来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第4集 第4集》

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  started having refined terms
  开始有精确的术语来界定时代
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  which derive actually from the world of the history of art.
  这些术语实际上源于艺术史的领域
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  That is because in the Dark Ages
  这是因为在黑暗时代
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  we don't have any writing.
  没有什么保留下来的文字
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  So, if you want to designate anything
  所以 如果你想标注某段时期
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  it has to be by tangible things like pottery,particularly
  你必须借助有形的事物 就像陶器
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  painted pottery,because it's easier to categorize.
  尤其是彩绘陶器 因为它们更容易分类
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  It's from that most of our terms show up.
  我们使用的绝大多数术语都是由此而来
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  So, for instance,you will
  所以 举例来说 你会看到
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  see references to words like proto-geometric.
  参照的术语有像"原几何"
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  They'll be sort of post-Mycenaean
  大致顺序 先是后迈锡尼文明时期
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  then proto-geometric.
  然后是"原几何"时期