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The goddess Athena, Pan-Athenaic amphora
Please prepare the reading
assignments in anticipation of class discussion.
PART I: Overview of Greek
archaeology, art and architecture
Week 1
Monday: Introduction; the Interaction of Humans and the Environment in Greece
Tuesday: Bronze Age Greece
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Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece
- ancient trades and crafts
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The Archaeologist's task:
pottery shapes and fabrics, typology and chronology
- PM: video "Pandora's Box: The Roles of Women in Ancient Greece" (Ellen Reeder) or "The Age of Heroes", from Michael Wood's In Search of the Trojan War
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Reading: Sparkes, Chs 3 and 11 (on Moodle); Nick Cahill, The
First Greeks: Minoan Art and Mycenean Art; Bruce Hartzler, slides of Minoan and Mycenean art;
Wednesday: The Rise of the Polis
Thursday: Greek Kings and Roman Emperors
Part II: Trip to Greece
Friday:
Travel Day
Sunday: The Athenian Acropolis, The Athenian Agora
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