SA506 WORKSHOP IN SETTLEMENT ARCHAEOLOGY
| Course Code: | 8140506 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Settlement Archaeology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. DENİZ BURCU ERCİYAS |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Ceramics, especially pottery, are one of the most ubiquitous and durable artifacts found on archaeological record, making them especially vital for understanding ancient societies and cultures. This course is designed to familiarize students with the broad range of ceramic materials found in archaeological investigations. The analysis and interpretation of ceramic materials are used by archaeologists to achieve a variety of goals: establish a chronology, document various activities, and identify cultural contacts and exchange between different areas.
This course is divided into three parts. In the first section we will examine pottery technology: the physical and chemical characteristics of clay and temper and the art of creating useful ceramic vessels from clay. In the second of the methods that archaeologists use to study ceramics will be examined: typology, classification, seriation, and chemical and physical methods for testing ceramics. The final section of this course aims to understand how archaeologists move from ceramic data to conclusions about the human societies that created them.
Course Content
This course concentrates on advanced research methods relevant to settlement archaeology. The course aims to teach the students methods of scientific research, verbal-visual communication and team work skills of settlement archaeology applied on site. The main topics of the course include field survey design/applied techniques, excavation management methods, data management, relative/absolute dating methods and cultural resource management. The students will be familiarised with case studies of classical sites from Anatolian archaeology.
Course Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to learn how to handle archaeological material, in this case ceramics. Become aware of the potentials of this material for understanding the past. Gain drawing, cataloguing and anlayzing skills.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To gain expertise in archaeological method and theory and develop ability to work in an interdisciplinary environment, | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To become skillful in accessing and evaluating archaeological data regardless of chronological and geographical boundaries while specializing in a specific period and region, | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To be able to look at the past as a whole grasping the interdisciplinary nature of archaeology and its relationship to other disciplines, | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To be able to express what he/she learned both orally and in writing, | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To have excellent command of both traditional and modern research methods, | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To have the infrastructure to follow up-to-date publications and other research in the area of interest, | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be aware of professional ethics and to have the ability to adopt them, | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To possess technical skills that are necessary in fieldwork, | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To be aware of social, environmental, and economic impact of his/her professional activities, | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To be able to conduct work in a team and to be able to lead a team when required. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution