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  5. Pre-pottery Neolithic Period in the Near East
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Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
ARK575 - Pre-pottery Neolithic Period in the Near East I. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. ALİ UMUT TÜRKCAN
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
Place of Delivery On Campus
Used Educational Platforms Online,Face-to-face
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended Must have completed undergraduate courses in General Prehistory, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic Archaeology of Anatolia.
Recommended Resources 1.Antonio Sagona, Paul Zimansky, 2015. Arkeolojik Veriler Işığında Türkiye'nin En Eski Kültürleri MÖ 1.000.000-550 Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları2. Bogucki ,.Peter. 2013. İnsan Toplumunun Kökenleri, KALKEDON YAYINLARI.3.Türkcan, A.U. (2023). Tanrıları Taştandı-Yukarı Mezopotamya Neolitik Dönem Anıtsal Kült Yapıları ve Gelişimi. İstanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları. ISBN: 978-605-396-594-74. Türkcan, A.U. (2010a), ‘’Tarihöncesi Anadolu’da Paleolitik ve Neolitik Dönem (Ünite 1), Anadolu Arkeolojisi (Ed. H.S Alanyalı) Anadolu Üniversitesi AÖF Yayınları No:2127. ss.2-31.5. Türkcan, A.U. (2010b), Anadolu’da Kalkolitik ve Eski Tunç Çağları“ (Ünite 2) Anadolu Arkeolojisi (Ed. H.S Alanyalı) Anadolu Üniversitesi AÖF Yayınları No:2127. ss.32-58.6) Türkcan, A.U. (2014a), “Neolitik Çağ Çatalhöyük Simgeciliğinde Duvar Resimleri ve Damga Mühürleri”, Armağan Erkanal’a Armağan: Anadolu Kültürlerine Bir Bakış, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, Anakara: 441-452.
Work Placement None
Aims of the Course Models regarding the beginnings in the Fertile Crescent during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period in the Near East; climate change, the transition to sedentary life, subsistence systems, and the transition to surplus and a production economy. The archaeological traces of these processes and the evaluation of findings from excavations.

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Near East climate, environmental conditions, Geography and beginning of the Holocene period
Week - 2 Pre-Holocene Era in Asia and the Mesolithic period beginning
Week - 3 First village in near east settlements and conditions: Fertile Crescent
Week - 4 PPNA settlements of the Middle Euphrates region.
Week - 5 PPNA settlements in the Upper Tigris region
Week - 6 PPNA settlements in the Upper Tigris region: SE Anatolia
Week - 7 MIDTERM
Week - 8 PPNB settlements of the Middle Euphrates region.
Week - 9 PPNB settlements in the Upper Tigris ve Iran region
Week - 10 Subsistence systems and settlement patterns in the Near East
Week - 11 Social structures and belief systems in Neolithic period
Week - 12 Social structures and belief systems in Neolithic period: Burrial practices
Week - 13 Discussion
Week - 14 Discussion

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100

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