Early Cycladic

Pylakopi on Melos the only excavated site with Cycladic stratification

EC I Grotta-Pelos (EH I, EM I)
EC II Keros-Syros (EH IIA)
gap? low population?
EC III Phylakopi I (MH)
Phylakopi II Minoan imports from MM IB-IIA to MMIII and maybe even LM IA
destroyed by fire
Phylakopi III fortified for the first time, occupied continuously until 11th cent.


EC I Grotta-Pelos (3000-2650)
no signficant architecture
cist grave cemeteries
marble vessels & figurines in tombs
almost no metal
KAMPOS FRYING PAN


EC IIA Keros-Syros (2650-2400)
develops out of late Kampos group in Grotta-Pelos group
rectangular buildings with extremely neat masonry
tombs much the same as Grotta-Pelos, cemeteries may be bigger or not
sauceboats & frying pan
more metal, including from Laurion
extensive contacts with EM II on Crete (FAFs are imported & inspire imitations), EH II Mainland (sauceboats, FAFs, tomb types), and Late Troy I & Troy II

Kastri Group/Lefkandi I EC IIB or EC IIIA (2450-2150)
EH II B Lefkandi I culture contemporary and closely connected, basically the same culture
Kastri is a small, fortified citadel on Syros
unchanged tombs
metalwork has close typological parallels with western Anatolia, especially tin-alloyed bronze which is otherwise only found at Troy II at this period
dramatic shift in pottery
metalwork + pottery means Western Anatolians passing through on their way to Euboea & the mainland
small forts reminiscent of Troy I-II larger-scale fortifications
forts suddenly abandoned, no idea why

EC III (2150-2000)
no evidence of human occupation at present

Phylakopi I MC I or EC IIIB(2000-1850)
rock-cut chamber tombs
FAF disappears after Lefkandi I phase
relatively little contact with Minoan Crete
Troy V
MH I to early MH II
chlorite schist used to make house models that may or may not have mimicked real architecture

Eutresis & Korakou

EH I Eutresis
EH IIA Korakou (Lerna III)
EH IIB Lefkandi (regionally restricted)
EH III Tiryns (Lerna IV)

Eutresis EH I 3000-2650
red-slipped burnished hemispherical bowl
possible fortification wall
very little known about settlement architecture
no burials
poor in metal, economically possibly best viewed as terminal Neolithic

Korakou EH II 2650-2150
some places, like Lerna & Tiryns, suffer burning destructions before replacement by Tiryns culture, peaceful transitions elsewhere (Eutresis, Kolonna)
unburnished, Early Helladic Urfirnis & Ivory Ware
SAUCEBOAT
several fortified sites
large (public?) buildings, e.g. BG and House of Tiles at Lerna, White House at Kolonna, Fortified Building at Thebes, House of the Pithoi at Zygouries
CORRIDOR HOUSE
also rundbau
most domestic architecture, though, was agglomerative
no standard tomb type
pit burials within the settlement
cist grave cemeteries outside the settlement
individual burials in pithoi, pits, or cists, set within raised circular platforms which supported tumuli covered with stones
cist graves secondary & poor in grave goods
pithoi & pit graves often rich
chamber tombs
many smaller, less defensible settlements from the Korakou period are abandoned in EH III
EH II period had variety of site sizes, so some sort of site hierarchy, we're just not sure how it went
seals indicate concept of private property
none from Lerna found, but lots of sealings
seals of lead, stone, & terracotta at other sites
copper/bronze daggers & tweezers

4 stage fortifications at HoT
1. northern stone wall that may have been only a retaining wall, or the stone served as a substructure for a mud-brick wall
2. rectangular projection, horseshoe tower, staircase
destroyed by fire
3. southern wall, new tower(s)
4. casemates wall system drawn inwards

fortifications in ruins while construction on HoT ongoing