SA564 ADVANCED ISSUES IN ANATOLIAN ARCHAELOGY

Course Code:8140564
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. ÇİĞDEM ATAKUMAN
Offered Semester:Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students are expected to comprehend different theoretical and methodological approaches to the archaeological evidence of Anatolia in its wider geographical context of South-West Asia. 


Course Content

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Course Learning Outcomes

students will

1) learn the nature of archaeological evidence in south-west Asia with a specific focus on Anatolia.

2) learn the development of theory and method in Anatolian archaeology

3) learn the major questions that drive research in different time periods of Anatolian archaeology

4) learn the contribution of culture-historical, processual, post-processual and the new materiality approaches to  the construction of major questions and their interpretation

5) learn to focus on a basic research issue and critically evaluate the existing interpretive frames with regard to this issue.