CLST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ancient Greek Temple, Entryway, Dorian Invasion
16 Oct 2013
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Nichoria (peloponnese: 13th century abandoned, 11th century occupied. Interesting building located here: small rough not so well built (poorer community, longhouse w/ oval end, all other houses in the community are rectangular, entryway room (cloakroom type thing) and then 3 other rooms. Room 1 very large, stone base, paved circle. Rooms 3 storage pits: could be a community house, central building, could be a temple. Cult statue of god of the temple: may be related to the leader of the community, an ancestor of what will become greek temple style, evidence of burials near mycenaean sites. Begin to be seen as giants: cult offerings to achilles near mycenaean. Trading routes: those close to coast are much more successful, felistia mixed people, starts with phoenicians in the east. Neo hittites, (descendants of hittites) phoenicians, philistines. Statue found on top of old mycenaean ruins built on cyprus in 1000: greeks. Greeks begin settling in the 8th century.
