ANCH1240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dimini, Minos, Cup-Bearer
31 Jul 2018
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What makes the greek bronze age distinctive: prehistoric- bronze age (3000-1200bc), early iron age (1200-700bc. Satisfying calorific needs is a struggle (1 in 10 years famine) Greek settlement: greece favours small isolated communities, average greek city-state in the classical period: population of 400-900 mal citizens, area: 50- 100 km2: extreme competition for meat, timber and land. Importance of timber: mentioned in iliad on the death of sarpedon. Sale of property never includes the front door: diplomatic use of timber as gifts, reuse of the timber after the battle of salamis (eg. timber seats, odeion of pericles) Form discreet, easy organised social units: access to land and sea resources, many have a variety of topography (inc. high mountains/forests, open to networking opportunities. Island cultures: cycladic culture (2500-1900bc) based on group of islands called cyclades (cyclos- circle or wheel in greek). Cycladic figurines- one of the most distinctive material remains of this culture.
