CLAS 1270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Volcanic Crater, Franchthi Cave, Stone Age
4 Jan 2017
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40,000 bc - stone age - hunters and gatherers: climate/animal/plant flux. 12,000 bc the climate leveled out - the neolithic period: new stone age. Franchthi cave (20,000 - 3,000 bc: not continuously habited, hunting and fishing, peas, nuts, cereals. Textbook dates are 2000 - 1600 bc. 3000 bc - bronze age: change from neolithic period. 2,000 bc minoan culture forms at crete. Palace in center with workshops around it and farms along the edges of the city: linear a - the inventory system of the palace - record of inventory. Minoan power extends to cyclades and to the mainland. Palace on crete - economic center: find apartments/courtyards/workshops within it, no defensive walls, made of marble. Fresco - liked colours, drew a lot of humans, plants, animals, and landscapes. Pottery - a lot of effort into it: lots of shapes and geometric patterns (common)
