HIST 2150 Lecture 2: HIST 2150 - Lecture 2
Document Summary
Everyone is trying to establish an order/chronology. Shift in thinking but the traditional basic question of dating has pervaded the whole of archaeological thought. What has changed is the method to determining dates, in the 21st century we have more techniques at our disposal. Typologies: the case of the coke bottle. First styled in the 19th century: the case of the greek kouros. Life-size or taller, grave-markers or dedicated at sanctuaries as gifts to the gods. The archaic smile artificial slight smile/cheekbones raised, not meant to be engaging but more distancing, looking them more aloof than approachable. Connoisseurship: the case of john beazley and attic vase painting. Athens was a major producer of greek pottery through the. 7th and 6th centuries when they started to export them. Pottery is almost impossible destroy unless you try and grind it down, most of what you find are bits of broken pot in excavations.
