Classical Studies 2500A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Eridu, Warka Vase, Inanna

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

Document Summary

Sources of information: buildings in continuous use (e. g. pantheon, standing monuments no longer in use (e. g. pyramids, archeological excavations/surveys, ancient written sources, ethnography. Objects grouped on basis of shared stylistic features based on time period: stratigraphy strata, sediment layers, absolute dates radiocarbon determinations, historical records in egypt/ mesopotamia, Chapter 1 neolithic towns and villages in the near east. Neolithic period in the near east (8500 bc 5000 bc) Halaf and ubaid periods (5000 3500 bc: neolithic period occurred after receding of final glaciers (ca. 10,000 bc) leading to a warmer, moister climate proving favourable for human social/economic development. Ancient near east includes cultures stretching from turkey to pakistan: mesopotamia lies between tigris and euphrates rivers modern iraq, ne syria, se. Bc: taurus mountains run east-west, crossing southern/eastern turkey, northern syria, Northern iraq and link with zagros mountains of western iran.