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CLA1101[A] Greek Civilization
Week 1: Early Greece – Due September 18th

Course Introduction

CLA 1101 Introduction

Lesson 1: The Stone Age

Who Were the Greeks?

Timeline




The Mediterranean

- Greece is in the Mediterranean
- It consists of a mainland, a large peninsula, and a collection of islands
- Referred to the Islands of the Sea by others like Egypt
- Greece is sphered between Samiran and Egypt

Greece (Hellas to the Greeks)

- For most of its history, Greece was not a unified country
- So, what did it mean to be “Greek”?
o Did not refer themselves as Greek, but as Athenians or Spartans
o The Romans called them Graeci – Greeks
o Hellas – Mythical Founder

When you Think of Greece

- Athens
- Philosophy

, - Literature

Unified by Language

- Foreigners were called Barbarians as they did not speak Greek

Ancient Greek Dialects

- Different letter forms and pronunciations, but all are essentially Greek

Unified in Beliefs

- Different versions of myths, but many gods and heroes in common
- Everyone knew Homer and Hesiod

The Paleolithic Period

From the Beginning

Hesiod’s Ages of Humanity

Gold – Silver – Bronze – Heroes (Bronze Age) – Iron

Divisions of the Prehistoric Past




Chronology of the Stone Age (According to Jeremy Rutter)

- Paleolithic (c. 20,000 – 8,300 BCE) – making tools out of stone
- Mesolithic (c. 8,300 – 6,00 BCE) – transition period
- Early Neolithic (c. 6,000 – 5,000 BCE) – start farming
- Middle Neolithic (c. 5,000 – 4,500 BCE) – transition of tools

, - Late Neolithic (c. 4,500 – 4,000 BCE) – transition of tools to copper/bronze
- Final Neolithic (Chalcolithic) (c. 4,000 – 3,000 BCE) – copper stone age
- *Note: There is no agreement with the calendar dates until the historic period

Modern Humans (Homo Sapiens) Appear in Greece c. 38,000 Years Ago

Franchthi Cave (38,000 – 3000 BCE)

- This cave is in use throughout the Stone Age and gives us a view of changes in subsistence over
time
- Abandoned due to rising sea levels

Palaeolithic Greece c. 38,000 – 8,300 BCE

- The people were nomadic hunters and gatherers
- No evidence of inhabitation of the cave in winter

Palaeolithic Tools

- Tools are generally large spear points, scrapers, and blades
- Flint Knapping

The Mesolithic Period c. 8,300 – 6,000 BCE

- The warmer, wetter climate meant that Greece was covered in forests

New Fauna

- Elk, Deer, Wild Boar
- Greece was forested, so now there are forest animals to hunt

Costal Changes

- The Cycladic Islands were born as the water rose

Dietary Changes Result from New Foods Available

- Forest animals are hunted
- Fish and seafood appear in diet – deep sea fish
- Barley, lentils, nuts – being crushed using stones (quern)
- Food is being processed before eating

New Tools – Microliths (Small Stone)

- Gradual change
- Smaller blades and points
- Retouching creating sharp edges
- Both sides of these tools

Evidence of Sea Faring

- Deep sea fish
- Andesite quern from Aegina

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