Information Package / Course Catalogue
Anatolian Civilization in the III. Rd Millenium B.c. I
Course Code: ARK235
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To be given information about the Anatolian Early Bronze Age I-II, and III is periods of political, social and cultural situation.

Course Content

Explaining the political, social and cultural characteristics of the Early Bronze Age Anatolia according to periods and regions.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Res. Assist. Nihal AKILLI
Learning Outcomes
1.On the basis of the general and regional understanding of the Early Bronze Age chronology
2.Determination of regional culture and the general characteristics of the Early Bronze Age Anatolia explain.
3.Evaluation of the Early Bronze Age Anatolia, archaeological data (architecture, pottery and small finds).
4.To have knowledge about comparative analysis of Anatolian Early Bronze Age cultures.
5.To have knowledge about the relations of Anatolian Early Bronze Age with environmental cultures.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aktüre, S., Anadolu’da Bronz Çağı Kentleri, İstanbul 1997.
2.Bostancı, N.K., “Erken Tunç Çağ I Döneminde Bakla Tepe Yontma Taş Endüstrisi”, Anadolu/Anatolia Ek Dizi No. 2, 165-183.
3.Cline, E.H., Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, Oxford, 2000.
4.Duru, R., Kuruçay Höyük II.1978 - 1988 Kazılarının Sonuçları Geç Kalkolitik ve İlk Tunç Çağı Yerleşmeleri, Ankara, 1996.
5.Erkanal, H., "Early Bronze Age Urbanization in the coastal Region of Western Anatolia", Housing and Settlement in Anatolia, A Historical Perspective, İstanbul, 1996.
6.Erkanal, H., "Early Bronze Age Fortification Systems in Izmir Region", Aegaeum 20, MELETEMATA. Studies in Aegean Archaeology Presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as he enters his 65 th Year. vol.1, 1999, p. 237-242.
7.Erkanal, A. ve H. Erkanal 1983. “Vorbericht über die Grabungen 1979 im praehistorischen Klazomenai/ Liman Tepe”, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 1/1: 163-83.
8.Eslick, C., Elmalı Karataş II, The Early Bronze Age Village of Karataş, Bryn Mawr, 1994.
9.Harmankaya, S.-Erdoğu, B., Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşmeleri 4a ve 4b, İlk Tunç Çağı, İstanbul, 2002.
10.Kamil, T., Yortan Cemetery in the Early Bronze Age of Western Anatolia, British Archaeological Reports, BAR 145, Oxford, 1982.
11.Korfmann, M., Troia Gezi Rehberi, İstanbul, 1992.
12.(Ed.Latacz, J.,), Troia, Düş ve Gerçek (Çev.S.B.Gün), İstanbul,2001.
13.Lloyd, S.-Mellaart, J., Beycesultan I, The Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Levels, Londra, 1962.
14.-(Ed.)Özkan, T and H. Erkanal, Tahtalı Barajı Kurtarma Kazısı Projesi/ Tahtalı Dam Area Salvage Project, İzmir 1999.
15.Sazcı, G., Troia Hazineleri, İstanbul, 2007.
16.Şahoğlu, V., " Erken Tunç Çağı Anadolu Ticaret Ağı ve İzmir Bölgesi", Proceedings of the Ist and IInd National Archaeology Symposium, Ankara University. Anatolia Supplement No.1, 2004, 245-262.
17.Warner,J.L., Elmalı-Karataş II, The Early Bronze Age Village of Karataş, Bryn Mawr, 1994.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course contents, significance of the course, course objectives, major reference books and other sources.
Week 2 - Theoretical
General information, terminology, concepts, chronology.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Socio-economic characteristics of the period, information about cultural regions.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Early Bronze Age culture of Eastern Thrace (Turkish Thrace), distribution area, general characteristics.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Early Bronze Age in northwestern Anatolia. Troas Peninsula.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Early Bronze Age in northwestern Anatolia. Troas Peninsula
Week 7 - Theoretical
Early Bronze Age in northwestern Anatolia, cemeteries, burial customs. Balıkesir and its environment.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Early Bronze Age in Northwestern Anatolia, Kütahya, Eskişehir surroundings.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Inner Western Anatolia Early Bronze Age.
Week 10 - Theoretical
İzmir and around in the Early Bronze Age. Early Bronze Age in the Aegean islands.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Early Bronze Age around Balıkesir and Manisa.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Southwestern Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age, Çivril and its environs.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Southwestern Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age, Elmalı and its environs.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Discussion and Evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment121348
Reading220122
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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