The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millennium B.C.

activities Aegean already Amorgos Anatolia appearance bowls burial cemetery chapter civilisation clear clearly close common considerable contained continuity copper craft Crete Cycladic decoration discussed distribution documented early bronze age Early Minoan East effect emergence Eutresis evidence example excavated figurines final finds further given graves Greece Grotta-Pelos culture growth human important incised increase indicated instance islands Keros-Syros culture Knossos known Korakou late bronze age later Lerna levels mainland marble material Messenia metal Middle Middle Minoan Museum Mycenaean nature Naxos neolithic objects occur origin painted palace pattern perhaps period phase Phylakopi population possible pottery prehistoric present probably production range regions Renfrew seals seems seen settlement shape significant similar single social society stone subsystems suggested Syros third millennium tombs trade Troy Tsountas various vessels village ware widely