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: | 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.
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