CLCV 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Alice Kober, Michael Ventris, Helladic Period

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 114
• Professor: Dan Leon

Document Summary

Linear b writing for administrative purpose: highly stratified social structure, wanax or king was leader. Michael ventris (1922-1956) deciphered linear b in 1952. Michael used her work to decipher the language. Writing: minoan (linear a, helladic (linear b, cycladic (none, linear b= late helladic, greek, linear a= middle to late minoans, linear b adapted from linear a. Knossos was the main place we look for crete. Evans reconstruction obscured the actual ancient greek buildings. Pala(cid:272)e of minos didn"t ha(cid:448)e any fortifi(cid:272)ation (cid:449)all, no o(cid:271)(cid:448)ious (cid:272)entral throne room, many residential areas, lots of storage, and several communal spaces. They flipped o(cid:448)er (cid:271)ulls, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e don"t kno(cid:449) (cid:449)hy and there (cid:449)as a lot more women in art so that must mean they were more prominent in minoan crete. Minoan summary: minoans peak earlier (18th bce, minoan palaces organized around courtyard, communal activities, mycenans. Causes that destroyed the system was a lot of things.