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Burial Customs in Anatolia II

Course Code	: ARKE532
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

To evaluate of archaeological findings related with burial customs from beginning to until second half of the first millennium B.C. and understanding of religious, sociological, economic and cultural perspective on the idea of life and death of the Anatolian societies.

Course Content

The burial customs from 2nd Millenium to second half of the first millenium B.C. in Anatolia

Name of Lecturer(s)

Lec. Arzu ÖZVER

Learning Outcomes

1.	1. From the first settlers to producer community, from producer community to village settlements, urbanism, the finding analyse of beliefs, socio-economic lives to reveal the reflection of the burial customs on process to state.
2.	2. The causes of death, age related with working on reports on the social structures, the nutrition, gain the ability to determine the conditions that influence survival of Anatolian graves with skeletons in Protohistoric Period.
3.	3. To evaluate on the grave findings from chemical, anthropological, sociological results of test and analyses and to consolidate the cultural results with analytical thinking to win.
4.	4. Anatolian protohistoric grave findings comparable with the surroundings culture findings elucidate the similarities and differences, to identify, evaluate and to have the knowledge on originality-cultural exchange and to have the ability to use this information in the study area.
5.	Anatolian protohistoric grave findings comparable with the surroundings culture findings elucidate the similarities and differences, to identify, evaluate and to have the knowledge on originality-cultural exchange and to have the ability to use this information in the study area.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	1. T. Özgüç, Ön Tarih’te Anadolu’da Ölü Gömme Adetleri, 1948.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Assyrian Trade Colonies Period

Week 2 - Theoretical

Burial customs of Assyrian Trade Colonies Period, grave findings, the death rituals

Week 3 - Theoretical

Relations with burial customs of Assyrian Trade Colonies Period and burial customs of other cultures

Week 4 - Theoretical

Hittite Period

Week 5 - Theoretical

Burial customs of Hittite Period, grave findings, the death rituals

Week 6 - Theoretical

Relations with burial customs of Hittite Period and burial customs of other cultures

Week 7 - Theoretical

Phrygian Period

Week 8 - Intermediate Exam

Midterm Exam

Week 9 - Theoretical

Burial customs of Phrygian Period

Week 10 - Theoretical

Grave findings and the death rituals of Phrygian Period

Week 11 - Theoretical

Relations with burial customs of Phrygian Period and burial customs of other cultures

Week 12 - Theoretical

Urartian Period

Week 13 - Theoretical

Burial customs of Urartian Period

Week 14 - Theoretical

Grave findings and the death rituals of Urartian Period

Week 15 - Theoretical

Relations with burial customs of Urartian Period and burial customs of other surrounding cultures

Week 16 - Final Exam

Midterm Exam

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	3	42
Assignment	5	0	5	25
Reading	14	0	3	42
Midterm Examination	1	5	1	6
Final Examination	1	9	1	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10
OÇ-1	4		4					4
OÇ-2		5		4	4					4
OÇ-3					5			5	4	5
OÇ-4		4			4	5		4		4
OÇ-5

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