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    Aegean Bronze Age Chronology: CLSX 525/HA 505

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    The document provides an overview of the Aegean Bronze Age chronology from approximately 2800 BCE to 1100 BCE. It divides this period into the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Ages for the regions of Crete, the Cyclades islands, and the Greek mainland. Each major period is further divided into subperiods denoted by Roman numerals. The chronology provides approximate dates for archaeological cultures and transitions between periods, noting key developments like the emergence of writing in Crete and the rise and fall of Minoan and Mycenaean palatial civilizations.

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    The document provides an overview of the Aegean Bronze Age chronology from approximately 2800 BCE to 1100 BCE. It divides this period into the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Ages for the regions of Crete, the Cyclades islands, and the Greek mainland. Each major period is further divided into subperiods denoted by Roman numerals. The chronology provides approximate dates for archaeological cultures and transitions between periods, noting key developments like the emergence of writing in Crete and the rise and fall of Minoan and Mycenaean palatial civilizations.

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    The document provides an overview of the Aegean Bronze Age chronology from approximately 2800 BCE to 1100 BCE. It divides this period into the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Ages for the regions of Crete, the Cyclades islands, and the Greek mainland. Each major period is further divided into subperiods denoted by Roman numerals. The chronology provides approximate dates for archaeological cultures and transitions between periods, noting key developments like the emergence of writing in Crete and the rise and fall of Minoan and Mycenaean palatial civilizations.

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    Aegean Bronze Age Chronology: CLSX 525/HA 505

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    CLSX525/HA505

    AegeanBronzeAgeChronology
    lastupdate:13January2013
    ReturntotheSyllabus
    Notes :

    AlldatesareBCEandveryapproximate
    Chronologicalperiodshaveabbreviationsintwoparts:
    1.a2letterprefix(e.g.,EH,MC,LM)
    the1stlettersignifiesthemajorperiod:Early,Middle,LateBronzeAge
    the2ndlettersignifiestheplace:Helladic(themainland),Cycladic(theAegeanislands),
    andMinoan(Crete)
    2.andthenaRomannumeral,followedsometimesbyletters,todenotesubperiods

    Examples
    ThewholeBronzeAgeisdividiedintoanEarly,Middle,andLatephase:ifwe'retalkingabout
    theEarlyBronzeAgeinCrete,thatisthenabbreviatedEM,ontheMainlandEH,andinthe
    AegeanislandsEC
    Eachofthesemajorphasesisthensubdivided:I,II,III
    Thus
    EHIIisthemiddlephaseoftheEarlyBronzeAgeontheMainland
    EMIIA=thefirsthalf(A)ofthesecondphase(II)oftheEarlyBronzeAge(E)inCrete
    (M)
    LHIIIA1=thefirsthalf(1)ofthefirstsubphase(A)ofthelatestphase(III)oftheLate
    BronzeAge(L)ontheMainland(H)
    STONEAGES
    70,000

    Palaeolithic(lower,
    stonetoolsPlatyvolosskull
    middle,upper)

    15,000

    Mesolithic

    boatsobsidianfromMelos

    Neolithic(Early,
    Middle,Late,
    Final)

    the"agrarianrevolution"(domesticationofplantsandanimals,settled
    lifeinvillages,handmadepotteryFranchthiCave(MiddlePalEN)
    Dimini[MN]
    Sesklo[LN]
    smeltingofcopper("Chalkolithic")

    6,000

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    BRONZEAGE

    2800

    28002600:EBAI(EMIatDebla)
    26002200:EBAII(protourban[greathousecentralized
    government])
    EMII:Vasilike
    EarlyBronzeAge
    EHII:Lerna,CorridorHouse("HouseoftheTiles"),destroyed
    byfire
    22001900:EBAIII:"Anatolian"potterypotter'swheelGreeks?
    MiddleHelladic(mainlandGreece)
    smallvillages,intramuralburials(AyiosStephanos)

    1900

    MiddleBronze
    Age

    MiddleMinoan(Crete)
    19001800:MMIA:writing(CretanHieroglyphic)
    18001700:MMIBII:"Protopalaces"
    17001600:MMIII:NeopalatialCreteLinearA
    Mainland
    16001500:LHI,"ShaftGravePeriod"
    Crete
    16001525:LMIAend,eruptionofSantorini(ca.1625see
    below)
    15251470:LMIB,destructionofalmostallCretansites
    14701400:LMII:GreektakeoverofCrete(FinalPalatial)

