Mediterranean Bronze Age
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Snake goddesses and bull leaping, labyrinths and gold masks, Linear B and Homeric heroes: these are only some of the most famous things about the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures of Bronze Age Crete and Greece. This class will also explore questions about the historicity of the Trojan War, trade and exchange; ritual landscapes; the origins of writing; death and burial; the eruption of the Theran volcano; and the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces.
Instructor: Elissa Z. Faro
Office: Joukowsky Institute Room 301
Phone: 863-6412
e-mail: Elissa_Faro@brown.edu
Office hours: Monday 3-5 pm and by appointment
Meeting: Sayles Hall Room 105; MWF 2:00-2:50 pm