Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Kenneth Sheedy
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By appointment via email
Lecturer
Shawn Ross
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W6A 510
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Lecturer
Susan Lupak
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By appointment via email
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp at 100 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores the era of the palace-based states in the Aegean during the Bronze Age (c.3000 BC – c.1100 BC). These are the dramatic years of Greek prehistory which the poet Hesiod famously described as the ‘Age of Heroes’. It was the time of the Trojan War. This unit critically examines the rich archaeological evidence. We begin with the emergence of complex societies in the Cyclades and Crete and the creation of the Minoan palace civilization with its capital at Knossos. Then follows a critical study of the rise of competing states on the Greek mainland and the eventual domination of Mycenae and its allied fortified palaces in the Peloponnese.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
General Assessment Information
Unit Requirements and Expectations
Students must achieve an overall mark of 50% or above to complete this unit satisfactorily.
Assignment submission
All written work must be submitted through the iLearn website. Please upload your assignment to the drop-box for the relevant week. Save your assignment as a pdf or a doc file (a pdf is best; please do not use docx).
All assignments must include the following at the start: Student name; Student Number; Assessment Task Title or Question. Any assignment submitted without these will not be marked.
All written assignments will be returned via the ‘turnitin’ tool on the iLearn Unit site, and feedback from the marker will be delivered through that tool.
Extensions and Special Considerations
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Extensions can only be granted in exceptional cases and may only be sought in consultation with the unit convenor and with support of documentary evidence. If you anticipate any difficulty in meeting assigned due dates then it is important that you contact the course’s convenor as early as possible.
Please avoid asking for extensions as missing deadlines complicates the work of markers and puts you behind. If you have to ask for an extension, request it before the deadline, ‘Getting behind with your work’ or 'I had other deadlines' do not count.
Written assessment tasks submitted after the due date without good reasons will be penalised by a deduction of 2% a day (including weekends) of the mark gained. After five days, a mark of 0% will be assigned.
Written assessment tasks submitted that are under or over the word length by more than 10% will be penalised with a 10% deduction. The marker will only read the listed word limit, i.e. if the word limit is 1000 words they will stop reading at 1000 words (plus or minus up to 100 words).
Written assessment tasks submitted without proper referencing, i.e. little or no page numbers or no bibliography will receive an automatic fail.
Marking Rubric
Major assessments will be graded using a rubric, which can be found on the iLearn unit site.
Assessments
Due: Fortnightly (Weeks 2-13) Weighting: 20%
Every second week there will be an on-line quizz. This will present questions related to the preceding two lectures.
Due: Weekly (Weeks 1-13) Weighting: 10%
Students will be assessed on tutorial preparation (completion of all readings; review of lecture materials), and through thoughtful, active participation in tutorial activities each week.
Due: Weekly (Weeks 2-13) Weighting: 30%
These assignments will vary from week to week. Please see the program in iLearn. Among the exercises are writing assignments supporting tutorial discussion, completed in or out of class. Such assignments may include formal short writing ('mini-essays'), the completion of writing templates, or less formal writing such as reading reflections or guided free writing.
Due: Week 13 Weighting: 40%
Possible essay topics will deal with themes which were covered in lectures on the Minoans and Mycenaeans. The topics will be discussed and developed in tutorials. 2000-2500 words.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quizzes | 20% | No | Every second week |
Tutorial Assignments | 30% | No | Weekly from Week 2 |
Tutorial Participation | 10% | No | Weekly from Week 1 |
Research Essay | 40% | No | Week 13 |
Due: Every second week
Weighting: 20%
Fortnightly online quizzes. These will begin at the end of week 2.
Due: Weekly from Week 2
Weighting: 30%
These assignments will vary from week to week. Please see the program in iLearn. Among the exercises are writing assignments supporting tutorial discussion, completed in or out of class. Such assignments may include formal short writing ('mini-essays'), the completion of writing templates, or less formal writing such as reading reflections or guided free writing.
Due: Weekly from Week 1
Weighting: 10%
Preparation and participation. Students will be assessed on tutorial preparation (completion of all readings; review of lecture materials), and through thoughtful, active participation in tutorial activities each week.
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%
At the end of the unit you will be expected to submit an essay on a topic from the list presented in the first tutorials. These essay topics will deal with themes which were covered in lectures on the Minoans and Mycenaeans. Tutorial exercises will help prepare for this essay. 2000-2500 words
Required texts (both available online through the Library):
Shelmerdine, C. (ed.). 2008, The Cambridge companion to the Aegean Bronze Age. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ; New York.
Cline, E. H. (ed.). 2010. The Oxford handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC). Oxford University Press, Oxford ; New York.
Supplemental readings:
Students may be asked to complete supplemental readings as part of tutorial writing and preparation.
