archaic

Examples of archaic in the following topics:

• Archaic Hunters and Gatherers

  • While Archaic hunters and gatherers were still highly mobile, individual groups started to focus on resources available locally.
  • The Archaic stage, or "Meso-Indian period," was the second period of human occupation in the Americas.
  • The Archaic period saw a changing environment featuring a warmer, more arid climate and the disappearance of the last megafauna.
  • Middens developed along rivers, but there is limited evidence of Archaic peoples along coastlines prior to 3000 BCE.
  • Identify the environmental, cultural and economic changes that took place during the Archaic period

• Archaic Greece

  • The Archaic Period saw the increasing urbanization of Greek communities and the development of the concept of the polis.
  • The Archaic period of Greek history lasted from the 8th century BCE to the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BCE.
  • The Archaic period saw developments in Greek politics, economics, international relations, warfare, and culture.
  • Archaic Greece from the mid-seventh century onward has been referred to as an “age of tyrants”.
  • In the Archaic period, the Greek word tyrannos did not have the negative connotations it had later in the classical period.

• Sculpture in the Greek Archaic Period

  • This is typical of this period and is known as the Archaic smile.
  • Her facial features are still generic and blank, and she has an Archaic smile.
  • The dying warrior on the west pediment (c. 490 BCE)  is a prime example of Archaic sculpture.
  • Although he bears a slight Archaic smile, this warrior actually reacts to his circumstances.
  • Compare and contrast the kouroi and korai sculptures of the Archaic period, and recognize the increasing naturalism seen in both free-standing and pedimental sculptures of the Archaic period.

• Aegina

  • The Temple of Aphaia on Aegina is an example of the stylistic changes between Archaic and Classical sculpture.
  • The temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina is an example of Archaic Greek temple design as well as of the shift in sculptural style between the Archaic and Classical periods.
  • His face, with its archaic smile, and his posture together bely all evidence that he is about to die.
  • However, his mouth still has traces of the archaic smile.
  • When we compare these two figures, the differences between the Archaic and Classical styles are evident.

• Etruscan Sculpture

  • During the Archaic period (600-480 BCE), the Etruscan culture flourished.
  • The Apulu of Veii is a prime example of Etruscan sculpture during the Archaic period.
  • The face is similar to the faces of Archaic Greek kouroi figures.
  • The face is simply carved and an archaic smile provides a notion of emotion and realism.
  • Describe the stylisic influences on Etruscan sculpture during the Archaic period.

• Temple Architecture in the Greek Archaic Period

  • Temples in the Archaic period were the first stone temples built in Greece.
  • Stone temples were first built during the Archaic period in ancient Greece.
  • The standard form of a Greek temple was established and then refined through the Archaic and Classical period.
  • The temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina is an example of Archaic Greek temple design as well as of the shift in sculptural style between the Archaic and Classical periods.
  • The standard form of a Greek temple was established and then refined through the Archaic and Classical periods.

• Ceramics in the Greek Archaic Period

  • Archaic black- and red-figure painting began to depict more naturalistic bodies by conveying form and movement.
  • The Archaic period saw a shift in styles of pottery decoration from the repeating patterns of the Geometric period, through the Eastern-influenced Orientalizing style to the more naturalistic black- and red-figure techniques.
  • The detail and skill demonstrate new styles of Archaic vase painting, shifting away from past centuries' animal motifs and geometric patterns.
  • Breaking the traditional rigidity of contemporary Archaic statues and paintings, the revelers are in dynamic postures.
  • Describe the similarities and differences between black- and red-figure painting during Greece's Archaic Period.

• Southwestern Culture

  • Three of the major cultural traditions that impacted the region include the Paleo-Indian tradition, the Southwestern Archaic tradition, and the Post-Archaic cultures tradition.
  • The use of grinding slabs originated around 7,500 BCE and marks the beginning of the Archaic tradition.
  • Archaic people established camps at collection points, and returned to these places year after year.
  • The American Indian Archaic culture eventually evolved into two major prehistoric archaeological culture areas in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
  • Climate change that occurred about 3,500 years ago during the Archaic period, however, changed patterns in water sources, dramatically decreasing the population of indigenous peoples.

• Marble Sculpture and Architecture in the Greek Early Classical Period

  • This level of emotion would never be present in Archaic statues and it breaks the Early Classical Severe style, allowing the viewer to sense the forbidding events about to happen.
  • The marble statue is a prime example of the Early Classical sculptural style and demonstrates the shift away from the stiff style seen in Archaic kouroi.
  • This differs from the use of the Archaic smile (now gone), which was added to sculpture to increase their naturalism.
  • In another development away from the stiff and seemingly immobile Archaic style, the Doryphoros's left heel is raised off the ground, implying an ability to walk.
  • This marble statue is a prime example of the Early Classical sculptural style and demonstrates the shift away from the style seen in Archaic kouroi.

• Genus Homo

  • A number of species, sometimes called archaic Homo sapiens, apparently evolved from H. erectus starting about 500,000 years ago.
  • These archaic H. sapiens had a brain size similar to that of modern humans, averaging 1,200–1,400 cubic centimeters.
  • This species encompasses archaic human forms such as Homo erectus and Neanderthals as well as modern forms, which evolved worldwide to the diverse populations of modern Homo sapiens sapiens.
  • The primary alternative hypothesis is the recent African origin of modern humans, which holds that modern humans arose in Africa around 100,000–200,000 years ago, moving out of Africa around 50,000–60,000 years ago to replace archaic human forms with limited interbreeding: at least once with Neanderthals and once with Denisovans.