HI121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Paleolithic, Harappa, Papyrology
Document Summary
Scholarly sub-disciplines: papyrology, epigraphy -> inscriptions. Palaeolithic old stone age pre 10 000 bce. Neolithic new stone age 9th-6th millennium bce. Bronze age lathe 4th/early 3rd millennium bce. Oral tradition: incan quipu -> methods of knotted string. Dating: relative -> seriation + stratigraphy, open to interpretation, stratigraphy. Terminology/periodization is in flux, not a one size fits all" situation. Neolithic building blocks: shrines, houses, cistern , public buildings. Cayonu (5000 bce: not farming, economic centre. Catalhoguk (6500-5500 bce: complex agriculture, extensive trade, sophisticated religions. Excavated by sir william loftus: constantly interrupted by the world war, focused on architecture. More than doubled in size -> from 81 210 hectares. Specialized craftsmen: pottery, bead making, weaving. Development + of administration class (weights, and measures) Writing: seals, bullae, empty clay envelopes, sealed, proto-cumeiform. Standard list of profession: class system/social structure. Uruk culture spread: pots/architecture found in different regions.
