CL101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cycladic Culture, Chalcolithic, Animal Sacrifice
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First establishment of civilization is the cycladic culture 4000bc 2000bc. Purpose of a city is not simply to benefit from the land rather the city is placed in a strategic location so it can participate of trade. Mercantile activity/trade is a benchmark of civilization and other items: can only be explained by the idea of trade, middle of bronze age, chalcolithic age. Copper tools: cities usually exist when agriculture land is sparse , cyclades very abundant in iron, silver, gold mine and trade them for food. Copper and tin = bronze problem tin is not found everywhere only. Becomes difficult to understand the culture (see previous not) found in two place; modern day afghanistan and modern day britain. Navigation statues made from marble from cyros. Females presented with arms crossed. (cid:498)frying pans(cid:499) unsure of their purpose. Does not have any writing in the cycladic culture, purely oral culture. Difficult to know what it is and where it came from.