CLA 1101 Lecture 2: Lecture 2- Stone age hellas
29 Dec 2015
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Reading: early greece pt 1 (on blackboard), c/f p. 24-29. Gamma is for gorgon (medusa)- her two kids- pegasus and the golden man. I)- everywhere in the stone age- men made stone- flint. Stone knapping= shaping g touching- shaping into the tool lithos= flint. Palaeolithic hellas = hesiod"s golden age: 40,000 - 10,000 bce- first find of something from a human- tools climate. Pelops back to life after she realized she ate his shoulder. Global warming = changes- upper palaeolithic global warming. Changes in- landscaping, climate, lifestyle and diet. Mesolithic hellas changes (meso- middle) stone tools n (melos), e (aegina) quern new mode of transportation. Obsidian stone- come from one of the islands called cyclades- glassy black sharp rock. now its used in cosmetic surgery. From aegna- andesite quern stone- used to crushing grains, grinding food. They must have had boats to grab these stones. Neolithic hellas: hesiod"s silver age (10,000 - 6,000 bce)
