SA512 ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
| Course Code: | 8140512 |
| 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: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. EVANGELİA PİŞKİN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is planned as a general introductory module that will give to the students the opportunity to learn:
• What is environmental archaeology? Aims and sub-disciplines.
• Research questions asked and problems faced.
• The methods and materials, applications in the field and lab.
Course Content
This course deals with the study of past environment and landscapes of the Middle East and Balkans and their implications for settlement archaeology. Major topics of the course include past environments on a global scale, paleo-climates, the evolution of coastal areas and sea levels through time, investigation of the past landscapes, reconstructing the plant environment, polynology, macrobotanical remains, the animal environment, microfauna and macrofaunal remains, the human environment, and the human impact on various environmental contexts.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to be familiar with the aims and research questions dealt with in environmental archaeology, a range of methods and techniques used, applications and related terminology.