learning of the archaeology of the Island of Cretan and Aegean and Mediterranean Basin.
  2. Learning of the Minoan civilization
  3. Learning of the Minoan art and pottery
  4. Learning of the Mycenaean civilization.
  5. Learning about Mycenaean ruins in Greece and Anatolia.
  6. Relationship of Minoans and Mycenaeans with the Mediteranean cultures.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Tandy, David W. Prehistory and History: Ethnicity, Class and Political Economy. Black Rose Books Ltd., 2001. -S. Alexiou, Minos Uygarlığı, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 1992. -Manning, Sturt W; Ramsey, CB, Kutschera, W, Higham, T, Kromer, B, Steier, P, and Wild, EM "Chronology for the Aegean Late Bronze Age 1700-1400 B.C".Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 312 (5773): 565–569. 2006. -Hood, Sinclair. The Minoans: Crete in the Bronze Age. Thames and Hudson, 1971. -Castleden, Rodney. The Mycenaeans. Routledge, 2005. -Chadwick, John (1976). The Mycenaean World. Cambridge. -Shear, Ione Mylonas. "Excavations on the Acropolis of Midea: Results of the Greek Swedish Excavations under the Direction of Katie Demakopoulou and Paul Åström". American Journal of Archaeology, January 2000, 104(1):133 134. -Tandy, David W. Prehistory and History: Ethnicity, Class and Political Economy. Black Rose Books Ltd., 2001. -Wikander, Orjan. "Archaic Roof Tiles the First Generations". Hesperia, 59(1):285 290, January March, 1990. -French, Elizabeth (2002). Mycenae: Agamemnon's Capital. Tempus.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction to Minoan civilization and archaeology of the Island of Crete.
Week 2Neolithic Age of the Island of Crete.
Week 3Archaeology of the Early Minoan Age
Week 4Archaeology of the Early Minoan Age
Week 5Archaeology of the Middle Minoan Age
Week 6Archaeology of the Middle Minoan Age
Week 7Archaeology of the Late Minoan Age
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Archaeology of the Late Minoan Age
Week 10Details of the Minoan pottery
Week 11Minoan art
Week 12Mycenaean archaeology
Week 13Military, social and political structure of the Mycenaeans
Week 14Mycenaean architecture and pottery

4th Semester

ARK-202 – Historical Geography II (Compulsory · 5 ECTS)
Course NameHistorical Geography IICodeARK-202SemesterSpring/4
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Ayşegül AKIN ARAS
Course Objectives: It is aimed to look at the historical geography focused on Anatolia through the neighbours with which Anatolia communicates and interacts.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To be able to comprehend the role of geographical factors in the formation process of cultures by mastering the geographical features of Anatolia.
  2. To be able to emphasise the importance of historical geography studies in terms of archaeological science.
  3. To be able to understand the regions covered by the settlements today.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Mitchell, J. B., Historical Geopraphy, Hodder ve Stoughton, London 1975.
  • Gümüşçü, O., Kaynaklarıyla Tarihi Coğrafya, Yeditepe Yayınları, İstanbul 2016.
  • Sevin, V., Anadolu’nun Tarihi Coğrafyası I, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 2019.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction of the course, explanation of the course syllabus
Week 2Anatolian civilisations in the Iron Age
Week 3Historical geography of Thracia
Week 4Historical geography of Bithynia region
Week 5Historical geography of Mysia region
Week 6Historical geography of the Troad region
Week 7Historical geography of the Aeolis region
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Historical geography of Ionia
Week 10Historical geography of Caria region
Week 11Historical geography of Lycia region
Week 12Historical geography of Pisidia, Pamphylia
Week 13Lydia, Phrygia region historical geography
Week 14General review
ARK-204 – Classical Period Ceramics (Compulsory · Spring/4 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameClassical Period CeramicsCodeARK-204Semester/YarıyılSpring/4
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
Learning the ceramic culture, art and typology of the Classical Period.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learning the ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art of the Early Classical Period.
  2. Learning the ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art of the Middle Classical Period.
  3. Learning the Late Classical Period ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art.
  4. Learning of the ceramic art painters of the Classical Period.
  5. Ceramic making techniques in the Classical Period.
  6. Classical Period ceramics discovered in ancient cities.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
B. A. Sparkes & Talcott, L., Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th and 4th centuries B.C., The Athenian Agora XII, (19C. H. E. Haspels, Attic Black-figure Lekythoi (1936). C. H. E. Haspels, Eski Yunan Boyalı Keramiği (1946). D. Williams, Greek Vases, Londra 1999. G. M. A. Richter, The craft of Athenian Pottery (1923). J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases (1974). J. Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases: the Archaic Period (1975). J. Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases: the Classical Period (1989). J. Boardman, Early Greek vase painting: 11th-6th centuries BC, Londra 1998. J. Boardman, Kırmızı Figürlü Atina Vazoları: Arkaik Dönem (2002). J. Boardman, Yunan Sanatı (2005). J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase-painters (1956). J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase-painters (1963). J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-figured Vases in American Museums (1918). J. D. Beazley, The Development of Attic Black-figure, (rev. ed. by D. von Bothmer and Mary Moore, 1986). M. Akurgal, Korint Seramiği, İzmir 1998. M. B. Moore & M. Z. P. Philippides, Attic Black-figured Pottery, The Athenian Agora XXIII (1986). P.A. Arias – M. Hirmer, A History of 1000 Years of Greek Vase Painting, New York 1962. R. M. Cook, - P. Dupont, East Greek Pottery, London-New York, 1998.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1General evaluations on the Classical Period in Anatolia and Continental Greece
Week 2Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Early Classical Period
Week 3Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Early Classical Period
Week 4Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Middle Classical Period
Week 5Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Middle Classical Period
Week 6Classical Period ceramics in Anatolian cities
Week 7Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Late Classical Period
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Late Classical Period
Week 10Classical Period ceramic painters
Week 11Classical Period ceramic painters
Week 12Classical Period ceramic painters
Week 13Classical Period ceramics in Anatolian cities
Week 14Classical Period ceramics in Greek cities
ARK-206 – Classical Period Architecture (Compulsory · Spring /4 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameClassical Period ArchitectureCodeARK-206Semester/YarıyılSpring /4
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf BOZOĞLU BAY
Course Objectives:
Knowing the urbanisation and its development process during the Classical period and the cities where Hippodamos was active. Understanding the architects of the Classical period and their works. Being able to assess and date by comparing architecture of Anatolia and those outside Anatolia. Knowing precisely the sections of architectural orders and comprehending their mixed/composite uses and identifying distinctions.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To know the urbanization of the Classical Period in Anatolia
  2. Recognize the characteristics of the Archaic and Classical Period Sacred areas
  3. To have an idea about the classical period architecture and their historical connections.
  4. To know the architects and architectural practices of the Classical Period
  5. To be able to comment on the different applications in Classical Period structures and their reasons
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
H. Stierlin, Griechenland von Mykene zum Parthenon, 2001, Köln.
O. Bingöl, Arkeolojik Mimari’de Taş, İstanbul, 2004.
R. Naumann, Eski Anadolu Mimarlığı, Ankara, 1975.
S. Saltuk, Arkeoloji Sözlüğü, İstanbul, 1997.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction - History of Klassical Period.
Week 2Temple of Ephesos Artemis- Klassical Period
Week 3Didyma Temple of Apollo Architecture- Klassical Period
Week 4Temple of Zeus Olypios- Klassical Period
Week 5Structures at the Athenian Acropolis an their architectural features
Week 6Structures at the Athenian Acropolis an their architectural features
Week 7Structures at the Athenian Acropolis an their architectural features
Week 8Invention of Corinthian order and structures with Corinthian order during the Classical period Mid-term exam
Week 9Zeus Sanctuary and other structures at Labraunda
Week 10Temples of Artemis at Sardeis and Athena Polias at Priene
Week 11Structures with composite arrangements in the Classical period
Week 12Urbanisation in the Classical period and Hippodamos
Week 13Urbanisation in the Classical period and Hippodamos
Week 14Architecture of ancient tombs- Klassical Period
ARK-222 – Classical Period Sculpture (Elective · Spring/4 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameClassical Period SculptureCodeARK-222Semester/YarıyılSpring/4
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Sinem COŞKUN
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to reveal the development in the art of sculpture in the classical period in detail and to analyse the famous sculptors who lived in this period and their works stylistically.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To be able to comprehend the development in the art of sculpture in the classical period and to evaluate the periodical differences (Serious Style, High Stage, Rich Style).
  2. To be able to evaluate the understanding of idealism and realism in classical sculpture
  3. can determine the characteristics of the sculptors of the classical period.
  4. comprehend and evaluate the sculpture works on the architectural structures of the period.
  5. define the sculpture of the 5th century BC.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
• Alscher, L., Götter vor Gericht. Das Fälschungsproblem des Bostoner Throns. Die klassischgriechische Kunst und die Archäologen. Ergänzungsband zu Griechische Plastik II, Berlin, 1963.
• Y. Boysal, Klasik Dönem Plastiği, 1960
• Ashmole, B., A Catologue of the Ancient Marbles at Ince Blundell Hall, Oxford University Press,
New York, 1929.
• Beazley. D. J., .Ashmole, B., Greek Sculptıre and Painting to the end of the Hellenistic Period,
Cambridge University Press, 1932.
• Boardman, J., Yunan Heykeli Klasik Dönem, Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2005.
• Buschor, E., Die Plastic der Griechen, Rembrandt-Verlag, 1936.
• Freidell, E., Antik Yunan'ın Kültür tarihi, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 1999.
• Lullies, R., Griechische Plastik von den Anfängen bis zum Ausgang des Hellenismus, Hirmer
Verlag, München, 1956.
• Richter, G.M.A., The Scuplture and Scupltors of The Greeks, Yale University Press, New Haven,
1950.
• Smith, A.H., Catologue of Greek Sculpturein the British Museum, London 1892-1904.
• Spivey, N., Understanding Greek Scuplture, Ancient meanings, Modern Readings, Thames &
Hudson, London, 1997.
