ART 332 Aegean Archaeology

Prerequisites: ART 220 or HIST 264 or permission of the instructor Examines archaeology of the Aegean Sea region (Greece, Crete, and the Cycladic islands) from the Neolithic through the end of the Bronze Age (c. 10,000-1,000 B.C.). Traces the rise and collapse of the Minoans and Mycenaeans, their artistic and material expressions and their associated social, economic, religious and political institutions.