395+396 First Neolithic Settlements Flashcards
What are examples of early Neolithic settlements of Greece that consisted of separate, small rectangular buildings, contrasting with the agglomerated architecture of south-central Anatolia
Argissa in Thessaly, Nea Nikomedeia in Macedonia
Where is Argissa
Thessaly
Where is Nea Nikomedeia
Macedonia
How tall was the Neolithic tell of Karanovo in southern Bulgaria
1.5 m
Where did tell settlements appear during the sixth en fifth millennia BCCE
Eastern Hungary, the Vojvodina, Bosnia, northern Croatia, the lower Danube Valley
What kind of houses were being built during the sixth and fifth millennia BCE?
More complex, divided internally into several rooms. Clay models of furniture survive, indicating something of the internal arrangements
What has been found at Achilleion in northern Greece
Fragments of 200 zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figurines
To when does the earliest dated figurine found in Achilleion date?
Seventh millennium BCE
Where is Achilleion
Northern Greece
How can the human figurines found in Achilleion be described?
Many have no indication of gender, but where sex is shown it is predominantly female, with emhasis on hips, breasts, and belly
By what are traditional interpretations in terms of a “godedess” cult at Achilleion contradicted?
By evidence that the figurines are not axclusively female, and their identification as deities or even ancestors is far from sure.
When were tell settlements abandoned?
In the middle of the fifth millennium BCE
Where did the period c. 4000-32000 BCE see a dramatic development in the establishment of impressive Tripolye settlements?
Ukraine
What period in Ukraine saw a development in the establishment of impressive Tripolye settlements?
c. 4000-3200 BCE
In the Ukraine, the period 4000-32000 saw a development in the establishment of what kind of settlements?
Tripolye or Trypillia