• Stuart H., Ancient Writers on Greek Scuplture, Argonaut Publish, 1966.
• Webster, A.H., Greek Art and Literature 530-400.B.C, Oxford University Press, 1939.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1The effect of social and political events of the Classical Period on art
Week 2Works of the transition period from Archaic sculpture to Classical sculpture
Week 3Serious Style
Week 4Serious Style
Week 5Olympia Temple of Zeus
Week 6High Stage: Myron and Pheidias
Week 7High Stage: Parthenon Temple
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9High Stage: Polykleitos, Kresilas, Doryphoros
Week 10Rich Style: Alkamenes, Paionios, Kallimachos
Week 11Rich Style: Bassae Temple of Apollo, Erechtheion, Temple of Athena Nike
Week 12Rich Style; Nereidler Monument, Gölbaşı Heroon
Week 13Rich Style; Satrap Sarcophagus, Lycian Sarcophagus, Eleusis Demeter, Leptis Magna, Woman Statue, Treaty Stelae
Week 14General Review
ARK-224 – Neolithic period (Elective · Spring/4 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameNeolithic periodCodeARK-224Semester/YarıyılSpring/4
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives:
To examine the technological, sociological, economic and ecological issues in the transition to settled life at the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Have detailed knowledge about Anatolian prehistory
  2. Have knowledge about the qualities of prehistoric finds.
  3. Have knowledge about chipped stone material
  4. Have knowledge about bone tools.
  5. Have knowledge about Prehistoric Art and ornamental objects.
  6. Have knowledge about prehistoric settlement models.
  7. Have hypothetical knowledge about the neolithization process in Anatolia
  8. Have a very good knowledge of professional terminology
  9. Recognize and identify cultural assets recovered from a prehistoric settlement.
  10. Compare the findings obtained from prehistoric settlements.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Neolithic in Turkey series
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Pleistocene-Holocene transition: ecological and environmental overview
Week 2Epi-Paleolithic period and neolithization
Week 3Pre-pottery Neolithic
Week 4Pottery Neolithic
Week 5Neolithic Cultures of the Euphrates Basin
Week 6Neolithic Cultures of the Tigris Basin
Week 7Central Anatolian Neolithic Cultures
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Neolithic Cultures of the Lake District (Burdur region)
Week 10Mediterranean Neolithic Cultures
Week 11Aegean Neolithic Cultures
Week 12Marmara Neolithic Cultures
Week 13End of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Settlements
Week 14General evaluation
ARK-226 – Anatolian Archaeology in Chalcolithic Age (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NameAnatolian Archaeology in Chalcolithic AgeCodeARK-226SemesterSpring/4
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives: To show the structures and the items produced depending on the needs in the period called Chalcolithic Period and their development until the 3rd millennium BC.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Will be able to explain the environmental conditions and economic infrastructure of the historical development of Anatolia.
  2. Will be able to analyse the cultures of Anatolia and Thrace regions and their constituent elements.
  3. Will be able to analyse the chronological and typological development of the material elements of the cultures of the Anatolian region.
  4. At the end of this period, the outcomes and results of the settled and productive culture in Anatolia will be discussed.
  5. Analyses the development of forms of expression such as belief and art belonging to these cultures.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Öztan,A. 2009, T.C.Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Türkiye Kultur Portalı Projesi, Eski Anadolu Uygarlıkları, Kalkolitik Çağ.
  • Yalçınkaya, I.,(2009). “Eski Anadolu Uygarlıkları”. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Türkiye Kültür Portalı Projesi. ss. 1-14.Ankara.
  • Yakar, J. (2014), Eski Anadolu Toplumunun Arkeolojideki Yansımaları Neolitik ve Kalkolitik Çağ Topluluklarının Sosyo-Ekonomik Yapıları, İnanç Sistemleri ve Teknolojileri Cilt 1 (Çev. Göksenin Abdal), Homer Kitapevi. İstanbul.
  • Sagona, A. ve P. Zimansky 2015. Arkeolojik Veriler Işığında Türkiye'nin En Eski Kültürleri MÖ 1.000.000-550. İstanbul.
  • Steadman, R.S. – G. McMahon (Ed.) 2011, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia.10,000–323 B.C.E. Oxford.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Cultures in Anatolia
Week 2Climatic change and the beginning of the Neolithic Period
Week 3Neolithic Period I
Week 4Neolithic Period II
Week 5End of Neolithic Period and General Evaluation
Week 6End of Neolithic Period and General Evaluation II
Week 7General Review Before Chalcolithic Period
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Chalcolithic Period
Week 10Early Chalcolithic Period
Week 11Middle Chalcolithic Period
Week 12Late Chalcolithic Period
Week 13Late Chalcolithic Period II
Week 14Chalcolithic Period General Review
ARK-228 – Methods Of Scientific Research (Elective · Spring/6 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameMethods Of Scientific ResearchCodeARK-228Semester/YarıyılSpring/6
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf Bozoğlu Bay
Course Objectives:
In this course, technics and methods of preparing scientific research will be taught. This course, will also cover topics such as preparing an outline plan, creating a bibliography, giving footnotes and preparing an information slip.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Obtains information about scientific research and ethic.
  2. Understands the way that should be followed in a scientific research.
  3. Learns about the libraries which serve Archaeology.
  4. Obtains information and makes practices about writing rules of seminars and thesis.
  5. . Learns how to get information from internet and how to use it within a scientific research.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
.Field ve G. Hole, How to design and report experiments. Los Angeles, Sage, 2008.
P. Hernon ve C. Schwartz, What is a problem statement? (Editoryal). Library & Information Science Research, 29, 2007, 307–309.
S. Kaptan, Bilimsel araştırma ve istatistik teknikleri. Ankara,1995.
N. Karasar, Araştırmalarda rapor hazırlama, Ankara, 2004.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1General Concepts Of Research And Scientific Method
Week 2Scıentıfıc Terminology
Week 3Approaches Of Research, Determınatıon Of Questıons And Issues
Week 4Hypothesize
Week 5Data Searching
Week 6Writing Skills
Week 7Examples Of Scientific Studıes
Week 8Presenting Formats-Mid-Term Exam
Week 9Scıentıfıc Ethıcs
Week 10Article Examınation
Week 11Article Examınation
Week 12Thesis Examınation
Week 13Thesis Examınation
Week 14Project Examınation

3rd Year

5th Semester

ARK-301 – Bronze Age Anatolian Archaeology I (Compulsory · 5 ECTS)
Course NameBronze Age Anatolian Archaeology ICodeARK-301SemesterFall/5
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to introduce the Bronze Age settlements excavated in Anatolia and the cultural characteristics of the period.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Understands the chronology of the Bronze Age.
  2. Defines the geography of Anatolia in the Bronze Age.
  3. Interprets the cultural and political characteristics of Anatolia in the III. millennium BC.
  4. Interprets the use of metal as power and the most important tool of statehood in the Early Bronze Age.
  5. Defines the cultural regions formed in the Bronze Age and shows them on the map.
  6. Describes the pottery characteristics and art of the cultures that developed in different regions during the Bronze Age.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Karşıdan Karşıya, MÖ. 3. Binde Kiklad Adaları ve Batı Anadolu, 2011, Sakıp Sabancı Kültür Sanat Edebiyat Baskısı, İstanbul.
  • Işıklı, M. 2011. Doğu Anadolu Erken Transkafkasya Kültürü Çok Bileşenli Gelişkin Bir Kültürün Analizi, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul.
  • Özgüç, T. 1959. Kültepe-Kaniş, Assur Ticaret Kolonilerinin Merkezinde Yapılan Yeni Araştırmalar, Ankara.
  • Özgüç, T. 1986. Kültepe-Kaniş II, Eski Yakındoğu’nun Ticaret Merkezinde Yeni Araştırmalar, TTK, Ankara.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Anatolian geography and chronology in the Early Bronze Age
Week 2Early Bronze Age Transition Period
Week 3Early Bronze Age I (3000/2700 BC) Settlements and Architecture
Week 4Early Bronze Age II (2700-2400 BC) First Urbanisation in Anatolia
Week 5Early Bronze Age III, the Great Caravan Route and new developments in Anatolia
Week 6Early Bronze Age Ceramic Art
Week 7General Evaluation
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Early Bronze Age I, II and III Period Pottery
Week 10Karaz Culture I
Week 11Karaz Culture II
Week 12Karaz Culture Ceramics
Week 13Karaz Culture Architecture
Week 14General Evaluation
ARK-303 – Hellenistic Period Sculpture (Compulsory · Fall/5 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameHellenistic Period SculptureCodeARK-303Semester/YarıyılFall/5
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Sinem COŞKUN
Course Objectives:
To examine the innovations that all technical, social and cultural changes in the Hellenistic Period brought to the field of sculpture.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To have knowledge about the materials used and the techniques developed in the field of Hellenistic period sculpture.
  2. Learning about the sculpture production centers of the period and interpreting local techniques.
  3. To be able to date using the style criticism method.
  4. Recognize the sculpture groups belonging to the Early, High and Late Hellenistic Periods and explain the styles of the period.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
1. Havelock, C.M., 1968. Hellenistic art: The art of the classical world from the death of Alexander the Great to the battle of Actium. London: Phaidon.
2. Pollitt, J.J., 1986. Art in the Hellenistic Age, Cambridge University Press.
3. Smith, R.R.R., 2002. Hellenistik Heykel, Homer Yayınları.
4. Burn, L., 2005. Hellenistic Art: From Alexander The Great To Augustus.
5. Ridgway, B.S., 1997. Fourth-Century Styles in Greek Sculpture, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison.
6. Andrea, B.,2001. Skulptur des Hellenismus.
7. Webb, P., 1995. Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture Figural Motifs in Western Anatolia and the Aegean
Islands, University Of Wiscoinsin Press.
8. Özgan, R., 2016. Hellenistik Devir Heykeltıraşlığı I-II, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
9. Özgan, R., 2018. Hellenistik Devir Heykeltıraşlığı III, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
10. Moreno, P. 1994. Scultura Ellenistica, 1994.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1The influence of social and political events of the Hellenistic Period on sculptural works and sculpture chronology
Week 2Innovations, materials, techniques and terminology used in the field of sculpture in the Hellenistic Period.
