Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 2: TA Notes Week 2.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

September 16, 2013: archaeology involves the physical remains of ancient society (ruins and material culture, there are many different kinds of archaeological evidence sites (things rooted in places), architecture, painting (on vases and walls), sculpture, and jewellery. Basic principles of archaeology: the deeper into a hole in the ground you go, the further into the past you go. In excavations you can isolate bands within the dirt that represents different periods and phases of development, this is called stratigraphy: there are archaeological sites all over the mediterranean sea (italy, greece, asia. Minor etc. ) but few are fully excavated because it is a very long and difficult process: famous ruins: see image slides of athens, greece with the roman temple of. Continuous habitation: modern buildings cover so much of the history of that area (ex. Athens and rome) that it is difficult to dig in many areas: even beneath the ancient cities there are older areas of that place (ex.