NB: All readings for class must be completed before Lecture.
Unit Schedule
Part I: Cycladic and Minoan Culture |
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Week |
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Lecture / Tutorial Topics |
Readings |
Assignments |
1 |
27 Feb |
Introducing the Greek Bronze Age. The Minoan Palace. A student’s guide. Tutorials commence in Week 1 |
Shelmerdine, Ch. 1 Cline, 'Background and Definitions': -'History of Research' -'Chronology and Terminology' |
First Tutorial. |
2 |
6 March |
The Early Bronze Age in the Aegean: the Cyclades |
Shelmerdine, Ch. 3. Cline, Ch. 6. |
Online quiz. Tutorial Exercise |
3. |
13 March |
Urbanization: from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age in Crete
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Shelmerdine, Ch. 4. Cline, Ch. 5. |
Tutorial Exercise |
4 |
20 March |
The Rise of the Palaces. The Middle Bronze Age in Crete |
Shelmerdine, Ch. 5-7 Cline, Ch 8, 14, 17, 19. |
Online quiz Tutorial Exercise |
5 |
27 March |
Minoan Santorini/Thera. The Santorini Eruption and the Problem of Chronology. |
Shelmerdine, Ch. 8 Cline, Ch. 34, 56. |
Tutorial Exercise |
6 |
3 April |
The Destructions of the Late Bronze Age palaces and the Mycenaean hegemony. LMII-III: a different world? |
Shelmerdine, Ch.12b. Cline, Ch. 11. |
Online quiz Tutorial Exercise |
7 |
10 April |
The Scripts of the Aegean Bronze Age. |
Shelmerdine, Ch. 7. Cline, Ch 26, 27. |
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Break |
17-30 April |
Enjoy your mid-session Break |
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Part II: Mycenaean Culture |
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Week |
Date |
Lecture / Tutorial Topics |
Readings |
Assignments |
8 |
01 May |
The Late Bronze Age World: Orientation and overview. Mycenaean antecedents (Early and Middle Helladic Greece). |
Cline, 'Chronology and Geography': -EBA: Mainland Greece -MBA: Mainland Greece 'Specific Sites and Regions': -Mainland Greece: Mycenae Review Shelmerdine, Ch. 1 Cline, 'Background and Definitions': -History of Research -Chronology and Terminology |
Online quiz |
9 |
08 May |
Early Mycenaean Greece. The rise of complexity |
Cline, 'Chronology and Geography': -LBA: Mainland Greece 'Thematic Topics': -Art and Architecture: Mycenaean Architecture 'Specific Sites and Regions': -Mainland Greece: The Argolid Shelmerdine, Ch. 10-11 |
Tutorial writing: Origins of Mycenaean Greece |
10 |
15 May |
Mycenaean states and administration. Linear B. Mycenaean kingship and legitimacy. |
Cline, 'Thematic Topics': -Society and Culture: State and Society, Weapons and Warfare -Seals and Writing: Linear B 'Specific Sites and Regions': -Mainland Greece: one that you have not read before, prioritising Tiryns, Pylos, Central and Southern Peloponnese. Shelmerdine, Ch. 12a |
Online quiz Tutorial writing: Mycenaean kingship |
11 |
22 May |
Mycenaean religion, society, and culture. Mainland traditions and Minoan influence: Imitation and innovation in Mycenaean material culture. |
Cline, 'Thematic Topics' -Society and Culture: Mycenaean Religion, Death and Burial -Material Crafts: Mycenaean Pottery -Material Crafts: Materials and Industries AND ONE of the following sections -Art and Architecture: Figurines -Art and Architecture: Frescoes -Material Crafts: Textiles -Material Crafts: Jewelry 'Specific Sites and Regions': 'Mainland Greece': One or more you have not read before, prioritising Boeotia, Central and Southern Peloponnese, Pylos, Thebes, Tiryns, Northern Aegean. Shelmerdine, Ch. 13 |
Tutorial writing: Material culture and society |
12 |
29 June |
Mycenaean Greece in the wider Mediterranean world. An LBA 'world system'? |
Cline, 'Thematic Topics': -Society and Culture: Trade 'Specific Sites and Regions': -Wider Mediterranean: Uluburun Shipwreck -Mainland Greece: One or more that you have not read before. Aim to read all of the 'Mainland Greece' sites. Shelmerdine, Ch. 14 |
Online quiz Tutorial writing: Mycenae and the Mediterranean world |
13 |
05 June |
The end of the Bronze Age. The collapse of complex societies. |
Cline, 'Thematic Topics': -Events: The Collapse at the End of the Bronze Age 'Specific Sites and Regions': 'Mainland Greece': One or more that you have not read before. Aim to have read all of the 'Mainland Greece' sites by this week. Shelmerdine, Ch. 15 |
Final essay due |
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