Week 3Transitional examples of sculpture art from the Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Periods.
Week 4Portraits of Alexander the Great and Later Rulers
Week 5Philosopher Portraits
Week 6Orator Portraits
Week 7Athlete Statues
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9God Statues
Week 10Goddess and Women Statues
Week 11Pergamon Zeus Altar
Week 12Pergamon Zeus Altar
Week 13Baroque Group Sculptures
Week 14Baroque Group Sculptures
ARK-305 – Hellenistic Period Architecture (Compulsory · Fall /5 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameHellenistic Period ArchitectureCodeARK-305Semester/YarıyılFall /5
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf BOZOĞLU BAY
Course Objectives:
Studying the monuments, architectural practices and architects of the period starting from the campaign into the Orient of Alexander the Great in 334 BC to the time when Augustus became the Roman emperor. Knowing the urbanisation and buildings of the Hellenistic period in Anatolia. Knowing the structures, architects and architectural ornamentation of the Hellenistic period and being able to date them.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To have an idea about Hellenistic architecture and their historical connections.
  2. To know the Hellenistic structures in general.
  3. To have an idea about the urbanization and structures of Hellenistic Period in Anatolia.
  4. Trained in the Hellenistic Period and trecognize architects who have built the structure.
  5. To have an idea about the features of Hellenistic structures.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
P. A. Webb, Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture. Figural Motifs in Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, London, 1996.
F. Rumscheid, Untersuchungen zur Kleinasiatischen Bauornamentik des Hellenismus I-II, München, 1994.
Th. Fyfe, Hellenistic Architecture, Cambridge, 1936.
O. Bingöl, Das ionische Normalkapitell in hellenistischer und römischer Zeit in Kleinasien, IstMitt Beiheft 20, 1980.
N. Koçhan, Hellenistik Çağ Anadolu Mimarisinde Lotus-Palmet ve Yumurta Bezekleri, Erzurum.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction - History of Hellenistic Period.
Week 2Pytheos and 4th Century BC Architecture
Week 3Hellenistic Period Architectural Features
Week 4Temple of Ephesos Artemis- Hellenistic Period
Week 5Didyma Temple of Apollo Architecture- Hellenistic Period
Week 6Hellenistic stoae Pergamon Hellenistic Period Buildings
Week 7Hellenistic stoae Pergamon Hellenistic Period Buildings
Week 8Hermogenes-Architectural Applications of the Temple of Magnesia Zeus Sosipolis Mid-term exam
Week 9Architectural Applications of the Temple of Teos Dionysus
Week 10Architecture of the Temple of Artemis of Magnesia
Week 11Public Buildings of the Hellenistic Period -Miletos Bouleuterion
Week 12Public Buildings of the Hellenistic Period - Priene Bouleuterion
Week 13Theaters of the Hellenistic Period
Week 14Architecture of ancient tombs- Hellenistic Period
ARK-321 – Hellenistic Period Ceramics (Elective · Fall/5 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameHellenistic Period CeramicsCodeARK-321Semester/YarıyılFall/5
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
Learning the ceramic culture, art and typology of the Hellenistik Period.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learning the ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art of the Early Hellenistic Period.
  2. Learning the ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art of the Middle Hellenistic Period.
  3. Learning the ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art of the Late Hellenistic Period.
  4. Learning about Hellenistic Period ceramic mold making bowls.
  5. Ceramic making techniques in the Hellenistic Period.
  6. Hellenistic Period ceramics discovered in ancient cities.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
-M.Robertson, A History of Grek Art (1975) -Schaefer, J., Hellenistische Keramik aus Pergamon, Berlin, 1968. -Ostman, R., “The city and complexity: Volterra, Italy: Pottery production during the Hellenistic Etruscan period and the Late Roman to Late Antique period”, BAR, 2004. -Robinson, H. S., Athenian Agora, Vol 5.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1General evaluations on the Hellenistic Period in Anatolia and Continental Greece
Week 2Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Hellenistic Period
Week 3Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Hellenistic Period
Week 4Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Hellenistic Period
Week 5Hellenistic Period ceramics in Anatolian cities
Week 6Hellenistic Period ceramics in Grece
Week 7Gnathian Ware
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9West Slope Ware
Week 10Hadra Hydriae
Week 11Hellenistic Lagynoi
Week 12Mould-made Bowls
Week 13Lead-Glazed Pottery
Week 14Grey Ware
ARK-323 – MediterraneanPrehistory (Elective · Fall/5 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameMediterraneanPrehistoryCodeARK-323Semester/YarıyılFall/5
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives:
To study the prehistory of the Mediterranean through the geodynamic effects of the region and the remains of material culture.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Know the effects of the geodynamic effects of the Mediterranean on the history of archaeological thought.
  2. Comprehend the effect of the high ecological value of the Mediterranean on prehistoric settlements.
  3. Have knowledge about prehistoric people and their behavior.
  4. Gain the ability to establish chrono-cultural connections between various settlements.
  5. Gains the ability to interpret between different cultures.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Sakellariou, D., Galanidou, N., 2016. Pleistocene submerged landscapes and Palaeolithic archaeology in the tectonically active Aegean region. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 1/411, s. 145-178.
Sakellariou, D., Galanidou, N., 2017. Aegean Pleistocene Landscapes Above and Below Sea-Level: Palaeogeographic Reconstruction and Hominin Dispersals. İçinde Bailey G., Harff J.,, Sakellariou, D., (Eds.), Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf. Springer, Coastal Research Library, 20, s. 335-359.
Tourloukis, V., 2010. The Early and Middle Pleistocene archaeological record of Greece: current status and future prospects. Leiden University Press.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Mediterranean geodynamic and geomorphological features
Week 2Paleo-ecological view of the region and early human movements
Week 3Northeast Africa
Week 4Northwest Africa
Week 5Spain
Week 6South France
Week 7Italy
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Aegean
Week 10Islands: Crete and Cyprus
Week 11Western Anatolia
Week 12Levant
Week 13Comparisons and discussion
Week 14General evaluation
ARK-325 – Hittite Archaeology (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NameHittite ArchaeologyCodeARK-325SemesterFall/5
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Ayşegül AKIN ARAS
Course Objectives: It is aimed to define the place and importance of Hittite political history, architecture and art in Anatolian cultural geography by revealing archaeological and philological data.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Defines general information about the Hittites.
  2. Discusses the origin of the Hittites.
  3. Shows the Hittite settlements.
  4. Defines all kinds of artefacts related to Hittite art.
  5. Interprets terracotta artefacts.
  6. Interpret the Hittite architecture.
  7. Recognises Hittite rock monuments.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
- Alp, S., Hitit Çağında Anadolu, Ankara 2001.
- Bittel, K., Les Hittites, Paris 1976.
- Barton, G. A., Hittite Studies, Paris 1928.
- Bryce, T., The Kingdom of the Hittites, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005.
- Bryce, T., Life and Society in the Hittite World, Oxford 2002.
- Darga, M., Hitit Sanatı, Akbank Kültür ve Sanat Kitapları, İstanbul 1992.
- Delaporte, L. Les Hittites, Paris 1936.
- Garstang, J., The Land of the Hittites, London 1910.
- Macquenn, J. G., Hititler, Ankara 2001.
Wright, W., The Empire of the Hittites, London 1884.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Early Bronze Age Cultures of Anatolia, Late EBA and Assyrian Trade Colonies
Week 2Collapse of the Assyrian Trade Colonies - Early Foundation of the Hittite State
Week 3Establishment of the Hittite State - I. Hattusili and I. Murshili Period
Week 4Early Hittite Art
Week 5Middle Hittite Period - Historical events
Week 6An overview of the Middle Hittite Period art
Week 7Hittite Empire Period Historical Events
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Hittite Cities and House Architecture
Week 10Hittite Religious Architecture
Week 11Hittite relief and sculpture
Week 12Hittite Metal Art
Week 13Hittite Pottery
Week 14Relations of Hittite Art with Surrounding Cultures
ARK-327 – Ancient Greek I (Elective · Fall/5 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameAncient Greek ICodeARK-327Semester/YarıyılFall/5
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
The aim of the course is to teach the grammar of the ancient Greek language.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Having basic knowledge of Greek language grammar.
  2. Ability to use basic grammar knowledge of Greek language.
  3. Ability to analyze simple Greek concepts or texts.
  4. Being able to comprehend ancient texts written in Greek
  5. Ability to understand and interpret Greek historical and literary texts
  6. Learning the thinkers, philosophers, literary figures and their works of the ancient period
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
H.W.Smith, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Harvard, 1983. Günther Zuntz, Greek, Vol I and II, Shefield Academic Press, 1994. Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1History of the ancient Greek alphabet
Week 2Ancient Greek alphabet and its features
Week 3Verb conjugation in ancient Greek
Week 4Verb conjugation in ancient Greek
Week 5Verb conjugation in ancient Greek
Week 6Characteristics of the name in ancient Greek
Week 7noun conjugation
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9noun conjugation
Week 10noun conjugation
Week 11Basic sentence structure
Week 12Basic sentence structure
Week 13Verb and noun conjugations (topic repetition)
Week 14Verb and noun conjugations (topic repetition)

6th Semester

ARK-302 – Bronze Age Anatolian Archaeology II (Compulsory · 5 ECTS)
Course NameBronze Age Anatolian Archaeology IICodeARK-302SemesterSpring/6
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Dersin Amacı: The aim of this course is to introduce the Bronze Age settlements excavated in Anatolia and the cultural characteristics of the period.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Understands the chronology of the Bronze Age.
  2. Defines the geography of Anatolia in the Bronze Age.
  3. Interprets the cultural and political characteristics of Anatolia in the III. millennium BC.
  4. Interprets the use of metal as power and the most important tool of statehood in the Bronze Age.
  5. Defines the cultural regions formed in the Bronze Age and shows them on the map.
  6. Describes the pottery characteristics and art of the cultures that developed in different regions in the Bronze Age.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Karşıdan Karşıya, MÖ. 3. Binde Kiklad Adaları ve Batı Anadolu, 2011, Sakıp Sabancı Kültür Sanat Edebiyat Baskısı, İstanbul.
