BVT 605E - Archaeology of Technological Evolution

Course Objectives

ntroduction to Pre-industrialTechnologies; Technology in The Stone Age; Technology in The Bronze Age; Technology in The Iron Age; Technology in The Age of the Ancient Civilisations; Technology in The Middle Ages -Cases from archaeological excavations and surveys at Africa, Mesopotamia –Asia Minor, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Central & South America;Islamic Glass Industry –Serçelimanı Shipwreck Excavations;Transport Amphorae and their Typology withCases from Underwater Archaeology;Shipbuilding technology through the ages with Cases from Underwater Archaeology;Water History and Engineering of İstanbul –Results of Archaeolgical surveys

Course Description

ntroduction to Pre-industrialTechnologies; Technology in The Stone Age; Technology in The Bronze Age; Technology in The Iron Age; Technology in The Age of the Ancient Civilisations; Technology in The Middle Ages -Cases from archaeological excavations and surveys at Africa, Mesopotamia –Asia Minor, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Central & South America;Islamic Glass Industry –Serçelimanı Shipwreck Excavations;Transport Amphorae and their Typology withCases from Underwater Archaeology;Shipbuilding technology through the ages with Cases from Underwater Archaeology;Water History and Engineering of İstanbul –Results of Archaeolgical surveys