Information Package / Course Catalogue
Prehistoric and Prohistoric Settlements in Western Anatolia and Aegean Islands
Course Code: ARKE533
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: -
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course, providing information about the Prehistoric and Protohistoric settlements in Western Anatolia and Aegean Islands

Course Content

According to the geography and excavation results, introduction of Prehistoric and Protohistoric settlements in Western Anatolia and Aegean Islands

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Yavuz Selim KAYA
Learning Outcomes
1.1. Basic knowledge about the geography of Western Anatolia
2.2. Giving basic information about the Aegean Islands
3.3. Learning about Prehistoric and Protohistoric settlements in Western Anatolia
4.4. Learning about Prehistoric and Protohistoric settlements in the Aegean Islands
5.Comparison of Prehistoric and Protohistic settlements in Western Anatolia and Aegean Islands.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. Alram-Stern, E., Die Aegaeische Fruehzeit 1. Band. Das Neolithikum in Griechenland, Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1996.
2.. Begemann, F.- Pernicka,E.- Schmitt-Strecker, S. "Thermi on Lesbos: A Case Study of Changing Trade Patterns," OJA 14 (1995) 123-136.
3.L. Bernabò-Brea, Poliochni. Citta preistorica nell'isola di Lemnos I-II, Roma 1964, 1976.
4.Caskey, J. L. "Greece and the Aegean Islands in the Middle Bronze Age." CAH II, 1, 117–140. Camridge. 1966.
5.5. Cultraro, M. "Sounding H/West." Doumas, Ch. G. – V. La Rosa (eds.): Poliochni e l’antica età del bronzo nell’egeo settentrionale, 686-687. Atina, 1997.
6.Cultraro, M. "Aegeans on Smoke-Shrouded Lemnos: A Re-Assessment of the Mycenean Evidence from Poliochni and Other Sites", (Ed.) Laffineur, R. - E. Greco, EMPORIA, Aegeans in central and eastern Mediterranean, Proceedings of the 10th International Aegean Conference / 10e Rencontre égéenne internationale, Italian School of Archaeology in Athens, 14-18 April 2004, Aegaeum 25: 237-246. Liège - Austin. 2005.
7.Davis, J.L., "Review of Aegean Prehistory I: The Islands of the Aegean," AJA 96 (1992) 699-756.
8.Davis, J. L. "Keos V. Ayia Irini: Period V." Mainz. 1986.
9.Dickinson, O. T. P. K. "The Origins of Mycenaean Civilisation." Stud. Mediterranean Arch. 39. Göteborg. 1977.
10.Erkanal, H., "Early Bronze Age Urbanization in the Coastal Region of Western Anatolia," in Y. Sey (ed.), Housing and Settlement in Anatolia: A Historical Perspective, İstanbul, 1996 70-82.
11.Felsch, R.C.S., Das Kastro Tigani: Die spätneolithische und chalkolithische Siedlung, Bonn 1988.
12.Friedrich, W. L. et al. "Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627-1600 B.C.." Science 312, 548. 2006.
13.Harmankaya, S., Tanindi, O., Turkiye Arkeolojik Yerlesmeleri/1. Paleolitik/Epipaleolitik,Ege Yayinlari, Istanbul 1996.
14.Harmankaya, S.-Tanındı, O.-Özbaşaran,M., Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşimleri 2, Neolitik, İstanbul, 1997.
15.Harmankaya, S.-Tanındı, O.-Özbaşaran,M., Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşimleri 3, Kalkolitik, İstanbul, 1998.
16.Harmankaya, S.-Erdoğu, B., Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşmeleri 4a ve 4b, İlk Tunç Çağı, İstanbul, 2002.
17.Hood, S. "Excavations at Chios, 1938-1955: Prehistoric Emporio and Ayio Gala, Volume I",. Londra 1981.
18.Hood, S., "Prehistoric Samos," Classical Review 40 (1990) 127-129.
19.Hope Simpson, R. "A Gazetter and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites." Londra. 1965.
20.Lamb, W. "Excavations at Thermi on Lesbos." Cambridge. 1936.
21.. H. P. Isler, "An Early Bronze Age Settlement on Samos," Archaeology 26 (1973), 170-175.
22.. Kayan, I., "Late Holocene Sea-level Changes on the Western Anatolian Coast," Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 68(1988) 205-218.
23.Lloyd, S.-Mellaart, J., Beycesultan I, The Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Levels Londra 1962.
24.Manning, S. W. "The absolute chronology of the Aegean Early Bronze Age. Archaeology, radiocarbon and history." Monographs in Mediterranean archaeology 1. Sheffield. 1995.
25.Matsas, D. "Samothrace and the Northeastern Aegean: The Minoan Connection", Studia Troica 1: 159-179. 1991.
26.Milojcic, V. "Samos I. Die prähistorische Siedlung unter dem Heraion. Grabung 1953 und 1955." Bonn. 1961.
27.Perles, C. The Early Neolithic in Greece, Cambridge, 2001
28.Rambach, J., Kykladen I, Bonn, 2000.
29.Renfrew, A.C, The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in The Third Millennium BC, Londra, 1972.
30.Renfrew,C.,-Evans, J.D. “Saliagos: A Neolithic Site in the Cyclades”, Archaeology 21/4, (1968), 262-271.
31.Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi, Karşıdan Karşıya. MÖ 3. Bin'de Kiklad Adaları ve Batı Anadolu, İstanbul, 2011.
32.Umurtak, G., “Neolitik Çağda Umurtak, G., “Burdur Bölgesi ile Ege Adaları ve Yunan Karası Arasında Çanak Çömlek Biçimlerine Dayalı Benzerlikler Konusunda Bazı Gözlemler”, Anadolu Araştırmaları XV (1999), 27-71.
33.Whittle, A., Europe in the Neolithic, The creation of new worlds, Cambridge, 1996.
34.Yakar, J., Prehistoric Anatolia. The Neolithic transformation and the Early Chalcolithic Period, Tell Aviv 1991.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Giving information about the course content, purpose, significance and resources
Week 2 - Theoretical
Geographically, the Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, I
Week 3 - Theoretical
Geographically, the Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, II
Week 4 - Theoretical
Geographically, the Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, II
Week 5 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in northwest Anatolia
Week 6 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in southwestern Anatolia
Week 7 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Prehistoric settlements in the inner western Anatolia
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the North Aegean islands
Week 10 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Eastern Aegean islands, I
Week 11 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Eastern Aegean islands, II
Week 12 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Dodecanese
Week 13 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Cyclades (Cycladic) Islands, I
Week 14 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Cyclades (Cycladic) Islands, II
Week 15 - Theoretical
Prehistoric-Protohistoric settlements in the Northern Sporades, Cyclades (Cycladic) Islands
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final examination.
Week 17 - Final Exam
Final examination.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment2048
Seminar32212
Reading80432
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
5
4
3
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
3
4
3
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