  • Işıklı, M. 2011. Doğu Anadolu Erken Transkafkasya Kültürü Çok Bileşenli Gelişkin Bir Kültürün Analizi, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul.
  • Özgüç, T. 1959. Kültepe-Kaniş, Assur Ticaret Kolonilerinin Merkezinde Yapılan Yeni Araştırmalar, Ankara.
  • Özgüç, T. 1986. Kültepe-Kaniş II, Eski Yakındoğu’nun Ticaret Merkezinde Yeni Araştırmalar, TTK, Ankara.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Anatolian geography and chronology in the Middle Bronze Age
Week 2Middle Bronze Age Transition Period
Week 3Middle Bronze Age Settlements and Architecture
Week 4Middle Bronze Age I
Week 5Late Bronze Age I
Week 6Late Bronze Age Ceramic Art
Week 7General Evaluation
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Late Bronze Age Pottery I
Week 10Late Bronze Age Pottery II
Week 11Late Bronze Age Architecture I
Week 12Late Bronze Age Architecture II
Week 13Late Bronze Age Settlements
Week 14General Evaluation
ARK-304 – Roman Period Ceramics (Compulsory · Spring/6 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameRoman Period CeramicsCodeARK-304Semester/YarıyılSpring/6
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
Learning the ceramic culture, art and typology of the Roman Period.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learning the ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art of the Early Roman Period.
  2. Learning the ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art of the Middle Roman Period.
  3. Learning the ceramic forms and ceramic decoration art of the Late Roman Period.
  4. Learning ceramic making techniques of the Roman Period.
  5. Learning about Roman Period ceramics in the Mediterranean geography.
  6. Learning about Roman Period ceramics in Anatolian cities.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
L. A. Akbuz, Hadrianopolis Roma Dönemi Seramiği, DEU Sosyal bilimler enstitüsü, yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi, 2008. M. Ok, Tripolis Hellenistik ve Roma Dönemi seramiği, PAU Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Yayımlanmamış doktora tezi, 2018. M. Fırat, Phokaia Geç Roma Dönemi Mutfak Kapları. Ege Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Yayımlanmamış doktora tezi, 2011. Ostman, R., “The city and complexity: Volterra, Italy: Pottery production during the Hellenistic
-Etruscan period and the Late Roman to Late Antique period”, BAR, 2004.
-Robinson, H. S., Athenian Agora, Vol 5: Pottery of the Roman Period, Chronology, 1959.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1General evaluations on the Roman Period in Anatolia and the Mediterranean
Week 2Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Roman Period
Week 3Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Roman Period
Week 4Vessel forms and vessel decoration art in the Roman Period
Week 5Roman Period ceramics in Anatolian cities
Week 6Roman Period ceramics in the Mediterranean
Week 7Western Sigillatas
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Western Sigillatas
Week 10Eastern Sigillatas A
Week 11Eastern Sigillatas B
Week 12Eastern Sigillatas C
Week 13African Red Slip Ceramics
Week 14Roman period commercial amphoras
ARK-306 – Roman Portrait and Sculpture Art (Compulsory · Spring/6 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameRoman Portrait and Sculpture ArtCodeARK-306Semester/YarıyılSpring/6
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Sinem COŞKUN
Course Objectives: To be able to define Roman sculpture with general scopes.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To know the factors affecting the formation of Roman sculpture.
  2. To be able to comprehend the local sculpture workshops in the Roman Empire, the general characteristics and effects of Etruscan and Greek sculpture.
  3. To know the characteristics of Roman Republican and Imperial Period sculpture.
  4. To be able to determine the effects of the developments in Roman political life on the works of sculpture.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  1. Kleiner, Diana E. E., Roman Sculpture Yale University Press, 1994.
  2. Doğer, Ersin, Roma Heykeltıraşlığı (Ders Kitabı), Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları, Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayın No: 146, 2009, İzmir.
  3. Mortimer Wheeler, Roma Sanatı ve Mimarlığı, Homer Yayınları, 2004.
  4. Özgan, Ramazan, Roma Portre Sanatı I, Ege Yayınları,2013.
  5. Özgan, Ramazan, Roma Portre Sanatı II, Ege Yayınları,2013.
  6. Özgan, Ramazan, Roma Portre Sanatı III, Ege Yayınları,2016.
  7. Turak, Özgür, Heykeltıraşlık Terimleri Sözlüğü- Başlangıcından Modern Zamanlara Kadar, Ege Yayınları, 2018.
  8. İnan, Jale, Perge'nin Roma Devri Heykeltraşlığı, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 2000.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Materials used in Roman sculpture, sculptors and workshops, tools and techniques.
Week 2Roman eclecticism, characteristics of Italic and Etruscan sculpture.
Week 3Republican period sculpture.
Week 4Augustus period portrait art.
Week 5Augustus period official state reliefs.
Week 6Julio-Cladius period portrait art.
Week 7Official state reliefs of the Julio-Cladius period.
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Flavian portrait art and female portraiture.
Week 10Official state reliefs of the Flavian period.
Week 11Nerva period sculpture.
Week 12Traianus period sculpture and relief art.
Week 13Hadrian's period sculpture and relief art.
Week 14Antonine period sculpture and relief art.
ARK-322 – Roman Architecture (Elective · Spring /6 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameRoman ArchitectureCodeARK-322Semester/YarıyılSpring /6
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf BOZOĞLU BAY
Course Objectives:
Architecture of the Hellenistic period and to have an idea of their historical connections. To have a general idea about the development activities of the Roman Imperial period. Recognition and to know the properties of the structures of the Roman period. Able evaluation of techniques for the burial tomb of Roman period architecture. They know the properties of structures and layouts used in the Roman period.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To know the transitional period from Hellenistic to Roan period and its historical events..
  2. To have a basic knowledge about construction activities in Roman Empire.
  3. To know the main characteristics of Roman buildings.
  4. To know the main characteristics of Roman architectural ornaments.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
L. Vandeput, The Architectural Decoration in Roman Asia Minor . Sagalassos: A Case Study, 1997
C. Başaran, Anadolu Mimari Bezemeleri: Roma Çağı Lotus-Palmet Örgesi, Erzurum, 1995
W. D. Heilmeyer, Korinthische Normalkapitelle, Studien zur Geschichte der Römischen Architekturdekoration, RM Erg. 16, 1970
M. Karaosmanoğlu, Anadolu Mimari Süslemeleri: Roma Çağı Yumurta Dizisi, Erzurum, 1996
A. A. Tırpan, Stratonikeia Augustus-İmparatorlar Tapınağı, Konya, 1998.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction - History of Roman empire period
Week 2Politics of Augustus period and evaluation of structures
Week 3Temple archtitecture in Roman empire period- Temple of Pisidia Antiocheia Augustus
Week 4Temple archtitecture in Roman empire period- Temple of Ankara Augustus
Week 5Temple archtitecture in Roman empire period- Construction Works in Anatolia during 2nd-3rd century AD
Week 6Temple archtitecture in Roman empire period- Temple of Zeus in Euromos and stages of construction in buildings
Week 7Arches of triumph- Roman empire period
Week 8Macellums - Roman empire period /Mid-term exam
Week 9Roman Forum
Week 10Theaters-Roman empire period
Week 11Stadia-Roman empire period
Week 12Fountain structures -Roman empire period
Week 13Architecture of ancient tombs-Roman empire period
Week 14Construction works in late roman- early byzantine period
ARK-324 – The Prehistory of Caucasus (Elective · Spring/6 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameThe Prehistory of CaucasusCodeARK-324Semester/YarıyılSpring/6
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives:
In the context of the migration of Homo erectus people out of Africa, the possible routes followed during this migration and the fossil remains belonging to these people belonging to Georgia Dmanisi dating back to 1.8 million years ago, the importance of the Caucasus Region is perceived due to the Paleolithic sites where the oldest lithic cultures have been detected in the Caucasus and the Anatolian connection.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Know Pleistocene ecology, glacial and interglacial phases.
  2. Knowledgeable about the prehistory of the continents.
  3. Knowledgeable about prehistoric people and their behavior.
  4. Ability to establish a chrono-cultural link between various settlements.
  5. The ability to interpret across different cultures.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Ljubin, V. P., Bosinski G., 1989, Paleolithic of Caucasus.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Geographical features of the Caucasus
Week 2History of Prehistoric Research in the Region
Week 3The situation of the Caucasus in the Pleistocene
Week 4Pleistocene fauna, flora and fossil human remains
Week 5Homo erectus migrating out of Africa and reaching the Caucasus
Week 6An overview of the Lower Paleolithic period of the Caucasus
Week 7Paleolithic centers identified in Georgia
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Dmanisi paleolithic site and its importance in world prehistory
Week 10Azik Cave, its stratigraphy, fauna, flora and cultures
Week 11Archaeological studies in Kudaro I and Kudaro III Caves
Week 12Cona and Treugol’naja caves excavations and their results
Week 13Epi-paleolithic period of the Caucasus
Week 14The importance of the Caucasus in terms of world prehistory and its comparison with the Anatolian cultures
ARK-326 – Late Hittite Archaeology (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NameLate Hittite ArchaeologyCodeARK-326SemesterSpring/6
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Ayşegül AKIN ARAS
Course Objectives: The aim of this study is to present the Late Hittite principalities, a new political and cultural formation that emerged in Southeastern Anatolia and Northern Syria at the beginning of the first millennium BC; with archaeological data and their relations with contemporary neighbouring cultures.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Describes the Late Hittite States.
  2. Explains the reasons for the establishment of the Late Hittite States.
  3. Shows the distribution area and important centres.
  4. Interprets the political and cultural relations between the Late Hittite States and neighbouring states.
  5. Describes the works related to Late Hittite art.
  6. Classifies the works of the Late Hittite period.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Alparslan, M., Hititolojiye Giriş, Instrumental Linguarum Antiquarum 1 Serisi, Türk Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul 2009, 137-148.
