104-223 Greece in the Bronze Age

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Available as 104-323 at 3rd-year level.

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Prerequisites

Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.

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Subject Description

This subject provides an introduction to the Bronze Age cultures of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece, through detailed study of the archaeological remains. Major topics to be covered are state formation, palace economics, cultural development, local and international trade, burial customs, religion and the collapse of these societies. Because these two cultures are known primarily through excavations, study of the artifacts also entails analysis of archaeological methodology and problems of interpretation.

Assessment

Written work of 3000 words (40%), one slide test (30%) and a 1-hour examination (30%).

Prescribed Texts

The department will issue a reading guide.

• Dickinson, The Aegean Bronze Age. Cambridge 1994.
• Hood S, The Arts in Prehistoric Greece. London 1978.