Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 4Th Millennium Bc, Chalcolithic, Common Era

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2500A/B
• Professor: Beth Greene

Document Summary

Unit one: introduction to archaeological terminology, practice and. Pre-historical = no written sources: minoans. Historical = written sources: early writing or scribbles. The system of ages : stone age. New stone age: starting here, chalcolithic. Did not know how to use bronze until this age. Did not know how to use iron until this age. Iron age in much of western europe goes until the 1st century ad: there are different names for different periods in different areas due to the differences in times that ancient people began to use new technology. Certain areas began to use cooper, bronze and iron at different times. For example, the iron age in much of western europe goes until the 1st century ad. Bce/ce: before the common era, common era, before present, used with scientific dating. 5th century bc: between 4000 and 3000 bc, 500 - 400 bc. 1st millennium ad: between 0 and 1000 ad. Near east: 12 500 330 bc.