CLSX 525 (line 45249) / HA 525 (line 46006)

Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology & Art

(Fall 2010; TR 11:00-12:15; 4033 Wescoe)

Last update: 19 July 2010

Lion Gate Relief, Mycenae, ca. 1475 BCE (the surrounding gate, however, is dated ca. 1300)

JOHN G. YOUNGER

Professor, Department of Classics
Director, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

1023 Wescoe & 213E Bailey
email: jyounger@ku.edu

Office Hours:

MW 9:30 am - 12:30 pm in Wescoe 1032

TR 12:30-3:30 pm in Bailey 213E (for these times, please make an appointment by emailing Jan Emerson

If these office hours are impossible, email me to arrange for other times.

Textbooks

Strongly recommended:

S. Hood, Arts in Prehistoric Greece (ISBN 9780300052879); price new $38.00, used $28.50

Additional Course Materials

Jerry Rutter's Aegean Bronze Age course: http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/ (with images) and with important supplementary material.

Books and Articles (see end of syllabus for library and call number)

Aegean Chronology, a sketch

Extra course documents will be placed on-line on Blackboard.

Course Description:

This course surveys the Aegean Bronze Age, concentrating on its art and society, with emphases on architecture and the development of administration and writing.

Course Goals:

Besides a familiarity with a set of ancient cultures in the Aegean Basin, the student should also obtain an introductory understanding of the complexities in retrieving culture through archaeology and in understanding societies through their art and artifacts.

Grading

Attendance & Class Participation. I expect full attendance at each class session; I shall take attendance 12-15 times during the semester (this may determine whether you take the Final or not).

You should come to each class because almost ALL the material on the exams (slide illustrations, important points), will come from the lectures.

I expect some class participation (questions, discussion) from each student. This will result in my knowing your name; if I do not know your name by the Midterm, then you are not doing your job.

Your attendance will be noted, and taking the Final exam will be partly determined by your attendance.

2 Short Papers (1 due before the Midterm; the 2nd due before Stop Day -- you can turn in your paper any time before their due date).
From the list posted at the end of this syllabus, select 2 subjects to write on -- or select a topic of your own. Email me your choices so I can help you.
Each paper should be short (3-5 pages) -- bibliography and illustrations are both necessary, but they are NOT to be included in your page count.
Your text should be sign-posted, with separate sections each with a heading (e.g., "Introduction," "A Problem," "A Possible Solution"). On Blackboard/Documents, I have uploaded a "Sample Paper".
Treat these papers as research papers with a good and properly cited bibliography (at least 3 sources), sources given in the text (in-text or footnotes or endnotes) for where you got your information, and captions to your illustrations that say where you got those.
Click here for a summary about bibliography and footnotes.
Click here for a select bibliography in the KU libraries.
Click here for a list of some topics.

3 Quizzes and the Midterm

There will be 3 short quizzes (15 minutes each), a midterm, and a possible final (see below).

Quizzes: 14 Sep, 9 Nov, 2 Dec.
Midterm exam: 12 R October, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, WES 4033.
possible Final exam: 14 T December, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm, WES 4033.

For the Quizzes, the Midterm, and Final Exam, a "template" will be posted on Blackboard one week before the exam.
The templates will give information of the following sort: "From the following 5 discussion points, the quiz will select 3, on 1 of which you will write a one-page essay."

The quizzes will be very short: identification of art work and architecture, terms & names, short essays on major discussion points.
Both exams will have approximately the same format: slide identifications (80% of them will have been shown in class; 10% will be pictures seen in other sources, and 10% will be illustrations not seen before); identifications of technical terms, archaeological sites, and archaeologists; and a couple of short essays and one longer essay.
In addition, the midterm will have a map-identification section, locating archaeological sites on a map of the Aegean basin.
Final Exam and Course Grade
Your course grade will be based fairly equally on the Midterm, the 3 quizzes, the 2 short papers, and your in-class participation and attendance, as well as the Final Exam, if taken (see below).