    1600

    LateBronzeAge
    MycenaeanEmpire
    14001375:LBIIIA:earlypalaces(Menelaion[SP],Mycenae,
    Tiryns,Thebes,Pylos)
    13751325:LBIIIB:destructionofKnossosinCrete(Post
    Palatial)
    13251225:LBIIIC:destructionofallotherMycenaean
    centers

    1200
    1100

    endoftheAegean
    allstateinstitutionscollapseSeaPeoplesinvadeEgypt
    BronzeAge

    BRONZEAGE:indetail
    Notes:lowdates(highdates)MY=Mycenae,PY=Pylos,SP=Sparta,TI=Tiryns,TH=Thebes
    EarlyBronzeAge
    2800 EMI

    Pyrgosware

    EHI

    Lerna

    Myrtos"Goddess"Vasilikeware
    2200 EMII
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    EHII

    firedestructions
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    firedestructions
    2100 EMIII earlyKamaresware

    EHIII earlyGrayMinyanAnatolianwares

    MiddleBronzeAge
    1900
    (1950)

    MMIA Hieroglyphicwriting

    MHI GrayMinyan

    1850
    (1900)

    MMIB ProtoPalaces

    1800
    (1850)

    MM
    IIA

    MHII YellowMinyan

    1700
    (1800)

    MM
    IIB

    1650
    (1775)

    MMIII

    LinearA

    heightofKamaresware

    MM
    III

    tumuli,GraveCircleB
    (MY)

    firedestructions
    NeoPalacesinCreteAyiaIrini(Kea)
    temple

    LateBronzeAge
    Floralstylepottery
    1550
    (1700)

    LMIA

    TheraEruption
    (ca.1625)

    GraveCircleA
    LHI

    FortheeruptiondateofSantorini(Thera),see
    noteatendoffile.

    LMIB

    Marinestylepottery
    AyiaIrinistatues
    LHIIA
    firedestructions

    Vapheiotholos

    1425
    (1550)

    LMII

    Knossossurvives
    LHIIB
    Palacestylepottery

    LinearB

    1400
    (1490)

    LMIII
    A1

    KNChariottablets
    LHIII
    ATSarcophagus
    A1
    ArchanestholosA

    MYAtreustholos

    1325
    (1410)

    LMIII
    A2

    1450
    (1610)

    LHIII
    A2

    PhylakopiWestsanctuary
    MYcitadelwalls

    Knossosdestroyed
    inscribedstirrup
    LHIII
    1275(1365) LMIIIB jarstoTH
    B1
    "dollies"
    larnaxburials

    MY:Clytemnestratholos,westenceint,Lion
    Gate
    THKadmeiondestroyed
    MYdestructionsoutside

    1250
    (1300)

    destructions:MY(inside),TI,THNewPalace
    Phylakopisanctuary

    1200

    LHIII
    B2

    LMIIIC

    LHIII
    C1

    LMIIIC MGUAs
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    Pylosdestroyed
    earthquake(Phylakopi)

    LHIIIC
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    1150

    mid

    refugesettlements

    mid

    Phylakopi&Tirynsconstrict

    1100

    LMIIIC
    Phylakopi&Tirynsabandoned
    late

    EruptionofSantorini(Thera):
    Science312(28April2006),54765:"ChronologyfortheAegeanLateBronzeAge17001400B.C.,"by
    SturtW.Manning,ChristoperB.Ramsey,WalterKutschera,ThomasHigham,BerndKromer,PeterSteier,
    andEvaM.Wild.
    Inshort:theearlydatefortheeruptionofSantorini(mid16thc.BCE,~1560)isnowmoveduptothelate
    17thc.(16211605BCE).
    OneteamledbySturtManning,newdirectoroftheAegeanDendrochronologyProjectatCornell,produced
    127newC14datesfromAkrotiri(andotherAegeanBAsites:seeds,groupsofseeds,twig)thatspana
    periodfromca.1700to1400BCE.Thesenewdatesalsodatetheeruptiontobetween1660and1613with
    95%confidence,andwithin16391616with68%confidence.
    Anotherteam,ledbyWalterFriedrich(UniversityofAarhus),radiocarbondatedtheolivebranch
    (discoveredin2002byTomPfeiffer,completewithremnantsofleavesandtwigs,buriedaliveinthe
    eruption)to16271600accordingtoitsoutermostring,againwith95%confidence(16211605withslightly
    lessconfidence).
    AlthoughPeterKuniholm,pastdirectoroftheADPCornell,cautionsthatitismoredifficulttodateolive
    ringsthanconifersoroaks,nonethelessthedateseemstrustworthy.
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