The Birth of the Greek Polis
| KEY SITES | ||||||||||
| CRETE | ISLANDS | MAINLAND E | MAINLAND W | MACEDONIA | ||||||
| 1200 | LMIIIC | LHIIIC | LHIIIC | LHIIIC | LBA | |||||
| Knossos | Paros | Mycenae, Tiryns, Asine | Achaea | Assiros 7-6 | ||||||
| Karphi | Rhodes | Kephallenia | Kastanas 12-11 | |||||||
| Kavousi | Kos | Lefkandi, Perati | Ithaka-Polis | Toumba Thessalonikis | ||||||
| Elis | Ag. Dimitrios | |||||||||
| 1075 | SUBMINOAN | SUBMYCENAEAN | SUBMYCENAEAN | LBA | ||||||
| Karphi | Salamis, Kerameikos | Assiros 5 | ||||||||
| Kavousi | Mycenae | Kastanas 11 | ||||||||
| Toumba Thessalonikis | ||||||||||
| 1050 | SUBMINOAN | PG | PG | DAI | EIA | |||||
| Karphi, Knossos | Lefkandi - Heroon | Nichoria | Assiros 4-2 | |||||||
| Kommos | Lefkandi - Skoubris | Ithaka-Aetos | Kastanas 10-9 | |||||||
| Kato Symi | Kerameikos, | Torone, Dion, Thasos | ||||||||
| Elateia | Mende-Poseidi | |||||||||
| Toumba Thessalonikis | ||||||||||
| 900 | SUBMINOAN/PG | EG | EG/LPG | DAII | EIA | |||||
| Knossos | Emborio | Kerameikos, | Nichoria | Vergina, Dion, Thasos | ||||||
| Kato Symi, Kommos | (Old Smyrna) | Lefkandi - Toumba, Xeropolis | Ithaka-Aetos | Gynaikokastro, Patele | ||||||
| Argos | Kastanas 8 | |||||||||
| Oropos | Mende-Poseidi | |||||||||
| 850 | MG | MG | MG | DAIII | EIA | |||||
| Knossos | Emborio | Athens Agora, Kerameikos | Ithaka-Aetos | Kastanas 7 | ||||||
| Idaean Cave | Zagora | Argos | Vergina, Dion, Thasos | |||||||
| Kato Symi, Kommos | (Old Smyrna) | Lefkandi | Gynaikokastro, Patele | |||||||
| Oropos | Mende-Poseidi | |||||||||
| 750 | LG | LG | LG | LG | EIA | |||||
| Knossos - Tekke | Emborio, Zagora | Argos - Panoply | Olympia | Assiros 1 | ||||||
| Idaean Cave | Agios Andreas | Eretria - Bay Hut | Dodona | Vergina, Dion, Thasos | ||||||
| Diktaean Cave | Samian Heraion | Perachora | Ithaka-Aetos | Gynaikokastro, Patele | ||||||
| Eleutherna | (Ephesus - Artemision) | Anchialos, Mende-Poseidi | ||||||||
| key:- | Mycenae = settlement, Kerameikos = cemetery, Ithaka-Aetos = sanctuary | |||||||||
| Note especially that the key sequence of pottery types is based on Athens/Attica. Other areas, eg Crete and W Greece | ||||||||||
| develop regional styles and may adopt and continue Attic practices to a much later date. Macedonia and Epirus, | ||||||||||
| have their own cultural sequences, which impinge on or are influenced by southern Greek ideas especially from Euboea and Attica | ||||||||||