After I grade your quiz 3 and second short paper, I shall post on Blackboard/Gradebook your "Grade So Far."

IF you attended 75% of the 12-15 sessions (9-11 sessions) when I took attendance you will NOT have to take the Final Exam. You may, instead, take the "Grade So Far" as your Course Grade and skip the Final Exam.
IF you did not attend these 9-11 times when I took attendance, then I will post on Blackboard/Gradebook the following notice: "take exam." Those for whom I have posted this message MUST take the Final Exam to receive credit for the course.

The Final Exam will be based mostly on the lectures after the Midterm.

If you are NOT satisfied with your "Grade So Far," you may take the Final Exam (14 T December, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm, WES 4033). Taking the Final Exam will NOT result in a grade lower than your "Grade So Far."
Makeup Exams (Midterm/quizzes/Final Exam) will be given ONLY if your absence is legitimate (serious health problems, a death in the immediate family) AND if you have a written document testifying to this emergency, to be submitted within a reasonable length of time; if this is a foreseeable absence, then you must inform me of your absence at least one week in advance by e-mail.
Points
3 quizzes @ 10 pts = 30 pts
6 disc forums @ 5 pts = 30 pts
Midterm = 20 pts
2 short papers @ 10 pts = 20 pts
TOTAL = 100 pts

How to get a good grade in this class

Do the readings!

Come to every class - you will not be able to pass this course with a satisfactory grade if you do not see the images presented in class and participate in discussing the major points.

Ask questions in class; tell me your name until I have memorized it.

Do your own work!

Complaints: If you have a complaint, please discuss it first with me. If you feel that you cannot discuss it with me, you may take your complaint to the Chair of the Classics Department, Professor Pamela Gordon (pgordon@ku.edu). If you do not receive a satisfactory solution, you may submit a written complaint to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College office in Strong Hall, room 109.

Plagiarism, Cheating, and Academic Misconduct

Plagiarism = turning in someone else's work (including online websites!) as your work; quoting another person's work or statement without proper citation or acknowledgement. If you do not know what plagiarism is, read the following guide from the KU Writing Center: "Avoiding Plagiarism".

Plagiarism is presenting someone else's words or work as your own. Plagiarism applies to material taken from another person without properly citing your sources. Paraphrasing another writer, substituting words, or rearranging sentences from the work of another also constitutes plagiarism. Plagiarism is easily detected with databases and search engines.

Plagiarism is academic misconduct and is a violation of rules and regulations of the University of Kansas. Penalties for academic misconduct range from an automatic failure of the assignment, failure in the course, academic suspension with a flag on your Arts Form, to expulsion from the University.

Cheating: getting answers on exams from someone else or from some help that is not in your own brain (e.g., iPods, cell phones).

Academic Misconduct: "Academic misconduct by a student shall include, but not be limited to, disruption of classes; threatening an instructor or fellow student in an academic setting; giving or receiving of unauthorized aid on examinations or in the preparation of notebooks, themes, reports or other assignments [= cheating]; knowingly misrepresenting the source of any academic work [= plagiarism]; unauthorized changing of grades; unauthorized use of University approvals or forging of signatures; falsification of research results; plagiarizing another's work; violation of regulations or ethical codes for the treatment of human and animal subjects; or otherwise acting dishonestly in research." (section II.6.2.6.1 of the Rules and Regulations of the Kansas University Senate)

The University regards plagiarism and cheating as very serious offenses. All attempts to take credit for work that is not your own or to assist others in doing so will be dealt with according to the policies of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

At the very least, I shall FAIL the cheating student in that assignment AND I shall file an academic misconduct charge against the student with the Office of Academic Services (the student will then have the opportunity to contest the charge, and to accept or appeal the punishment). If the student has committed prior offices or if I judge the academic misconduct severe enough, I may propose a harsher punishment than failure of the assignment (e.g., failure of the course, or suspension or expulsion from the University).

