Academic Catalog

SA512 ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Code: 8140512
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Settlement Archaeology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. EVANGELÝA PÝÞKÝN
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

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.