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

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