CLCV 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neolithic Greece, Neolithic Revolution, Franchthi Cave
7 Dec 2016
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People lived in greece long before the well-documented inhabitants of the bronze age. Evidence for people living in greece (around epirus) 40,000 years ago. Franchthi cave near argos in the peloponnese was in use a early as 20,000 bc. Obsidian from island of melos was found in a cave. Presence tells us it was transported, there was communication across the aegean sea. C. 6000 bc > evidence for new settlers in greece who largely populated the area sin eastern greece; also found in settlements in crete. Main characteristics of this era are the climate stabilization and the settlements of the people. Arrives with people ho traveled from anatolia, turkey. The economy of the region became steady with organized and methodical farming, stick rearing, and bartering and sculptures like pottery (later) People stopped traveling from region to region and permanent settlements in greece.
