ANTH 4220 Chapter : CLASSICAL NOTES THREE.pdf
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Classical studies: chapter two: the dark age of greece and the. In the two centuries following 1200bc greece emptied out far more than it lled up. By 1000bc its population was probably the lowest in one thousand years. The four centuries that lay hidden b/w the fall of mycenae and the birth of the city-state were a period of obscurity, coupled with poverty and stagnation. 1050bc- the combo of several new techniques and small inventions produced a superior pottery that was well proportioned and nely decorated. This new style called protogeometric (c. 1050-900) seems to have originated in attica and spread to other regions. Metal workers mastered the process of smelting and working iron. From 1050 on, small local iron industries sprang up across the mainland and islands. By 950, almost every weapon and tool found in graves is made of iron, not bronze. 1050, there was an accelerated movement from the greek mainland across the.