Special Accommodations: Anyone who has a disability which may require some modification of seating, testing, or other class requirements should contact the Office of Student Disabilities to acquire the proper form that will allow me to make appropriate arrangements.

LECTURE TOPICS and READINGS

19 (R) Aug: Introduction to the Course, Basic Chronology & Terminology, Maps

24 (T) & 26 (R) Aug: The Palaeolithic Inhabitation of Greece to the Neolithic Colonization of Crete
Recommended Readings

Rutter, "Chronology," "Environment," "History," "Lessons 1 & 2" : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Zervos, Art en Grèce, du troisième millénaire au IVe siècle avant notre ère

31 (T) Aug: The Early Bronze Age in the Cyclades (Early Cycladic)
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lesson 4 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Doumas, Cycladic Art

Zervos, Art des Cyclades

2 (R) Sep: The Early Bronze Age on the Mainland (Early Helladic)
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lessons 3, 7 & 8 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

2 (R) Sep: map drawing in class: in class, you will draw freehand a map of Greece and locate on it: Troy, Mycenae, Knossos, Pylos, Athens, Naxos, Thera, Melos, Dimini, Lerna -- SO, PRACTICE BEFORE COMING TO CLASS!!

7 & 9 (T, R) Sep: The Early Bronze Age in Crete (Early Minoan)
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lessons 5 & 6 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Branigan, Foundations of Palatial Crete

14 (T) Sep: The Protopalatial Period in Crete (Middle Minoan 1-II)
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lessons 10 & 11 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Betancourt, History of Minoan Pottery

14 (T) Sep: Quiz 1

16 (R) Sep: The Middle Bronze Age in the Cyclades (Middle Cycladic) and on the Mainland (Middle Helladic)
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lesson 9 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Cullen, Review II
Hood, pp. 38-41

21-30 (T R, T R) Sep: The Neopalatial Period in Crete (Middle Minoan III - Late Minoan I
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lessons 12-15 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Barber, Prehistoric Textiles
Marinatos, Function of the Minoan Palaces
Marinatos, Minoan Religion
Graham, Palaces of Crete
Hägg, R., The Master Impression
Platon, Zakros
Warren, Minoan Stone Vases (the relief rhyta)

28 (T) Sep: The Midterm template (including Map quiz) goes online on Blackboard: Midterm is 12 (T) Oct

5, 7 (T R) Oct: The Shaft Grave Period (Late Helladic I)
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lesson 16 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Vermeule, Art of the Shaft Graves

12 (T) Oct: Midterm

12 (T) Oct: Paper 1 due

18-26 (T R T) Oct: Akrotiri and the Eruption of Thera (Late Minoan IA advanced), the Late Minoan IB Destructions
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lessons 17 & 18 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/
Doumas, Wall Paintings of Thera
Doumas, Thera, Pompeii of the Aegean
Marinatos, N., Art & Religion in Thera
Marinatos, S., Excavations at Thera
Morgan, Miniature Wall Paintings of Thera
Rutkowski, Cult Places of the Aegean

28 (R) Oct, 2 (T) Nov: The Arrival of the Mycenaeans in Crete (Late Minoan IB-III A1, Late Helladic IIB-III A1)
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lesson 19 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/
Long, Ayia Traidha Sarcophagus
Hägg, R., and N. Marinatos, Sanctuaries & Cults in the Aegean Bronze Age
Immerwahr, Aegean Painting

4-11 (R T R) Nov: The Mycenaean Hegemony
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lessons 20-26 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Blegen, Palace of Nestor, vol. 1 (Pylos, the palace & contents), 2 (the wall paintings)
Chadwick, Mycenaean World (palaces & administration)
Demakopoulou, The Mycenaean World (art & objects)
Hooker, Introduction to Linear B
Mylonas, Mycenae and the Mycenaean Age (Mycenae, the palace)
Renfrew, Archaeology of Cult (into to cult-identification, Phylakopi sanctuary)
Ventris & Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek (Linear B)
Vermeule & Karageorghis, Mycenaean Pictorial Vase Painting
Wace, Mycenae, an archaeological history and guide (Mycenae, the palace)

