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

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