The Aegean CivilizationsA comprehensive account of the "lost" cultures of Crete and Mycenae which antedated the Classical period by a thousand years and more. Covers the prehistory of the area from Neolithic times (6500 B.C.) to the collapse of the Mycenaean Empire c. 1200 B.C. |
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... Lerna ( Argolid ) , Knossos MIDDLE BRONZE AGE PERIOD Crete ΜΜΙΑ Greece MH MMIB Middle Neolithic 5500-4500 Sitagroi ( E. Macedonia ) , Sesklo , Elateia , Khaironeia , Corinth , Lerna , Saliagos , Emborio ( Chios ) , Knossos MM II MM III ...
... Lerna ( Argolid ) , Knossos MIDDLE BRONZE AGE PERIOD Crete ΜΜΙΑ Greece MH MMIB Middle Neolithic 5500-4500 Sitagroi ( E. Macedonia ) , Sesklo , Elateia , Khaironeia , Corinth , Lerna , Saliagos , Emborio ( Chios ) , Knossos MM II MM III ...
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... Lerna , c . 2200 BC . It is the most complete building of the Early Bronze Age on the Greek mainland . Right : Early Bronze Age rooms at Aghia Eirene on Kea : well built but on a smaller scale than the House of the Tiles at Lerna . 2600 ...
... Lerna , c . 2200 BC . It is the most complete building of the Early Bronze Age on the Greek mainland . Right : Early Bronze Age rooms at Aghia Eirene on Kea : well built but on a smaller scale than the House of the Tiles at Lerna . 2600 ...
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... Lerna . They are not known in Early Helladic but were common at that time in the Cyclades . Hence the Middle Helladic people of Lerna may have learned from the island tradition . In the 17th century BC there was a marked rise in pros ...
... Lerna . They are not known in Early Helladic but were common at that time in the Cyclades . Hence the Middle Helladic people of Lerna may have learned from the island tradition . In the 17th century BC there was a marked rise in pros ...
Contents
The Discovery of the Bronze Age | 9 |
Civilization in the Aegean Bronze Age | 33 |
Early Farmers and Metalworkers | 47 |
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13th century BC 3rd millennium Aegean Aghia Triadha Anatolia animals archaeologist Argolid Arkhanes Athens Boeotia bowls building built burial carved cave cemeteries centers central court chamber tombs civilization clay coast Cretan Crete cult culture cups Cycladic Cyprus decorated destruction Early Bronze Age Early Minoan east Egypt engraved Evans excavated faience figurines fresco goddess gold Gournia Greece Greek Homer houses island ivory jars jewelry Knossos Late Bronze Age Late Minoan later Lerna Linear B tablets mainland Mallia Melos Messenia metal meters Middle Bronze Age Middle Helladic Middle Minoan Minoan I B Minos Mycenae Mycenaean pottery Myrtos Neolithic Neolithic period painted Palaikastro pattern peak sanctuaries Phaistos Phylakopi pithoi probably Pylos religion rhyton rich ritual rooms scenes Schliemann seals sealstones Second Palace period settlement Shaft Graves shapes shrine stone vessels storage style terracotta Thera Thessaly tholos tomb Tiryns town Troy types walls ware Zakro