  • Bryce, T., The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms A Political and Military History, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005.
  • Bryce, T., Geç Hitit Krallıkları Politik ve Askeri Tarih, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul 2023.
  • Girginer, K. S., Geç Hitit Dönemi Tasvir Sanatında Mobilyalar, Bilgin Kültür ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara 2018.
  • Yazıcı, E., Yontuların Dili Hitit- Geç Hitit Dünyası, Uranüs Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2015.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1The Fall of the Hittite Empire and the Early Iron Age
Week 2Sea Tribes and Changing Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean
Week 3Late Hittite - History of the Northern Syrian City-States
Week 4Late Hittite Traditional Movement
Week 5Late Hittite Traditional Movement II
Week 6Assyrian Influenced Late Hittite Current
Week 7Assyrian Influenced Late Hittite Current II
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Assyrianised Late Hittite Current
Week 10Aramaicised and Phoenicianised Late Hittite Movement
Week 11Late Hittite Architecture - City Planning and House Architecture
Week 12Late Hittite Architecture - Monumental Architecture
Week 13Interaction of Late Hittite Art with Surrounding Cultures
Week 14General Evaluation of Late Hittite Art
ARK-328 – Ancient Greek II (Elective · Spring/6 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameAncient Greek IICodeARK-328Semester/YarıyılSpring/6
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
The aim of the course is to teach the grammar of the ancient Greek language.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Having basic knowledge of Greek language grammar.
  2. Ability to use basic grammar knowledge of Greek language.
  3. Ability to analyze simple Greek concepts or texts.
  4. Being able to comprehend ancient texts written in Greek
  5. Ability to understand and interpret Greek historical and literary texts
  6. Learning the thinkers, philosophers, literary figures and their works of the ancient period
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
H.W.Smith, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Harvard, 1983. Günther Zuntz, Greek, Vol I and II, Shefield Academic Press, 1994. Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Tenses in ancient Greek
Week 2Tenses in ancient Greek
Week 3Tenses in ancient Greek
Week 4Nouns and verbs
Week 5Nouns and verbs
Week 6Adjectives and pronouns
Week 7Adjectives and pronouns
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Number adjectives
Week 10Vocabulary
Week 11Vocabulary
Week 12Ancient Greek translation
Week 13Some Ancient Greek inscriptions in Anatolia
Week 14Some Ancient Greek inscriptions in Anatolia

4th Year

7th Semester

ARK-401 – Urartian Archaeology I (Compulsory · 5 ECTS)
Course NameUrartian Archaeology ICodeARK-401SemesterFall/7
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives: To introduce the history, geography, art and culture of the Urartu State, which established the first political union in Eastern Anatolia within the scope of Anatolian Archaeology.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Will be able to explain the political history of Urartu Kingdom.
  2. Explain the establishment of the Urartu Kingdom.
  3. Discusses the collapse of the Urartian Kingdom.
  4. Will be able to explain the cultural structure of Urartu.
  5. Explain the Urartian social structure.
  6. Learns Urartian burial customs.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Piotrovskii, B.B. 1967, Urartu: The Kingdom of Van & its Art.
  • Çilinigiroğlu A., 1984, Urartu ve Kuzey Suriye-Siyasal ve Kültürel İlişkiler.
  • Wartke R-B, 1993, Urartu: Dss Reich am Ararat.
  • Çilingiroğlu, A., 1984, Urartu ve Kuzey Suriye: Siyasal ve Kültürel İlişkiler. İzmir: Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları.
  • Çilingiroğlu, A., 1997, Urartu Krallığı Tarihi ve Sanatı. İzmir: Yaşar Eğitim Kültür Vakfı.
  • Salvini, M. (2006) Urartu Tarihi ve Kültürü. (Çev: Belgin Aksoy) İstanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Tarihi.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Geography of Eastern Anatolia and Pre-Urartu Cultures
Week 2Geography of Eastern Anatolia and Pre-Urartu Cultures II
Week 3Uruatri and Nairi in Assyrian Written Sources; 9th Century BC and the Formation Process of the Urartu Kingdom I
Week 4Uruatri and Nairi in Assyrian Written Sources; 9th Century BC and the Formation Process of the Urartu Kingdom II
Week 5Establishment of the Urartian Kingdom: Ispuini and Menua Period I
Week 6Establishment of the Urartian Kingdom: Ispuini and Menua Period II
Week 7General Evaluation
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Argishti I and Sarduri II Period
Week 10Rusa I and Argishti II
Week 11Rusa II Period
Week 12Rusa II Period I
Week 13Rusa II Period II
Week 14General Evaluation
ARK-403 – Seminar I (Compulsory · Fall/7 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameSeminar ICodeARK-403Semester/YarıyılFall/7
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to analyze the seminar which is prepared in this regard of scientifically methods benefited by seminar examples. The objectives of this course is to determine research fields.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Examine the characteristics of a good seminar work.
  2. xamine different examples of seminar works by taking into consideration the methods of scientific research.
  3. Draw the details of the seminar work by choosing the research area.
  4. Arrange the chosen study case as an oral presentation, preset it in the classroom and discuss about it.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
H. A.Field ve G. Hole, How to design and report experiments. Los Angeles, Sage, 2008.
P. Hernon ve C. Schwartz, What is a problem statement? (Editoryal). Library & Information Science Research, 29, 2007, 307–309.
S. Kaptan, Bilimsel araştırma ve istatistik teknikleri. Ankara,1995.
N. Karasar, Araştırmalarda rapor hazırlama, Ankara, 2004.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Importance of seminar in Archaeology, techniques of seminar and methods to prepare a seminar will be explaine. Explanation of applied seminar samples based on buildings
Week 2Techniques of quotation and citation of books, periodicals and ancient resources while preparing a seminar will be explained.
Week 3Sampling a seminar about findings of excavation; explanation of cataloguing, drawing, photographing and reaching to sources.
Week 4Setting subjects of seminars and dealing them to student individually or in groups.
Week 5Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 6Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 7Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 10Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 11Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 12Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 13Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 14Presentations of seminars by students.
ARK-421 – Painting and mosaic art (Elective · Fall/7 · 5 ECTS)
Course NamePainting and mosaic artCodeARK-421Semester/YarıyılFall/7
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
Ensuring that students have a general idea of the ancient painting and mosaic art, by providing basic information about the painting and mosaic art.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learning the development of painting and mosaic art in ancient period.
  2. Learning the types of mosaic art.
  3. Learning the terminology of mosaic art.
  4. Learning the anatolian mosaics.
  5. Learning the mosaic art in middle east, Egypt, Greece and Italy
  6. Learning the mosaic art in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Dersin Kaynakları:
DUNBABINE, Katherine M. D., Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999. BALMELLE, Catherine, Michelle Blanchard-Lemèe, Jeannine Christophe, Jean-Pierre Darmon, Anne-Marie Guımıer-Sorbets, Henri Lavagne, Richard Prudhomme et Henri Stern. Le Décor Géométrique de la Mosaïque Romaine, Picard Editeur, Paris, 1985. ERARSLAN, fehmi, Samosata’dan (samsat)-Zeugma’ya(Belkıs) Mozaiklerde Sanatçı Zosimos İmzası”, Ayıntap Dergisi, Sayı:4, 2004, ss. 17-18. PICCIRILLO, Michele. The Mosaics of Jordan, American Center of Oriental Research Amman-Jordan, 1997. PARLASCA, Klaus. “Das Mosaik von Mas’udije aus dem Jahre 228/229 n. Chr.” DM., Sayı: 1, 1983, ss.263-264. (taf. 60-61) (266-267 de var) BALTY, Janine, “La mosaique antique au Proche-Orient I. Des Origines à la Tétrarchie”, Aufstiegung Niedergang der Römischen Welt, Principat 12.2, Ed. H. Temporini, Berlin de Gruyter, 1981, ss. 347-429. 7. BALTY, Janine, Mosaïques antiques du Proche Orient, Centre de recherches d’histoire Ancienne, Basançon, 1995. BALTY, Janine, La Mosaïque de Sarrîn (Osrhène), Librerie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, 1990. H. MAGUIRE, Earth and Ocean: The terrestrial World in Early Byzantine art, University Park/London 1987. ERGEÇ, Rıfat. “Belkıs-Zeugma’da Bir Roma Villası ve Taban Mozaikleri, Arkeoloji ve Sanat, sayı:66, 1995, ss. 2-10 AKSOY, Emel, “Severan Moaics of Antioch A Stylistic Study”, III. Uluslar arası Türkiye ve Mozaik Korpusu Sempozyumu 2006, Uludağ Üniversitesi Mozaik Araştırmaları Merkezi, Ed. Mustafa Şahin, Bursa 2007, ss. 84-85 LEVI, Doro, Antioch Mosaics, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1947. CUMONT, Franz. Etudes Syriennes, Paris, 1917. DRIJVERS, Han J.W. ve John F. Healey, The Old Syriac Inscriptions of Edessa and Osrhoene: Text, Translations and Commentary, Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 1999. ÖZGÜÇ, Nimet, “Sümeysat Definesi”, Belleten, Sayı: 195, 1985, SS. 441-450. ÖZGÜÇ Nimet, Samsat 1984 Yılı Kazıları, Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı VII, Cilt: 1, 1985 (Samsat 1984) ÖZGÜÇ Nimet, “1985 Yılında Yapılmış Olan Samsat Kazılarının Sonuçları”, Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı VIII, Cilt: 1, 1986 (Samsat 1985); ÖZGÜÇ Nimet, “Samsat Kazıları 1987”, Belleten, Sayı: 202, 1988 (Samsat 1987) HEALEY, John F., “A New Syriac Mosaic Inscription”, Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. 51/2, 2006, ss. 313-327. TÜLEK, Füsun, Efsuncu Orpheus, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000. CİMOK Fatih, Antioch Mosaics, A Turizm Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000. CAMPBELL, Sheila D. “Roman Mosaic Workshops in Turkey”, American Journal of Arcaeology, Vol.83, 1979, ss. 287-292 CAMPBELL, Sheila D. The Mosaics of Antioch, E. J. Brill, Toronto, 1988. PARLASCA, Klaus. “Neus zu den Mosaiken von Edessa und Seleukeia am Euphrat”, Colloquio Internazionale sul Mosaico Antico III, Rome, 1984, ss. 227-234. COLLEDGE, Malcolm, A. R. “Some Remarks on the Edessa Funerary Mosaics”, La Mosaïque Gréco-Romaine IV, Paris, 1994. ss. 189-197. Association Internationale pour l’étude de la Mosaïque Antique. COLLEDGE, Malcolm, A. R. The Art of Palmyra, London, Westwiew Press, 1976. KHALED, al-As’ad ve Andreas Schmidt-Colinet, “Zur Einführung”, Palmyra Kulturbegegnung im Grenzbereich, Ed. Andreas Schimidt-Colinet, Verlag Philip von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 1995 DIRVEN, Lucinda, The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos, Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999. ROSTOVTZEFF, Michael Ivanoviteh. Caravan Cities. Petra, Jerash, Palmyra, Dura, The Clerandon Press, Oxford, 1932. MILLAR, Fergus , The Roman Near East 31 BC-AD 337, Harward University Press, London, 1993. ZOROĞLU, Levent, “Samosata. Ausgrabungen in der kommagenischen Hauptstadt”, Gotthönige am Euphrat: Neue Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in Kommagene, ed. Jörg Wagner, Philip von Zabern, 2000, ss. 75-83. Alison Moore Smith, “The Iconography of The Sacrifice of Isaac in Early Christian Art”, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 26/2, 1922, ss. 168-169, fig. 9. Isabel Speyart Van Woerden, “The Iconograph of Sacrifice of Abraham”, Vigiliae Christianae, Vol. 15/4, 1961, s. 222
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1An overview of ancient painting and mosaic art
Week 2Ancient mural painting
Week 3mosaic types
Week 4mosaic types
Week 5terminology of mosaic art
Week 6Ancient mosaic art in Greece and Italy
Week 7Ancient mosaic art in Anatolia: Antioch-on-the-Orontes
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Ancient mosaics in Anatolia: Zeugma
Week 10Ancient mosaics in Anatolia: İstanbul/Constantinopolis.