9 (T) Nov: Quiz 2

16 (T) Nov: Ulu Burun & Cape Gelidonya Shipwrecks
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lesson 22 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

18, 23 (R T) Nov: Troy
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lessons 7, 23, 27 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

24-29 Nov - Thanksgiving Break

30 (T) Nov: Mycenaean Cyprus

30 (T) Nov - Paper 2 due

30 (T) Nov - Final Exam template online: Final Exam 14 (T) December, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lesson 28 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

2, 7 (R T) Dec: Collapse
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lesson 28 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

3 (R) Dec: Quiz 3

9 (R) Dec: Transition to the Early Iron Age
Recommended Readings

Rutter, Lesson 29 : http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/
Nilsson, Minoan-Mycenaean Religion and its Survival in Greek Religion
Homer, Iliad & Odyssey

Suggestions for Paper Topics

animals (esp. monkeys) in fresco

performance spaces ("Theatral Areas")

girls

decorated Lustral Basins

Books and Articles

General Handbooks; see below for library and call number

Buchholz, H-G, & V Karageorghis, Prehistoric Greece and Cyprus

Christopoulus & Bastias, History of the Hellenic World, vol 1: Prehistory & Protohistory

Cullen (ed.), Aegean Prehistory: a review

Dickinson, Aegean Bronze Age

Evans, Palace of Minos

Hood, Arts in Prehistoric Greece

Kenna, Cretan Seals

Marinatos & Hirmer, Crete & Mycenae

Vermeule, Greece in the Bronze Age

Boardman, Greek Gems & Fingerrings (chap 1)

