AR225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neolithic Europe, Cycladic Culture, Knossos
11 Nov 2014
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Appearance of near eastern bronze from trade not invasion. No historical records, information based on archaeological evidence. No evidence to support new people from the neolithic age. Sources for tin cornwall, afghanistan, turkey, spain, balkans. Bronze easily reworked, reshaped and worked at low temperatures. Only way to purchase bronze with food, increased production of food to trade. Accumulation of wealth by the few and more wealth for all. Cycladic culture, group of islands form circle around delos. Minoan culture, located on crete, name comes rom minos i legendary king, sir arthur evans. Helladic culture, named after hellas, in lba is mycenaean civilization, 1st greeks, named after mycenae, henrich schliemann. Early ba cycladic figurines, mostly looted from graves, most are females, perhaps, representing figurines of the great goddess. 1st of two great ba civilization in greece, non-greek. Inhabited crete after emigrating fro m anatolia, as neolithic farmers c. By 1900 bce, they had enough wealth to build monumental palaces,
