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 Aegean Anatolia animals appear building built burial cave centers central century BC chamber civilization clay coast communities continued court Cretan Crete cult culture cups Cycladic decorated destruction earlier Early Bronze Age east Evans evidence excavated figures figurines fresco goddess gold graves Greece Greek ground Helladic houses human important indicate island Italy ivory jars Knossos known Late Minoan later least Linear mainland major material Messenia metal meters Middle Middle Minoan Mycenae Mycenaean natural Neolithic objects offerings origin painted palace Palace period pattern peak sanctuaries perhaps period pottery probably produced Pylos recent religion remains rich rooms scenes Schliemann seals settlement Shaft shapes shrine side similar stone style suggest surface tablets Tiryns tombs town tradition Troy types vases vessels walls ware whole