Warren, Aegean Bronze Age

Zervos, Civilisation hellénique

Zervos, Naissance de la civilisation en Grèce

Barber, E. Prehistoric Textiles Watson GN776.2.A1 B37 1990 Betancourt, P.P. History of Minoan Pottery Watson DF221.C8 B564 1985 Blegen, CW The Palace of Nestor, vols. 1 & 2 Watson 913.033 B615p 1966 Boardman, J. Greek Gems and Finger Rings Art & Archit. NK5565 .B62 Branigan, K. Foundations of Palatial Crete Watson DF261.C8 B7 Buchholz, H-G, & V Karageorghis Prehistoric Greece and Cyprus Watson DF220 .B713 Chadwick, J. The Mycenaean World Watson DF220 .C43 Christopoulus & Bastias History of the Hellenic World, vol 1: Prehsitory & Protohistory Watson folio DF759 .H5813 1975 Cullen Aegean Prehistory: a review Watson DF220 .A275 2001 Demakopoulou, K The Myceneaen World Art & Archit. DF220 .C43 Dickinson, OTPK Aegean Bronze Age Watson DF220 .D49 1994 Doumas, Christos Wall Paintings of Thera Watson DF221.T38 D69 1992 Doumas, Christos Thera, Pompeii of the Aegean Watson DF221.T38 D68 1983 Doumas, Christos Cycladic Art Art & Archit. N5899.C9 D592 1983 Evans, A. Palace of Minos, all 7 vols. Watson DF221.C8 E75 1964 Gesell, G. House Cult Watson folio DF220.3 .G47 1985 Graham, J.W. Palaces of Crete Watson DF221.C8 G7 1987 Hägg, R. The Master Impression Watson folio DF221.C8 H33 1985 Hägg, R., and N. Marinatos Sanctuaries & Cults in the Aegean Bronze Age Watson folio BL785 .S26 1981 Homer (trans. Lombardo) Iliad Watson PA4025.A2 L66 1997 Homer (trans. Lombardo) Odyssey Watson PA4025.A5 L66 1997 Hood, S. The Arts in Prehistoric Greece Art & Archit. N5310.5.G8 H66 Hooker, T.J. Linear B: An Introduction Watson P1038 .H66 1980 Immerwahr, S. Aegean Painting Art & Archit. ND2570 .I45 1990 Kenna, V.E.G. Cretan Seals Watson folio CD5363 .K4 Long, C. Ayia Triadha Sarcophagus Watson folio DF221.C8 L6 Marinatos, N. Art & Religion in Thera Watson DF221.T38 M367 1984 Marinatos, N. Function of the Minoan Palaces Watson folio DF221.C8 F86 1987 Marinatos, N. Minoan Religion Watson BL793.C7 M34 1993 Marinatos, S., and Max Hirmer Crete & Mycenae Art & Archit. folio N5660 .M3513x Marinatos, S. Excavations at Thera, all 7 vols. Watson DF261.T4 M3, M32, M33, M34, M37 Morgan, L. Miniature Wall Paintings of Thera Watson DF221.T38 M67 1988 Mylonas, G. Mycenae and the Mycenaean Age Watson 913.388031 M994m 1966 Nilsson, M. Minoan-Mycenaean Religion and its Survival in Greek Religion Anschutz 068.485 H88s no.9 1971 Platon, N. Zakros Watson DF221.C8 P586 Rehak Role of the Ruler in JGY's office Renfrew, C. The Archaeology of Cult Watson DF221.P6 R46 1985 Rutkowski, B. Cult Places of the Aegean Watson BL785 .R88 1986 Ventris, M., & J. Chadwick Documents in Mycenaean Greek Watson 481.7 V567d 1956 Vermeule, E.T. Greece in the Bronze Age Watson 913.38 V591g 1964 Vermeule, E.T. Art of the Shaft Graves Watson DF221.M9 V47 Vermeule, E.T., & V. Karageorghis Mycenaean Pictorial Vase Painting Art & Archit. folio NK4646 .V47 1982 Wace, A. Mycenae, an archaeological history and guide. Watson 913.388 W11 Warren, P. Aegean Bronze Age Watson DF220 .W358 1989 Warren, P. Minoan Stone Vases Art & Archit. NK4646 .W3 Zervos, Christien Art de la Crète néolithique et minoenne. Art & Archit. folio N5660 .Z4 Zervos, Christien Art des Cyclades, du début à la fin de l'âge du bronze, 2500-1100 avant notre ère. Art & Archit. folio N5899.C9 Z4 1957 Zervos, Christien Art en Grèce, du troisième millénaire au IVe siècle avant notre ère. Art & Archit. folio N5630 .Z5 1946 Zervos, Christien Civilisation hellénique. Art & Archit. folio DF77 .Z47 Zervos, Christien Naissance de la civilisation en Grèce. Watson folio GN815 .Z4

