CLA101H5 Lecture 5: CLA 101-Lecture 5 - Oct 6th.docx
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Lecture title: the bronze age of italy and greece. What followed bronze age in centre (etruscan/latin culture) has influenced our interpretation of the data. Try to get the broad overview of what"s going on - but some specifics are necessary. Cyclades are the greek islands located right above crete, in the early bronze age they represent a distinct different culture *possibly bonus on exam. Minoans are not greek, the later mycenaeans were. Carbon 14 & dendrochronology are absolute dating techniques, although they have pitfalls (i. e. tree"s age is determined by when it was cut down, not necessarily by when it was used to build shelters,etc) Minoans came from near east - probably from anatolia via island hopping (not certain but what is most commonly thought) Storage jars: denote economic organization known as redistributive economics > Came from near east - island hopping; by 2500 bc first real cities.