Week 11Ancient mosaics in Anatolia: Paphlagonian Hadrianopolis
Week 12Hellenistic mosaic art
Week 13Roman mosaic art
Week 14Byzantine mosaic art
ARK-423 – Museology (Elective · Fall/7 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameMuseologyCodeARK-423Semester/YarıyılFall/7
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Sinem COŞKUN
Course Objectives:
To have information about the history of museology, the structure of the museum, its layout, exhibition methods, documentation systems and the Museums of Turkey and the World.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Have information about the history of museology, the first collections and collectors.
  2. Learns the types of museums, the functions of the museum and the units that should be present in a museum building.
  3. Examines the laws and practice examples applied to ancient artifacts in Turkey and the world, and learns the theoretical and practical conditions necessary for contemporary museology practices in Turkey.
  4. Can carry out documentation studies of ancient artifacts (Photography, identification, measurement, inventory, etc.).
  5. Can give information about surface research and excavation techniques.
  6. Learns to understand the cultural and historical differences of artifacts by discussing the concept of collecting interesting objects.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
R. O. Arık, Türk Müzeciliğine Bir Bakış, MEB, 1953.
E. Yücel, Türkiyede Müzecilik, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 1999.
F. Gerçek, Türk Müzeciliği, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, 1999.
M. Önder, Türkiye Müzeleri, YKY, 2002.
Eski Eserler ve Müzelerle İlgili Mevzuat, Müzeleri Sevenler Derneği, 2002.
N. Ertürk, H. Uralman (Haz.), Müzebilimin ABC’si, Ege Yayınları, 2012.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Museology terminology and content of this course
Week 2History of development of museology in the world, the concept of collecting and the establishment of the first modern museums
Week 3History of Museology in Turkey (From Ottoman to Modern Museology)
Week 4Modern museology and museum types in Turkey.
Week 5How the works arrive at museums and their inventory arrangements.
Week 6Proper storage of works in warehouses
Week 7Methods of exhibition of works in the modern museum approach
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Methods of exhibition of works in the modern museum approach
Week 10Archaeological Surveys and Excavation Systems
Week 11Documentation methods
Week 12Laws regarding protection in Turkey
Week 13UNESCO, ICOMOS, ICOM, EUROPA NOSTRA
Week 14General Evaluation
ARK-425 – Byzantine Archaeology - I (Elective · Fall /7 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameByzantine Archaeology - ICodeARK-425Semester/YarıyılFall /7
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf BOZOĞLU BAY
Course Objectives:
Introducing architectural structures and decorations of the Early Christian and Byzantine Periods.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. To be able to recognize Early Christian and Byzantine buildings and artifacts.
  2. Know the terminology of Byzantine archaeology
  3. Recognize materials and techniques of Byzantine architecture and architectural ornaments
  4. Examine Byzantine culture.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Dersin Kaynakları:
Kazhdan, A. P. (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991 (3 cilt).
Koch, G., Erken Hıristiyan Sanatı, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 2007.
Krautheimer, R., Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture, Yale Universty Press, 1986.
Mango, C., Bizans Mimarisi, (Çev. M. Kadiroğlu), Rekmay Yayınları, İstanbul 2006.
Mathews, T. F., Early Churches of Constantinople Architecture and Liturgy, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971.
Ostrogorsky, G., Bizans Devleti Tarihi, (Çev. F. Işıltan), Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 1999.
Akyürek, E., Sanatın Ortaçağı: Türk, Bizans ve Batı Sanatı Üzerine Yazılar, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul 1997.
Brown, P., Geç Antik Çağda Roma ve Bizans Dünyası, (Çev. Turhan Kaçar), Tarih Vakfı Yayını, İstanbul 2000.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction- Early Christianity and Byzantine Architecture (Expanding of Christianity and its effects to architecture)
Week 2Transition from the temple architecture to the church arcitecture- House church in Dura Europos
Week 3The Buildings of Great Constantin Period
Week 4The Buildings of Great Constantin Period
Week 5The Buildings of Great Constantin Period
Week 6The Buildings of Iustinianus Period
Week 7The Buildings of Iustinianus Period
Week 8The Buildings of Heraclius and Isaurian Dynasty Period /Mid-term exam
Week 9The Buildings of Heraclius and Isaurian Dynasty Period
Week 10The Buildings of The Macedonian Dynasty Period
Week 11The Buildings of The Macedonian Dynasty Period
Week 12The Buildings of The Comnenian Dynasty Period
Week 13The Buildings of The Comnenian Dynasty Period
Week 14The Buildings of The Paleologian Dynasty Period
ARK-427 – Prehistoric Economy-Ecology (Elective · Fall/7 · 5 ECTS)
Course NamePrehistoric Economy-EcologyCodeARK-427Semester/YarıyılFall/7
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives:
Basically, the questions are as follows; what economy and ecology are, what are the relations between them, what are the prehistoric economy patterns and the modern native economy patterns, etc. The answers to these questions aimed that prehistoric man’s economic development was depended on their geographical zones. By this reality, economic developments are variable in time from one region to the other. The lecture will also bring a discussion on ethno-archaeology.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Ecology of Pleistocene, glacial and interglacial phases
  2. Prehistoric people and their behaviors
  3. Understanding skill of the process of mankind history
  4. Making a relation skill among the various settlements chronologically and culturally
  5. Making a relation skill between the human behaviors and the ecological conditions
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Ponting, C., 2012, Dünyanın Yeşil Tarihi: Çevre ve Büyük Uygarlıkların Çöküşü, Sabancı Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul.
Sahlins, M., 2016, Taş Devri Ekonomisi, Bgst Yayınları, İstanbul.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction to ecology and economy.
Week 2Direct effects of ecology on men, plants and animals.
Week 3The beginning of humankind and first economic patterns Gatherer economy pattern.
Week 4Gathering and necrophagous.
Week 5Gathering economy patterns with ethnographic data.
Week 6The beginning of real hunting and its distribution in the world.
Week 7Hunting economy patterns with ethnographic data.
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9A big change: the transition from consumer to production phase and real food production phases.
Week 10Developments in the Near East.
Week 11The Nile Valley and the developments in Africa.
Week 12The developments in Asia and Europe.
Week 13The developments in the America and Australia.
Week 14General evaluation and discussion
ARK-429 – Phrygian Archaeology (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NamePhrygian ArchaeologyCodeARK-429SemesterFall/7
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Ayşegül AKIN ARAS
Course Objectives: The Phrygians, who emerged as an important political identity in the first millennium BC in Anatolian archaeology, will be evaluated in terms of their art and religious beliefs through their origin problems, political history and settlements.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Explains the geography and historical geography of Phrygia.
  2. Defines the historical geography of Phrygia in the Classical Age.
  3. Explains the political history of the Phrygians.
  4. Defines the origin of the Phrygians.
  5. Defines the Phrygian sacred sites.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Algan, E. ve Ongar, İ., Kral Midas’ın Ülkesi Frigya, Esbank Yayınları, İstanbul 1998.
- Bossert, H., Altanatolien, Kunst und Handwerk in Kiev on den Anfangen, Berlin 1942.
- Erdan, E., Frig Kültürü ve Uygarlığı, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 2019.
- Haspels, C. H. E., The Highlands of Phrygia: Sites and Recent Work at Gordion,
- Haspels, C. H. E., The Highlands of Phrygia:Sites and Monuments I: The Text, Princeton 1971.
- Kealhofer, L., The Archaeology of Midas an the Phrygians: Recent Work at Gordion, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2005.
- Schepelern, W., Der Montanizmus und die Phrygischen Kulte, Tübingen 1929.