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Barber, E.	Prehistoric Textiles	Watson GN776.2.A1 B37 1990
Betancourt, P.P.	History of Minoan Pottery	Watson DF221.C8 B564 1985
Blegen, CW	The Palace of Nestor, vols. 1 & 2	Watson 913.033 B615p 1966
Boardman, J.	Greek Gems and Finger Rings	Art & Archit. NK5565 .B62
Branigan, K.	Foundations of Palatial Crete	Watson DF261.C8 B7
Buchholz, H-G, & V Karageorghis	Prehistoric Greece and Cyprus	Watson DF220 .B713
Chadwick, J.	The Mycenaean World	Watson DF220 .C43
Christopoulus & Bastias	History of the Hellenic World, vol 1: Prehsitory & Protohistory	Watson folio DF759 .H5813 1975
Cullen	Aegean Prehistory: a review	Watson DF220 .A275 2001
Demakopoulou, K	The Myceneaen World	Art & Archit. DF220 .C43
Dickinson, OTPK	Aegean Bronze Age	Watson DF220 .D49 1994
Doumas, Christos	Wall Paintings of Thera	Watson DF221.T38 D69 1992
Doumas, Christos	Thera, Pompeii of the Aegean	Watson DF221.T38 D68 1983
Doumas, Christos	Cycladic Art	Art & Archit. N5899.C9 D592 1983
Evans, A.	Palace of Minos, all 7 vols.	Watson DF221.C8 E75 1964
Gesell, G.	House Cult	Watson folio DF220.3 .G47 1985
Graham, J.W.	Palaces of Crete	Watson DF221.C8 G7 1987
Hägg, R.	The Master Impression	Watson folio DF221.C8 H33 1985
Hägg, R., and N. Marinatos	Sanctuaries & Cults in the Aegean Bronze Age	Watson folio BL785 .S26 1981
Homer (trans. Lombardo)	Iliad	Watson PA4025.A2 L66 1997
Homer (trans. Lombardo)	Odyssey	Watson PA4025.A5 L66 1997
Hood, S.	The Arts in Prehistoric Greece	Art & Archit. N5310.5.G8 H66
Hooker, T.J.	Linear B: An Introduction	Watson P1038 .H66 1980
Immerwahr, S.	Aegean Painting	Art & Archit. ND2570 .I45 1990
Kenna, V.E.G.	Cretan Seals	Watson folio CD5363 .K4
Long, C.	Ayia Triadha Sarcophagus	Watson folio DF221.C8 L6
Marinatos, N.	Art & Religion in Thera	Watson DF221.T38 M367 1984
Marinatos, N.	Function of the Minoan Palaces	Watson folio DF221.C8 F86 1987
Marinatos, N.	Minoan Religion	Watson BL793.C7 M34 1993
Marinatos, S., and Max Hirmer	Crete & Mycenae	Art & Archit. folio N5660 .M3513x
Marinatos, S.	Excavations at Thera, all 7 vols.	Watson DF261.T4 M3, M32, M33, M34, M37
Morgan, L.	Miniature Wall Paintings of Thera	Watson DF221.T38 M67 1988
Mylonas, G.	Mycenae and the Mycenaean Age	Watson 913.388031 M994m 1966
Nilsson, M.	Minoan-Mycenaean Religion and its Survival in Greek Religion	Anschutz 068.485 H88s no.9 1971
Platon, N.	Zakros	Watson DF221.C8 P586
Rehak	Role of the Ruler	in JGY's office
Renfrew, C.	The Archaeology of Cult	Watson DF221.P6 R46 1985
Rutkowski, B.	Cult Places of the Aegean	Watson BL785 .R88 1986
Ventris, M., & J. Chadwick	Documents in Mycenaean Greek	Watson 481.7 V567d 1956
Vermeule, E.T.	Greece in the Bronze Age	Watson 913.38 V591g 1964
Vermeule, E.T.	Art of the Shaft Graves	Watson DF221.M9 V47
Vermeule, E.T., & V. Karageorghis	Mycenaean Pictorial Vase Painting	Art & Archit. folio NK4646 .V47 1982
Wace, A.	Mycenae, an archaeological history and guide.	Watson 913.388 W11
Warren, P.	Aegean Bronze Age	Watson DF220 .W358 1989
Warren, P.	Minoan Stone Vases	Art & Archit. NK4646 .W3
Zervos, Christien	Art de la Crète néolithique et minoenne.	Art & Archit. folio N5660 .Z4
Zervos, Christien	Art des Cyclades, du début à la fin de l'âge du bronze, 2500-1100 avant notre ère.	Art & Archit. folio N5899.C9 Z4 1957
Zervos, Christien	Art en Grèce, du troisième millénaire au IVe siècle avant notre ère.	Art & Archit. folio N5630 .Z5 1946
Zervos, Christien	Civilisation hellénique.	Art & Archit. folio DF77 .Z47
Zervos, Christien	Naissance de la civilisation en Grèce.	Watson folio GN815 .Z4