The Birth of the Greek Polis
| GREECE IN THE 12TH CENTURY | |||||||
| Characteristics | initial recovery | ||||||
| regional diversity | |||||||
| local economies | |||||||
| continuity of basic manufactures | |||||||
| eventual decline | |||||||
| Three
stages (to over simplify) for
MAINLAND AND ISLANDS |
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| LH IIIC early | aftermath | ||||||
| LH IIIB mid | recovery | ||||||
| LH IIIC late + Sub-Mycenaean | decline | ||||||
| defined by complex stratigraphic sequences at | Lefkandi | ||||||
| Mycenae | |||||||
| Tiryns | |||||||
| Early LH IIIC | Simple style pottery | ||||||
| Rough and ready reconstruction | |||||||
| Handmade burnished wares | |||||||
| Middle LH IIIC | Limited elaborate wares | Warrior Vase | Mycenae | ||||
| Close style | Argolid | ||||||
| Octopus style | Cyclades | ||||||
| Elaborate style | Kephallenia | ||||||
| Tiryns Megaron | |||||||
| Tiryns town | |||||||
| Better buildings | |||||||
| Phylakopi shrine | |||||||
| Tiryns shrine | |||||||
| Amyklae shrine | |||||||
| Occasional use of iron | |||||||
| Late LH IIIC | Decline in number of settlements | ||||||
| Cause ? - | population decline | ||||||
| less permanent buildings | |||||||
| less diagnostic pottery | |||||||
| Simple pottery decoration | |||||||
| New ornament types | Arched fibulae | ||||||
| Long dress pins | |||||||
| CRETE | Less evidence of destruction | ||||||
| Less isolation - Cypriot links in particular | |||||||
| Settlement evidence from - | Knossos | ||||||
| Karphi | |||||||
| Kavousi | |||||||
| Refuge settlements/ fortified sites | |||||||
| BURIALS | |||||||
| Continued use of chamber tombs with no stratigraphy | |||||||
| New tholoi in outlying areas only - | Thessaly | ||||||
| E.Crete | |||||||
| Large cemeteries | Perati | ||||||
| Mycenae | Kephallenia | ||||||
| Elateia*** | Ialysos (Rhodes) | ||||||
| Achaea | Knossos | ||||||
| ***only mainland chamber tomb cemetery known to continue into PG. | |||||||
| innovations | Cania (nr. Mycenae) cremation tumulus | ||||||
| Perati cremations | |||||||
| Elis cremations | |||||||
| Sub-Mycenaean | Widespread use of single burial in new cemeteries | ||||||
| eg:- | Salamis | ||||||
| Kerameikos | |||||||
| Skoubris - Lefkandi | |||||||
| Argos | |||||||