ARK006 Palaeoclimate and Social Change

6 ECTS - 4-0 Duration (T+A)- . Semester- 4 National Credit

Information

Code ARK006
Name Palaeoclimate and Social Change
Term 2022-2023 Academic Year
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 4-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 4 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Yüksek Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Öğr. Gör. CHRISTOPHER MEDWIN EDENS


Course Goal / Objective

The purpose of the course is to discuss techniques for understand changing climates in the past, and to discuss archaeological debates about how changing climates affected prehistoric societies.

Course Content

The course discusses various proxies used to measure paleoclimates, and the understanding of changing Pleistocene and Holocene paleoclimates and paleoenvironments gained from these proxies. The course then discusses the possible relationships between environmental changes and significant social changes in the Near East environment during the past 20 thousand years.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Keith D. Alverson, Thomas F. Pedersen, Raymond S. Bradley (ed.), 2003, Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future

Notes

Resources to recommend during lectures.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Understands evidence for global climate history
LO02 Understands evidence for regional climate history
LO03 Understands modelling environmental histories from proxy data
LO04 Understands cultural ecology analysis in prehistory
LO05 Understands models of prehistoric socio-economic adaptation to local environments
LO06 Understands how environmental stress may affect complex society
LO07 Understands the limits of environmental explanations for social change


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal To have information about current research methods, to evaluate information 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal To be able to apply analytical methods
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal To be able to explain the results of information with information technology
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal To be able to do microscopic studies
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal To gain the competence to work with people from different disciplines 4
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı To be able to participate in discussions about the archaeological findings and the formation of the archaeological lands in the excavation area and their relations with the environment 5
PLO07 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği To be able to transfer the process and results of the studies to the researchers in different disciplines in national and international work environments.
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği To be able to make archaeometric measurements of archaeological finds from the excavation areas and the archaeo-environmental features of soils with the help of nature and science 5


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 General overview of Pleistocene and Holocene paleoclimatic change assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
2 Geomorphology and climatic modelling assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
3 Marine sediment cores assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
4 Ice cores assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
5 Speleothems assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
6 Wetlands and pollen assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
7 Other climate proxies assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
8 Mid-Term Exam Recommended sources and kept notes should be used. Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev
9 Late Pleistocene and Holocene climatic changes assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
10 Regional climatic conditions in the Near East assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
11 Natufian adaptations at the end of the Pleistocene assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
12 Beginning of agriculture, beginning of the Holocene assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
13 The 8.2k event and the spread of agriculture assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
14 The 4.2k event and state collapse assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
15 The 3.2k event and the Sea People assigned readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
16 Term Exams Term paper and presentation. Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev
17 Term Exams Term paper and presentation. Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 4 56
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 4 56
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 12 12
Final Exam 1 28 28
Total Workload (Hour) 152
Total Workload / 25 (h) 6,08
ECTS 6 ECTS

Update Time: 16.11.2022 09:26