- Tüfekçi Sivas, T. ve Sivas, H., Frigler Midas’ın Ülkesinde Anıtların Gölgesinde, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2013.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Phrygian State and Civilisation: Phrygia Region and Geography
Week 2Origin of the Phrygians, the Mushki Problem
Week 3Phrygian Political History
Week 4Establishment of Phrygian State, Expansion of Phrygian State
Week 5End of Phrygian State
Week 6Capital Gordion
Week 7Phrygian Civilisation: Social Structure in Phrygians
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Phrygian Religious and Cult Monuments
Week 10Phrygian Religious and Cult Monuments II
Week 11Phrygian Architecture
Week 12Phrygian Burial Traditions
Week 13Phrygian Cultural Structure and Phrygian Handicrafts
Week 14Phrygian Metalwork
ARK-431 – Latin I (Elective · Fall/7 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameLatin ICodeARK-431Semester/YarıyılFall/7
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
The aim of the course is to teach the grammar of the ancient Latin language.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Having basic knowledge of Latin language grammar.
  2. Ability to use basic grammar knowledge of Latin language.
  3. Ability to analyze simple Latin concepts or texts.
  4. Being able to comprehend ancient texts written in Latin
  5. Ability to understand and interpret Latin historical and literary texts
  6. Learning the thinkers, philosophers, literary figures and their works of the Roman Period
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
G. Rohde ve S. Sinanoğlu, Lingua Latina, Latince Ders Kitabı I, Ankara Üniversitesi, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Yayınları No: 242, 1985. G. Rohde ve S. Sinanoğlu, Lingua Latina, Latince Ders Kitabı II, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, 1965. F. Öktem, Uygulamalı Latin Dili, Sosyal Yayınları, 1996. F.Z. Perek, Latince Grameri, İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, 1968. A.E. Hillard, Elementary Latin Exercises, Duckworth Publish, 1995. A. Clendon, The Clarendon Latin Course, Oxford, 1951.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1The emergence and development process of the Latin alphabet. General information about the Roman Empire.
Week 2Verb conjugation: Present Tense (Praesens)
Week 3Imperfectum
Week 4Plusquamperfectum, Futurum perfectum
Week 5Conjugation of Nouns
Week 6Conjugation of Nouns
Week 7Conjugated adjectives
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Inflectional adjectives
Week 10Conjugation of Nouns
Week 11Sum (To Be) verb
Week 12Passive voice verbs
Week 13Passive voice verbs
Week 14Inflectional adjectives

8th Semester

ARK-402 – Urartian Archaeology II (Compulsory · 5 ECTS)
Course NameUrartian Archaeology IICodeARK-402SemesterSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives: To introduce the history, geography, art and culture of the Urartu State, which established the first political union in Eastern Anatolia within the scope of Anatolian Archaeology.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Will be able to discuss Urartian architecture and art.
  2. Learn Urartian burial customs.
  3. Learns Urartian architecture.
  4. Learns Urartian irrigation systems.
  5. Learns Urartian metal art.
  6. Learns Urartian castles.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Piotrovskii, B.B. 1967, Urartu: The Kingdom of Van & its Art.
  • Çilinigiroğlu A., 1984, Urartu ve Kuzey Suriye-Siyasal ve Kültürel İlişkiler.
  • Wartke R-B, 1993, Urartu: Dss Reich am Ararat.
  • Çilingiroğlu, A., 1984, Urartu ve Kuzey Suriye: Siyasal ve Kültürel İlişkiler. İzmir: Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları.
  • Çilingiroğlu, A., 1997, Urartu Krallığı Tarihi ve Sanatı. İzmir: Yaşar Eğitim Kültür Vakfı.
  • Salvini, M. (2006) Urartu Tarihi ve Kültürü. (Çev: Belgin Aksoy) İstanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Tarihi.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Urartian Religion I
Week 2Urartian Religion II
Week 3The Fall of the Urartu Kingdom, Debates on the Last Kings and Post-Urartu Eastern Anatolia II
Week 4The Fall of the Urartu Kingdom, Debates on the Last Kings and Post-Urartu Eastern Anatolia II
Week 5Urartian Architecture I
Week 6Urartian Architecture II
Week 7Urartian Metalwork I
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Urartian Metalwork II
Week 10Urartian Metalwork III
Week 11Urartian Pottery
Week 12Urartu Written Documents and Analysis Methods
Week 13Discussion on Urartian Cultural Elements
Week 14Legacy of the Urartu Kingdom - General Evaluation
ARK-404 – Seminar II (Compulsory · Spring/8 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameSeminar IICodeARK-404Semester/YarıyılSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusCompulsoryCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to analyze the seminar which is prepared in this regard of scientifically methods benefited by seminar examples. The objectives of this course is to determine research fields.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Examine the characteristics of a good seminar work.
  2. xamine different examples of seminar works by taking into consideration the methods of scientific research.
  3. Draw the details of the seminar work by choosing the research area.
  4. Arrange the chosen study case as an oral presentation, preset it in the classroom and discuss about it.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
H. A.Field ve G. Hole, How to design and report experiments. Los Angeles, Sage, 2008.
P. Hernon ve C. Schwartz, What is a problem statement? (Editoryal). Library & Information Science Research, 29, 2007, 307–309.
S. Kaptan, Bilimsel araştırma ve istatistik teknikleri. Ankara,1995.
N. Karasar, Araştırmalarda rapor hazırlama, Ankara, 2004.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Importance of seminar in Archaeology, techniques of seminar and methods to prepare a seminar will be explaine. Explanation of applied seminar samples based on buildings
Week 2Techniques of quotation and citation of books, periodicals and ancient resources while preparing a seminar will be explained.
Week 3Sampling a seminar about findings of excavation; explanation of cataloguing, drawing, photographing and reaching to sources.
Week 4Setting subjects of seminars and dealing them to student individually or in groups.
Week 5Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 6Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 7Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 10Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 11Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 12Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 13Presentations of seminars by students.
Week 14Presentations of seminars by students.
ARK-422 – Ancient Regions and Cities (Elective · Spring/8 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameAncient Regions and CitiesCodeARK-422Semester/YarıyılSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to teach all Ancient Regions and cities and the historical geography of Anatolia.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learning the regions and cities of Ionia and Aiolia
  2. Learning the regions and cities of Lydia and Phrygia.
  3. Learning about Mysia and Troas regions and cities
  4. Learning the regions and cities of Lydia, Lykia, Pisidia, Thrakia.
  5. Learning the cities of Bithynia, Paphlagonia, Pontus, Galatia and Cappadocia.
  6. Learning the historical geography of the Eastern Anatolia region.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
E. Akurgal, Anadolu Uygarlıkları, Phoenix, 2014. V. Sevin, Anadolu’nun Tarihi Coğrafyası, TTK Yayınları, I. Cilt, 2019. G. Bean, Eskiçağ’da Ege Bölgesi, Arion yayınevi, 1995. G. Bean, Karia, Cem Yayınevi, 1987. G. Bean, Eskiçağ’da Güney Kıyılar, Arion Yayınevşi 1999. Strabon, Geographica. B. Umar, Mysia, İnkılap yayınevi, 2006. B. Umar, Ionia, İnkılap Kitapevi, 2001.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Ionia and Aiolia and their cities
Week 2Ionia and Aiolia and their cities
Week 3Ionia and Aiolia and their cities
Week 4Lydia and Phrygia and their cities
Week 5Lydia and Phrygia and their cities
Week 6Mysia and Troas and their cities
Week 7Lydia, Lykia and Pisidia and their cities
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Thrakia and Bithynia and their cities
Week 10Paphlagonia and Pontus and their cities
Week 11Paphlagonia and Pontus and their cities
Week 12Galatia and Cappadocia and their cities
Week 13Historical geography of Eastern Anatolia Region
Week 14Historical geography of Eastern Anatolia Region
ARK-424 – Numismatics (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NameNumismaticsCodeARK-424SemesterSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Sinem COŞKUN
Course Objectives:
To introduce the general features of Hellenic, Roman and Byzantine coins.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Can obtain general information about coins and numismatics.
  2. Can roughly determine which culture and date the coins belong to.
  3. Can make coin inventory.
  4. Evaluate the relationship between money, politics and economy.
  5. Can use coin catalogues.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face. Narration and discussion method accompanied by visuals.
Recommended Reading:
Atlan, Sabahat, 1947–1967 Yılları Side Kazıları Sırasında Elde Edilen Sikkeler, TTK Basımevi, Ankara 1976.
Atlan, Sabahat, Grek Sikkeleri, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 1993.
Baydur, Nezahat, Roma Sikkeleri, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 1993.
Carradice, I-Price, M., Hellen Dünyasında Sikke, (1988), (Çev. Oğuz Tekin), Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul 2001.
Karwiese, Stefan, Antik Nümizmatiğe Giriş, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 1995
Keleş, Vedat, Erzurum Arkeoloji Müzesi Roma Sikkeleri, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 2009.
Sear, David R., Roman Coins and Their Values, Seaby, London, 1988.
Sear, David R., Roman Coins and Their Values Vol I., Spink and Son Ltd., London 2000.
Tavukçu, A., Y.; Ceylan, Mesut, Nümismatik- Ders Notları, Erzurum 2018.
Tekin, Oğuz, Antik Nümismatik ve Anadolu (Arkaik ve Klasik Çağlar), Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 1997.
Tekin, Oğuz, Antik Anadolu Nümismatiği Bibliyografyası, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 1993.
