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Archaeology 101
Jorge Bravo, Bowdoin College Fall 2011
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 1
10/13/2011

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Bronze Age
Definition

3000-1050 BCE

 

Metallurgy discovered. Work with bronze (copper and tin) begins.

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Iron Age (Dark Ages)
Definition
1050-900 BCE
Significant reduction in amount of materials produced. Less stable government and culture.
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Geometric Period
Definition
900-700 BCE
Stylized geometric patterns.
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Orientalizing Period
Definition
700-600 BCE
Adaptations in art to include influences from Near Eastern cultures.
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Archaic Period
Definition
600-480 BCE
Originally thought of as the beginning of Greek culture--"archaic" = "Beginning"
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480 BCE
Definition
Battle of Salamis
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Magna Graecia
Definition
"Greater Greece" -- Southern Italy and the island of Sicily. Colonized by Greece.
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Anatolia
Definition
Modern-day Turkey
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The Levant
Definition
Coast of Middle East (Jerusalem, Jordan, etc.)
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Peloponnese/Peloponnesus
Definition
The region of Greece containing Olympia, Isthmia, Corinth, etc. Almost an island, but connected to mainland Greece by a thin strip of land called the isthmus.
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Arthur Evans
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Amateur archaeologist and explorer who excavated large portions of Knossos in the 1800s.
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Knossos
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One of 4 great palaces, the center of culture for the Minoans. Flourished around 1900 BCE.
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Four main palaces?
Definition
Knossos, Mallia, Phaistos, and Zakro.
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