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Lecture 2 a :. Passing Dark Age: Proto- Geometric Greece. Main source:. Homer: Odyssey and Iliad. Main source:. Homer: Odyssey and Iliad. Main source:. Homer: Odyssey and Iliad. Main bibliography:. Bouzek, J. 1969: Homerische Griechenland . Praha. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Lecture 2a:Passing Dark Age:Proto-Geometric Greece
Main source:
Homer:Odyssey and Iliad
Main source:
Homer:Odyssey and Iliad
Main source:
Homer:Odyssey and Iliad
Main bibliography:
Bouzek, J. 1969: Homerische Griechenland. Praha.
Desborough, V. R. d’A. 1972: The Greek Dark Ages. London.
Tsipopoulou, M. 2005: E Anatolike Krete sten proimi epochi tou siderou. Heraklion . (FOR MATERIAL)
Deger-Jalkotzy, S. Zavadil, M. (eds.) 2003: Chronology and Synchronism. Vienna.
Deger-Jalkotzy, S. Lemos, I. S. (eds.) 2006: Ancient Greece from the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer. Edinburgh.Morris, I. Powell, B. (eds.) 1997: A New Companion to Homer. Leiden.
Coldstream, N. 2003: Geometric Greece, 900 – 700 B. C., London, 2nd edition.
E-learning of Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
Lecture of Rod Fitzsisimons
• http://www.trentu.ca/faculty/rfitzsimons/AHCL2200Y/LE%2004-01.htm
Iron Age
Elite => the Cu distribution system breakdown, breakdown of the trade w/ luxury goods=> need of new raw materials => Fe => general reachability
Kontinuita vs. diskontinuita
• craft• warfare• main frame of the religion• Inherent part of population• Epic poetry
• Disaster of palaces• monumental architecture, luxury craft,
frescoes, statuary disappeared • Use and knowledge of script disappeared• Traditional elite lost its possition
Protogeometric style
• From Sub-Mycenaean• 2nd half of 11th C. BC – Attica• New settlements (beneath the stratigraphies
of the largest classical Greek poleis)
4 main regions:
- East Peloponnese and Attica- Cycladic islands and Thessaly (also Macedonia
is related to this region)- S and W Peloponese- Crete
Attica
• Continuity of pottery production
Light surface + dark painting – compass
Dark surface with a light window for decoration motive
Main vessel shapes
• Amphorae• Lekythoi• Pitchers• Skyphoi• Two-handled kantharoi• Stirrup jars – VERY rare
Submycenaean
Protogeometric
Crete – different developmentLocal wares keeping the Minoan tradition
Bird-shaped askoi – in whole Mediterranean (mainly Western)
Burials
Mainland - cremations
Crete - inhumations
ShrinesMainland
Large in free spaceCrete
Small among the settlement buildings
Lecture 2b:Passing Dark Age:
Geometric Greece