ANTH 2150 Chapter : CLASSICAL NOTES THREE.doc
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Classical studies: chapter two: the dark age of greece and the. Dark age - a period of steep decline and slow recovery that lasted until the 8th c. In the two centuries following 1200bc greece emptied out far more than it filled up. By 1000bc its population was probably the lowest in one thousand years. The four centuries that lay hidden b/w the fall of mycenae and the birth of the city-state were a period of obscurity, coupled with poverty and stagnation. 1050bc- the combo of several new techniques and small inventions produced a superior pottery that was well proportioned and finely decorated. This new style called protogeometric (c. 1050-900) seems to have originated in attica and spread to other regions. Metal workers mastered the process of smelting and working iron. From 1050 on, small local iron industries sprang up across the mainland and islands.
