AR104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scheria, Odysseus, Amphora
23 Sep 2013
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Migrations from pylos to athens to the coast of central asia minor or ionia. Northern greeks to the n. coast of asia minor. Warrior burial: man cremated; iron swords, women inhumation; gold jewellery, horses rare; sign of prestige and status. No more kings just chief"s for 20 houses. Pottery is the solo evidence of artistic change and development in the dark ages. Much of the pottery found in kerameikos century, athens. Changes in burial practice inhumation: males: neck-handled amphoras, females: belly-handled amphoras. No human images just one fragment with stylized horse. Meander = most characteristic motif late gp c. 750-700 bce. Dipylon vase (pg. 64-65) (midterm) reappearance of human figures and group scenes for the first time in 400 late geometric period. Belly handled amphora by the dipylon master. Scenes of mourning the prosthesis = lying in state of the corpse. Ekphora procession of charioteers taking body of male to the cemetery. Festival held every 4 years at olympia.