RIC: Roman İmperial Coinage 1-10, (Roma Sikkeleri için zengin Kaynak)
BMC: British Museum Catalogue (Grek ve Roma Sikkeleri İçin zengin kaynak)
SNG: Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Şehir Sikkeleri için zengin kaynak)
LRBC: Late Roman Bronz Coins (Geç Roma Sikkeleri için zengin kaynak)
www.wildwinds.com, www. coinarchives.com
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Definition of Coin, Forms of Payment Before Coin, Money and Trade, Invention of Coin and First Coins
Week 2Causes of Coin Minting, Coin Minting Techniques, Mold Relationships, Mints, Faulty Minting/Brockage, Countermarks
Week 3Weight Systems and Units, Dating of Coins (Eras), Distribution of Coins
Week 4Classification of Ancient Coins, Coin Catalog (Coin Receipt), Legends on Coins
Week 5Characteristics of Archaic Period Coins, Types Used in Coins and Factors Affecting Coin Type Selection
Week 6Cities Minting Coins in the Archaic Period
Week 7Types on Classical Period Coins
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Technical Characteristics of Hellenistic Period Coins, Hellenistic Period Weight Systems, Hellenistic Period Coin Types and Features
Week 10Roman Republican Period, Silver and Gold Coins
Week 11Roman Imperial Period, Gold, Bronze, Silver Coins
Week 12Roman Period City Coins
Week 13Roman Emperor and Empress Coins
Week 14Eastern Roman Coins
ARK-426 – Byzantine Archaeology - II (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NameByzantine Archaeology - IICodeARK-426SemesterSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. İsaf BOZOĞLU BAY
Course Objectives:
To introduce examples of painting art of the Early Christian and Byzantine Periods.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Be able to recognize examples of painting art of the Early Christian and Byzantine Periods
  2. Recognizing iconographic scenes and people
  3. To be able to recognize the materials and techniques of Byzantine painting art.
  4. To examine Byzantine painting art.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Dersin Kaynakları:
Kazhdan, A. P. (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991 (3 cilt).
Koch, G., Erken Hıristiyan Sanatı, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 2007.
Krautheimer, R., Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture, Yale Universty Press, 1986.
Mango, C., Bizans Mimarisi, (Çev. M. Kadiroğlu), Rekmay Yayınları, İstanbul 2006.
Mathews, T. F., Early Churches of Constantinople Architecture and Liturgy, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971.
Ostrogorsky, G., Bizans Devleti Tarihi, (Çev. F. Işıltan), Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 1999.
Akyürek, E., Sanatın Ortaçağı: Türk, Bizans ve Batı Sanatı Üzerine Yazılar, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul 1997.
Brown, P., Geç Antik Çağda Roma ve Bizans Dünyası, (Çev. Turhan Kaçar), Tarih Vakfı Yayını, İstanbul 2000.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1General information about byzantine painting art, iconaclasmus period and its influences to the art, introduce to examples of icon
Week 2General information about byzantine manuscript, introduce to examples of manuscript from 4th to 6th century
Week 3Introduce to examples of manuscript from 6th to 10th century
Week 4Introduce to examples of manuscript from 10th to 14th century
Week 5General information about byzantine mosaic art, introduce to examples of mosaic from 4th to 5th century
Week 6Introduce to examples of mosaic from 5th to 6th century
Week 7Introduce to examples of mosaic from 6th to 8th century
Week 8Introduce to examples of mosaic from 11th to 14th century/Mid-term exam
Week 9General informaiton about byzantine fresc art, introduce to fresc of catacomp and Dura Europos
Week 10Introduce to examples of fresc in cappadocia churchs
Week 11Introduce to examples of fresc in cappadocia churchs
Week 12Introduce to examples of fresc in cappadocia churchs
Week 13Introduce to examples of fresc in cappadocia churchs
Week 14General discussion about byzantine painting art
ARK-428 – Prehistoric Art ve Belief System (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NamePrehistoric Art ve Belief SystemCodeARK-428SemesterSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Oğuz ARAS
Course Objectives:
Teaching the factors which played a part in the origin of art, and importance of prehistoric art in the humanity and art history, also the place of Anatolia in this frame.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Examines the factors that played a role in the birth of art, the importance of prehistoric art in the context of human historyand art history, and the place of Anatolia in this framework.
  2. The definition of art examines the place and importance of prehistoric art in human history.
  3. Comparatively examines the origin of plastic arts, art schools and examples in Turkey.
  4. Prehistoric art reveals the relationship between religion-magic and hunting.
  5. It gives the ability to identify and age prehistoric works of art.
  6. Examines the tools and equipment used in the production of prehistoric works of art.
  7. Examines the belief systems of prehistoric people through the remains of material culture that have survived to the presentday.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
Lewin, R. 2008, Modern İnsanın Kökeni, Tübitak Yayınları, Ankara.
Curtis, G. 2017, Mağara Ressamları: Dünyanın İlk Sanatçılarının Gizemli Dünyası, Redingot, İstanbul.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Definition of art, the place and importance of prehistoric art in the humanity history
Week 2Relation between art, religion-sorcery and hunting
Week 3The technique and style in Palaeolithic and Neolithic art
Week 4The equipment used for work of art
Week 5The repertoire of animals as the subject of art
Week 6Human depiction
Week 7Signs, line decoration and depictions of plants
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Determination and dating of works of art
Week 10Franco-Cantabrique style
Week 11Levantine style
Week 12General view of African art
Week 13General view of Asian art
Week 14General view of Anatolian art and General Evaulation
ARK-430 – Lydian Archaeology (Elective · 5 ECTS)
Course NameLydian ArchaeologyCodeARK-430SemesterSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LaunguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Dr. Ayşegül AKIN ARAS
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to examine the history and artistic understanding of the Lydian Kingdom, which existed in Eastern Anatolia in the 1st millennium BC, in the light of architectural, metal and stone artefacts and pottery tradition.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Drawing the geographical boundaries of the data of Lydian history.
  2. To understand Lydian military architecture and defence systems.
  3. To be able to explain Lydian civil architecture and religious traditions related to temples.
  4. To be able to define the Lydian pottery tradition in terms of ware characteristics, form and construction technique.
  5. To be able to evaluate Lydian stone workmanship and architectural ornamentation in the light of the elements.
  6. To be able to discuss the sources of Lydian artefacts as commercial commodities.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
  • Demir, M., Lidyalılar Mythos’tan Logos’a, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 2017.
  • Roosevelt, C., Lidya Arkrolojisi Gyges’ten Büyük İskender’e (Çev.: Hilal Hültekin Çatak), Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul 2017.
  • Lydialılar ve Dünyaları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2010.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Introduction of the course: Scope, importance and rules
Week 2Lydian geographical boundaries and regions
Week 3Origin of the Lydians
Week 4History of the Lydians - kings
Week 5History of the Lydians - collapse
Week 6Lydian architecture - Sardes
Week 7Lydian architecture - other settlements
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Lydian religion and the cult of Kybele
Week 10Lydian plastic art
Week 11Lydian pottery and stylistic characteristics
Week 12Lydian bronze workmanship: production technique, stylistic and iconographic characteristics of bronze artefacts
Week 13Lydian ivory work and weaving
Week 14Lydian script and language
ARK-432 – Latin II (Elective · Spring/8 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameLatin IICodeARK-432Semester/YarıyılSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami PATACI
Course Objectives:
The aim of the course is to teach the grammar of the ancient Latin language.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Having basic knowledge of Latin language grammar.
  2. Ability to use basic grammar knowledge of Latin language.
  3. Ability to analyze simple Latin concepts or texts.
  4. Being able to comprehend ancient texts written in Latin
  5. Ability to understand and interpret Latin historical and literary texts
  6. Learning the thinkers, philosophers, literary figures and their works of the Roman Period
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
G. Rohde ve S. Sinanoğlu, Lingua Latina, Latince Ders Kitabı I, Ankara Üniversitesi, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Yayınları No: 242, 1985. G. Rohde ve S. Sinanoğlu, Lingua Latina, Latince Ders Kitabı II, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, 1965. F. Öktem, Uygulamalı Latin Dili, Sosyal Yayınları, 1996. F.Z. Perek, Latince Grameri, İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, 1968. A.E. Hillard, Elementary Latin Exercises, Duckworth Publish, 1995. A. Clendon, The Clarendon Latin Course, Oxford, 1951.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Fourth conjugation
Week 2Fifth conjugation
Week 3Numerical adjectives, pronouns
Week 4Compound pronouns
Week 5Tenses (Topic review)
Week 6Tenses (Topic review)
Week 7Subjunctivus modus, imperativus modus
Week 8Mid-term exam
Week 9Infinititivus modus, indicativus modus
Week 10Verbs, nouns and afjectives (topic review)
Week 11Text translations
Week 12Text translations
Week 13Text translations
Week 14Some Latin inscriptions from the Roman Period.
ARK-432 – Seljuk and Ottoman Archeology (Elective · Spring/8 · 5 ECTS)
Course NameSeljuk and Ottoman ArcheologyCodeARK-432Semester/YarıyılSpring/8
Credit3Laboratory+Practice hour3+0ECTS5
Course StatusElectiveCourse LanguageTurkishPrerequisiteNone
Course Instructor(s)
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to explain the developments in Turkish art with the acceptance of Islam and especially to introduce the Seljuk - Ottoman art in Anatolia.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Will be able to outline the development stages of Anatolian Turkish architecture.
  2. Will be able to describe the Anatolian Turkish architecture.
  3. Will be able to recognize the architectural ornamentation.
  4. Will be able to define a general description of Anatolian Turkish art.
Teaching Mode and Methods:
Face to Face.
Recommended Reading:
O. Aslanapa, Türk Sanatı, İstanbul, 1984
G. Öney, Anadolu Beylikler Dönemi Sanatı (14. yüzyıl), Ankara, 1987
Sözen, M., Tarihsel Gelişim İçinde Anadolu Türk Sanatı, Emlak Bankası Yayını İstanbul, Tarihsiz.
G. Goodwin, A History of Ottoman Architecture, Londra, 1993.
O. Aslanapa, Osmanlı Devri Mimarisi, İstanbul, 1986.
Evaluation System:
Assignment (%10).
Mid-term exam (%30).
Semester (Final) exam (%60).
Resit exam (%60).
WEEKLY COURSE CONTENT
Week 1Concept of Anatolian Turkish Art
Week 2Turkish Art in Anatolia
Week 3Architecture of the Great Seljuk Period
Week 4Architecture of the Great Seljuk Period
Week 5Handicrafts of the Great Seljuk Period
Week 6Architecture of the Anatolian Seljuk Period
Week 7Architecture of the Anatolian Seljuk Period
Week 8Handicrafts of the Anatolian Seljuk Period/Mid-Term Exam
Week 9Architecture of the Anatolian Principalities Period
Week 10Architecture of the Anatolian Principalities Period
Week 11Handicrafts of the Anatolian Principalities Period
Week 12Ottoman Architecture
Week 13Ottoman Architecture
Week 14Ottoman Handicrafts