CLA230H1 Lecture 3: Week 2
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: writing, palaces, population (cities no longer exist-become villages, no longer united with redistributive system), wealth(disappeared, with wealth went social stratification), art (the my art) No longer referred as dark age, now as early iron age (methods developed and perfected in this era) Starts when my civilisation collapsed (why did it collapse: many possible reasons-see last week"s slide) o. 900 bce ish, everything almost gone; doesn"t mean no movement. Art: still made pots through this period, o. Trade dramatically reduced: new era of pottery: protogeometric (dramatic and sudden difference to my pottery) Difference from my art: features: loss of detail & loss of figures-only shapes, circles-rep innovation, ability to draw perfect circles, kept ability to draw perfect straight bands, faster way to spin the wheel to make pottery. 1100-1000 bce: major loss of wealth in dark age: nh area flourished in the darkest part of dark age, inhabited in 900 bce o o.
