Talk:Prehistoric Balkans

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Previous Off-topic talk Catalographer (talk) 09:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Definition of Balkans in Prehistory

It seems that Crete,Aegean islands,Romania and parts of North ex-Yugoslavia fell outside of a stricly geographical definition of Balkans. However prehistoric civilizations of the region surpass this definition. Catalographer (talk) 09:52, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Definition of prehistoric in Balkans

"the period before written records" -

Minoan,Mycenaean ~1500 BC -

Thracian,Lemnian,Venetic 6th c.BC.

Related languages to Balkans : Phrygian ~ 800 BC , Messapic 6th c.BC

Till 3th c.BC most regions of Balkans have written records in Greek. Catalographer (talk) 10:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

if by "written records", you mean "scattered epigraphy", yes. Hardly qualifies as historiography. dab (𒁳) 13:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Written records existing for them even if they make no sense to us or appear trivial are still written records.Megistias (talk) 14:35, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

A useful transitional term

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As with prehistory, determining when a culture may be considered prehistoric or protohistoric is sometimes difficult for the archaeologist

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in Europe, the Celts and the Germanic tribes may be considered to have been protohistoric when they began appearing in Greek and Roman texts

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from Protohistory Catalographer (talk) 18:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)