Information Package / Course Catalogue
Minoan and Mycenaean Finds in Anatolia
Course Code: ARKE625
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: -
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Finds from the Minoan and Mycenaean centers in Anatolia, and finds in these centers to provide information about the finds.

Course Content

Anatolia, the Aegean and the Mediterranean regions, especially coastal areas, settlements of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations passed hand to examine finds, finds to be informed about.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Özlem TÜTÜNCÜLER BİRCAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To learn the general characteristics of the Mycenaean civilizations.
2.Minoan and Mycenaean extent of the internal parts of the Anatolian coast, and partly to learn the causes and consequences
3.Centers in Anatolia, Mycenaean period and finds from these periods.
4.Centers in Anatolia, the Minoan period and finds from these periods.
5.Learning the general characteristics of the Minoan civilization.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. Benzi, M., “Mycenaeans at Iasos? A Reassessment of Doro Levi’s Excavations,” in R. Laffineur and E. Greco (eds.), EMPORIA. Aegeans in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean [Aegaeum 25] (Liège/Austin 2005) 205-215.
2.2. Berti, F., "Iasos di Caria," in Arslantepe, Hierapolis, Iasos, Kyme. Scavi archeologici italiani in Turchia ( 1993) 188-247.
3.3. Bloedow, E.F., "The Trojan War and Late Helladic IIIC," PZ 63 (1988) 23-52.
4.4. Boysal, Y., Katalog der Vasen im Museum in Bodrum I: Mykenisch-Protogeometrisch (Ankara 1969).
5.5. Bridges, R., "The Mycenaean Tomb at Kolophon," Hesperia 43(1974) 264-266.
6.6. Bryce, T.R. "Ahhiyawans and Mycenaeans - an Anatolian Viewpoint," OJA 8(1989) 297-310.
7.7. Bryce, T.R., "Anatolian Scribes in Mycenaean Greece," Historia 48 (1999) 257-264.
8.8. Cline, E., "A Possible Hittite Embargo against the Mycenaeans," Historia 40 (1991) 1-9.
9.9. Cline, E., Sailing the Wine-dark Sea: International Trade and the Late Bronze Age Aegean (Oxford 1994).
10.10. Ersoy, Y., "Finds from Menemen/Panaztepe in the Manisa Museum," BSA 83(1988) 55-82.
11.11. French, E., "Who Were the Mycenaeans in Anatolia?," Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Classical Archaeology (Ankara 1978) 165-170.
12.12. Gültekin, H.,-Baran, M., "Selçuk tepesinde bulunan Miken mezarı" Türk Arkeoloji Dergisi 13:2(1964) 122-133.
13.13. Günel, S., "Vorbericht über die mittel- und spätbronzezeitliche Keramik vom Liman Tepe," Ist Mitt 49(1999) 41-82.
14.14. Hope Simpson, R., “The Dodecanese and the Ahhiyawa Question,” BSA 98 (2003) 203-237.
15.15. Mallwitz, A., "Die Ausgrabung beim Athena-Tempel in Milet IV: Zur mykenischen Befestigung von Milet," Ist Mitt 9-10(1959-60) 74--75.
16.16. Marchese, R., "Late Mycenaean Ceramic Finds in the Lower Maeander River Valley and a Catalogue of Late Bronze Age Painted Motifs from Aphrodisias," Archaeological Journal 135 (1978) 15-31.
17.17. Meriç, R.,-Mountjoy, P., “Three Mycenaean Vases from Ionia,” IstMitt 51 (2001) 137-141.
18.18. Meriç, R.- Mountjoy, P., “Mycenaean Pottery from Bademgedigi Tepe (Puranda) in Ionia: A Preliminary Report,” IstMitt 52(2002) 79-98.
19.19. H. Mommsen, D. Hertel, and P. A. Mountjoy, “Neutron Activation Analysis of the Pottery from Troy in the Berlin Schliemann Collection,” AA (2001) 169-211.
20.20. P. A. Mountjoy, "Local Mycenaean Pottery at Troia," Studia Troica 7(1997) 259-267.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course contents, significance of the course, course objectives, major reference books and other sources
Week 2 - Theoretical
Terminologies related to the course given.
Week 3 - Theoretical
General information about the Minoan civilization, the history of research.
Week 4 - Theoretical
The chronology of the Minoan period.
Week 5 - Theoretical
General information about the Mycenaean civilization, the history of research.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Chronology of Mycenaean civilization.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Minoan find centers in Anatolia and finds from these centers, I.
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Mid-term –exam.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Mycenaeans find centers in Anatolia and finds from these centers, I.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Mycenaeans find centers in Anatolia and finds from these centers, I.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Mycenaeans find centers in Anatolia and finds from these centers, II.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Mycenaeans find centers in Anatolia and finds from these centers, III.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Mycenaeans find centers in Anatolia and finds from these centers, IV.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Mycenaeans find centers in Anatolia and finds from these centers, V.
Week 15 - Theoretical
General assessment.
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
Assignment62224
Reading140228
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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