FAH206H1 Lecture : Domestic Architecture
Document Summary
Farming circa 11,000 years ago in near east. 10,000 years ago in anatolia: catal hoyuk, early neolithic agricultural site, asikli hoyuk, mersin. Spreading to greece circa 9,000 years ago: europe 5,700 years ago. Probably an influx of farming from anatolia, new populations: not self-sufficient, widespread exchange in stone tools and raw materials and exotic goods (shell ornaments, Neolithic communities copper: why exchange, to balance different resources, or to ensure flow of marriage partners, exogamy crucial in small hamlets, early neolithic, small villages/hamlets located on most fertile soils, simple houses of mudbrick, therefore only find foundations, 5/4000 bc: central greece, megaron at centre, competitive emergence of powerful household, much larger than sesklo. Similar acropolis/town structure with series of concentric walls terracing. Late/final neolithic: great range of habitats exploited. Small islands in use for first time: kea, saliagos, upland areas first inhabited, crete, lesithi plain, spahkia plain. Population increases: in mesara, kavousi, coastal plain, akrotiri.
