GRST 321 Midterm: Terms and Definitions

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 321
• Professor: Lesley Bolton

Document Summary

40 000 10 000 bce (youngest palaeolithic/stone age) homo sapiens sapiens. Cave paintings and clay mouldings of animals. Evolution of the composite tool (ex: the hafted axe or spear head stone attached to a timber handle) Found as lumps and nodules in seams of rock like limestone. Knapping: hitting flint with something else to break off specific shards and create a tool. Spark from flint creates source for controlled fire. Layers of earth pounded into timber frame to create walls. No evidence of huge palaces, all houses pretty much the same. Archaeological mound of continuous layers of habitation over centuries (building a new settlement over old ones) Flaked obsidian blades were extremely sharp, sometimes used by surgeons. Natural conditions of this area made agriculture particularly good here. And sophia excavated troy and destroyed much evidence in the process. A period in history that we have very little evidence from. Between the bronze and iron ages, something ended bronze age.