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Early Bronze Age in Greece
Eutresis, red-slipped
EH IIA
move from hilltops to lower and coastal areas here and earlier
may indicate shift from pastoralism toward agriculture
may indicate increased contacts and reliance on resources abroad
oxen figurines
corridor houses
sauceboats
sanctuary of the bulls
Korakou
urfirnis
fortifications at Lerna predate HoT
HoT build on early BG building, which is contemporaneous with the fortifications
walls about 2 meters apart with orthogonal walls inside forming rooms
towers
Early Helladic IIB
House of the Tiles
points toward chiefdom sort of society
Lefkandi I on the mainland = Kastri on the islands
The Early Helladic II period ended at Lerna with the destruction of the House of the Tiles. Caskey's idea that this destruction took place throughout the Peloponnese at all EH II sites and was the result of an invasion is no longer substantiated. There is no pattern of destruction consistent with an invasion or destructive migration, and the items that have been associated with EH III, such as apsidal houses (with one rounded end), tumuli (burial mounds), terracotta "anchors", and shaft-hole axes, actually appeared at different times from EH II through the MH period as influence from many different areas. Nevertheless, there was a clear and major change between EH II and EH III. This change, dated to ca. 2200 BCE, corresponds to changes in climate seen in several parts of the world, including drought in the Near East and east Africa. Weiss blames these climatic changes for social collapse in Mesopotamia and elsewhere, a suggestion also entertained for the Greek mainland and the Cyclades at this time.
EHIII
first known tumulus at Lerna on the HoT
may have contributed to burial practices later
increase in apsidal homes
EH IIA
move from hilltops to lower and coastal areas here and earlier
may indicate shift from pastoralism toward agriculture
may indicate increased contacts and reliance on resources abroad
oxen figurines
corridor houses
sauceboats
sanctuary of the bulls
Korakou
urfirnis
fortifications at Lerna predate HoT
HoT build on early BG building, which is contemporaneous with the fortifications
walls about 2 meters apart with orthogonal walls inside forming rooms
towers
Early Helladic IIB
House of the Tiles
points toward chiefdom sort of society
Lefkandi I on the mainland = Kastri on the islands
The Early Helladic II period ended at Lerna with the destruction of the House of the Tiles. Caskey's idea that this destruction took place throughout the Peloponnese at all EH II sites and was the result of an invasion is no longer substantiated. There is no pattern of destruction consistent with an invasion or destructive migration, and the items that have been associated with EH III, such as apsidal houses (with one rounded end), tumuli (burial mounds), terracotta "anchors", and shaft-hole axes, actually appeared at different times from EH II through the MH period as influence from many different areas. Nevertheless, there was a clear and major change between EH II and EH III. This change, dated to ca. 2200 BCE, corresponds to changes in climate seen in several parts of the world, including drought in the Near East and east Africa. Weiss blames these climatic changes for social collapse in Mesopotamia and elsewhere, a suggestion also entertained for the Greek mainland and the Cyclades at this time.
EHIII
first known tumulus at Lerna on the HoT
may have contributed to burial practices later
increase in apsidal homes