Classical Studies 1000- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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They dealt more with culture, but still relied on written texts for their methods: architectures: Rst thing everyone thinks of [ancient greece] is temples and the architecture. Middle age people keep ancient greek"s temples for reference when making new buildings. Temples are preserved b/c they become repurposed (for example: temples are repurposed into churches: artefacts: Arrow heads, tools, pottery vessels, votive offerings ( objects that were devoted to. Note: ecofacts can turn into artefacts (ex. man turns bone into arrow head: relative and absolute dating: Relative: not precise dating method: can"t date particular year, just what is older. Absolute: precise dating method: radiocarbon dating (c-14 in organic material, dendrochronology dating (dating by tree rings, thermoluminescence dating (dating crystalline minerals) Ruler of knossos was king minos: he had an empire in knossos, thalassocracy. Thalassocracy = sea-power: son of zeus and europa.
