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CL 17A - Introduction to Greek Archaeology


Syllabus:

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Aug    
 29    Introduction to class syllabus, etc.; Topography and Landscape of Ancient Greece  Word List

Sept
3   Introduction to archaeology and chronology               Word List
            (TEXT xxiii-xxvi and Ch. 1)

5    The Beginnings - Crete and the Cyclades              Word List
            (TEXT Ch. 2: 20-27);
            Papathanassopoulos “Neolithic”

10     Mainland Greece - Early Helladic         Word List
            (TEXT Ch. 2: 27-31)

12   The Minoan Civilization - Palaces Old and New        Word List
            (TEXT Ch. 2: 32-39);
            Biers 23-52; Theseus myth

17  Minoan Art and Religion        Word List Newly Discovered Minoan Tomb
            Biers 52-61

19   The eruption of Thera and the end of the Minoan Civilization    Word List
            (TEXT Ch. 2: 39-43, 46 and Ch. 3: 50-52);
            Preziosi and Hitchcock 122-129

24   Middle to Late Bronze Age – beginning of the Mycenaean Civilization   Word List
            (TEXT Ch. 2: 43-45);
            Biers 62-65

26 Mycenaean Architecture: in life and death   Word List
            (TEXT Ch. 3: 52-59);
            Biers 65-78
Oct
1   Mycenaean Art and Religion    Word List The Griffin Warrior
            (TEXT Ch. 3: 59-67);
            Biers 78-96

3   End of the Mycenaean Age
            Biers 97-109
Oct
 8     EXAM 1       Review Guide

10 No Class

15     Mycenaean Art and Religion     Word List        The Griffin Warrior
       (TEXT Ch. 3: 59-67); Biers 78-96 3

17      End of the Mycenaean Age -  The Dark Age and Early Iron Age Word List
             (TEXT Ch. 4: 68-73, 84-85, 89-96); Biers 97-109; Whitley 77-101

22      The Geometric Period  Word List
              (TEXT Ch. 4: 73-84, 86-88)

24     7th century; Greek Sanctuaries, Religion, and Art   Word List
            (TEXT Ch. 6 and Ch. 7: 152-167; 167-178); Whitley 134-164

29    Archaic Period and its Architecture   Word List
           (TEXT Ch. 5 and Ch. 8: 179-189); Sacred Building 57-77  

31    Archaic Period Sculpture
            (TEXT Ch. 8: 190-199); Whitley 195-223
Nov
1     Vase Painting I    list18.htmlWord List
             (TEXT Ch. 8: 199-208 and Ch. 9); Boardman 79-102

7-12    Vase Painting II
          
  (TEXT Ch. 10: 255-263) 

14     EXAM 2    Review Guide 

19    The Classical Period - Early 5thc. Architecture and Sculpture (Olympia and Delphi)  Word List
           (TEXT Ch. 10: 235-2467)

21    High Classical Style  (Athenian Acropolis)    Word List Visit the Acropolis Museum
           (TEXT Ch. 10: 246-254 and Ch. 11); Whitley 342-363

26    Town and Country - Secular Architecture in the Classical and Hellenistic Period
            (TEXT Ch. 13); Camp 90-150         

28    No Class - THANKSGIVING

Dec  
3      4th century Architecture and Sculpture
             (TEXT Ch. 12)

5     The Hellenistic Period  TERM PROJECT DUE
            (TEXT Ch. 14)   
        
17 (3-5pm)   EXAM 3   Review Guide

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