CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Corbel Arch, Minoan Chronology, Radiocarbon Dating
28 Feb 2019
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Ceramics and lithics cannot be carbon dated unless there are remains of plants or animals found on or surrounding them. Iconography: the study of content of a piece of art rather than its style. Stylistic analysis: the study of style (clothing, facial features, i. e how something was made) [the bronze age: the bronze age is subdivided into different categories based on changes in material , especially pottery, materials from the main land are called helladic and materials from the cyclades are called. Cycladic, minoan periods should be contemporary with helladic and cycladic periods: these are further subdivided into three by roman numerals and then again in three by letters (which correspond to pottery styles) [kamares ware: made on potters wheel, abstract floral ornamentation. [troy: major maritime center by the middle of the 3rd millennium ( early helladic ii, known as troy ii, consists of lower town behind wooden palisade, upper citadel walls built of mudbrick on rubble foundation.
