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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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