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Lecture 2 a :

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.

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Lecture 2 a :

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  1. Lecture2a: PassingDark Age: Proto-Geometric Greece

  2. Main source: Homer: Odyssey and Iliad

  3. Main source: Homer: Odyssey and Iliad

  4. Main source: Homer: Odyssey and Iliad

  5. Main bibliography: Bouzek, J. 1969: HomerischeGriechenland. Praha. Desborough, V. R. d’A. 1972: The Greek Dark Ages. London. Tsipopoulou, M. 2005: E AnatolikeKretestenproimiepochitousiderou. 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.

  6. E-learning of Trent University, Peterborough, OntarioLecture of Rod Fitzsisimons • http://www.trentu.ca/faculty/rfitzsimons/AHCL2200Y/LE%2004-01.htm

  7. Iron Age Elite=> the Cu distribution system breakdown, breakdown of the trade w/ luxury goods => need of new raw materials => Fe=> general reachability

  8. 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 Kontinuita vs. diskontinuita

  9. Protogeometric style • From Sub-Mycenaean • 2nd half of 11th C. BC – Attica • New settlements (beneath the stratigraphies of the largest classical Greek poleis)

  10. 4 main regions: • East Peloponnese and Attica • Cycladic islands and Thessaly (also Macedonia is related to this region) • S and W Peloponese • Crete

  11. Attica • Continuity of pottery production Light surface + dark painting – compass Dark surface with a light window for decoration motive

  12. Main vessel shapes • Amphorae • Lekythoi • Pitchers • Skyphoi • Two-handled kantharoi • Stirrup jars – VERY rare

  13. Submycenaean Protogeometric

  14. Crete – different developmentLocal wares keeping the Minoan tradition

  15. Bird-shaped askoi – in whole Mediterranean (mainly Western)

  16. Burials Mainland - cremations Crete - inhumations

  17. Shrines Mainland Large in free space Crete Small among the settlement buildings

  18. Lecture2b: PassingDark Age: Geometric Greece

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