Module 1 Flashcards
What is archaeology?
study of the human past through its
material remains
What is history?
A study of human past through writing
What is anthropology?
A study of human beings, past and
present
What is an artifact?
Man-made object
What is stratigraphy?
Study of the sequence of archaeological layers at a site
What is relative dating?
Assignment of a position within a
chronological sequence
What is absolute dating?
Assignment of a calendar date to an
object or monument; often uses coins or texts
What is seriation?
Sequence of a particular type of
object
What is a fresco?
Color painting in thin wet plaster on
wall
Dimini
Late Neolithic (c. 4500 BCE)
Dimini, Thessaly
Village
Enclosed hilltop= acropolis
Evidence for social ranking
“Frying Pan” from Syros
Early Cycladic (c. 2500 BCE)
Site: Chalandriani
Function: Unknown
Meaning: Unknown (fertility?
sea?)
Marbled Folded Arm Figurine
Early Cycladic (3000-2300 BCE)
from Amorgos
Context: funerary or domestic
Function: Unknown
Meaning: Mourners, Deity, Ancestors,
Fertility?
Palace of Knossos, Crete
Middle/Late Minoan (c. 1700- 1450 BCE)
Typical Minoan Palace
Labyrinthine
Type rooms (throne, pillar crypt, lustral
basin, storage, tripartite shrine)
Administrative/ ceremonial/ religious/
economic/ production center
Residence of king? Elite? Priest?
Snake Goddess
Middle/Late Minoan (1700-1450
BCE)
Temple repository, Knossos
Minoan dress
Interpretation: Goddess?
Worshipper?
Role of women and nature
Bull Leaping Fresco
Palace at Knossos
Late Minoan (c. 1450 BCE)
Function: Ritual? Entertainment?
Importance of bulls
Color conventions
