The Dark Age of Greece: An Archeological

This is a classic work of archaeology by one of the premier figures in the field. First published in 1971,A.M. Snodgrass'The Dark Age if Greeceis the most comprehensive and coherent account available of this period of ancient Greece.

List of Illustrations

xii

List of Abbreviations

xx

Foreword to the new edition

xxiii

The Concept of a Dark Age

1

(23)

The Literary Evidence

2

(8)

Chronography

10

(6)

Other Types of Evidence

16

(6)

Notes

22

(2)

The Regional Pottery-styles

24

(82)

Terminology

25

(3)

The Latest Bronze Age Styles and the Problem of Submycenaean

28

(15)

Qualities of the Submycenaean Style

34

(6)

The Subminoan Style

40

(3)

The Rise of Protogeometric and the Attic Series

43

(12)

The Regional Grouping of the Pottery Styles

55

(39)

The Early or `Advanced' Styles

55

(1)

The Argolid

56

(2)

Corinth

58

(3)

Thessaly

61

(2)

The Central Cyclades

63

(2)

Elis

65

(1)

Asia Minor

66

(2)

The Later Derivative Styles

68

(1)

Boeotia

69

(2)

Euboea

71

(1)

Phokis and Lokris

72

(1)

Macedonia

73

(2)

Dodecanese

75

(3)

N. Cyclades

78

(1)

Crete

79

(5)

The Independent Styles

84

(1)

Ithaka

84

(2)

Achaea

86

(1)

Messenia

87

(1)

Laconia

87

(2)

The Remaining Regions

89

(1)

Arcadia

90

(1)

E. Aegean Islands

90

(1)

Sicily: S. Italy

91

(3)

Hand-made Wares

94

(4)

Notes

98

(8)

The Chronology of the Early Iron Age in Greece

106

(34)

Primary Dates and the Attic Series

107

(6)

Other Evidence for Absolute Chronology

113

(9)

First Category

113

(4)

Second Category

117

(3)

Third Category

120

(2)

Absolute Dating

122

(1)

The Attic Series

122

(2)

The Argolid

124

(1)

Corinth

124

(1)

Thessaly

125

(1)

Cyclades

125

(1)

Euboea

126

(1)

East Greece

127

(1)

Crete

128

(2)

Laconia

130

(1)

Ithaka

131

(1)

Rest of Greece

131

(2)

Sicily: S. Italy

133

(3)

Notes

136

(4)

The Grave

140

(73)

Principles of Classification

141

(6)

Interpretation of Grave-evidence

143

(4)

Regional Developments

147

(1)

Attica

147

(4)

The Argolid and Corinthia

151

(3)

Thessaly

154

(2)

Central Cyclades

156

(1)

Elis

157

(1)

Asia Minor

157

(1)

Boeotia

158

(1)

Euboea, Northern Cyclades

159

(1)

Phokis

159

(1)

Macedonia

160

(3)

The Dodecanese

163

(1)

Crete

164

(6)

Other Regions

170

(2)

Epirus

172

(1)

Western Colonies

173

(4)

Conclusions

177

(21)

The Spread of Single Burial

177

(7)

Skeletal Evidence

184

(3)

The Changes in Rite

187

(3)

Other Inferences

190

(8)

Notes

198

(4)

Appendix

202

(11)

Iron and Other Metals

213

(83)

Technical Factors

213

(4)

The Initial Spread of Iron-working

217

(20)

The Arrival of the Iron Age

228

(3)

Protogeometric Attica

231

(2)

The Argolid

233

(3)

Thessaly and Asia Minor

236

(1)

The Hypothesis of Bronze-shortage

237

(2)

Other Regions of Greece

239

(7)

Phokis

240

(2)

Skyros

242

(1)

Dodecanese

242

(1)

The Ionian Islands: Achaea

243

(2)

Other Areas

245

(1)

Conclusions: Isolation and Stagnation

246

(3)

Crete, Macedonia and Epirus

249

(12)

Crete

249

(1)

Macedonia

249

(8)

Epirus

257

(4)

The Earlier Geometric Period

261

(7)

Attica

261

(3)

The Argolid and Corinth

264

(2)

Crete

266

(2)

The Later Geometric Period

268

(7)

Fibulae and Pins

268

(3)

Defensive Armour

271

(2)

Offensive Weapons

273

(2)

The Finds from the Sanctuaries

275

(12)

Stratigraphy

276

(1)

Evidence from Pottery

276

(1)

Analogous Metal Types

277

(4)

Tripod Cauldrons

281

(6)

Notes

287

(9)

External Relations

296

(64)

The Evidence of Dialect and Tradition

299

(5)

The Great Destructions

304

(9)

The Evidence for Foreign Invasion

305

(6)

The Dorian Hypothesis

311

(1)

Alternative Explanations

312

(1)

The Second Wave of Disturbances

313

(10)

The Evidence of the Cist-tomb

314

(3)

The Evidence of Metal-types

317

(4)

The Significance of Metalwork in General

321

(1)

The Vardar Valley Invaders

322

(1)

Retrospect

323

(4)

Pottery

324

(1)

Metalwork

324

(2)

Cremation

326

(1)

The Advent of Protogeometric

327

(3)

Hand-made Pottery

329

(1)

The Revival of Communication

330

(6)

The Final Emergence

336

(17)

Notes

353

(7)

The Internal Situation

360

(83)

Decline: the 12th and earlier 11th Centuries

360

(8)

Depopulation

365

(3)

Isolation: the later 11th and earlier 10th Centuries

368

(12)

The Ionian Migration: Regional Diversity

373

(5)

Agriculture

378

(2)

Intimations of Poverty

380

(6)

Political and Social Structure

386

(8)

The Homeric World

388

(6)

The Problem of Continuity in Religion and Art

394

(8)

The Beginnings of Recovery: the late 10th to early 8th Centuries

402

(14)

Diffusion of Pottery-styles

403

(1)

Attica

404

(2)

Regional Limitations

406

(2)

Architecture

408

(5)

General Inferences

413

(3)

The Greek Renaissance: the middle and later 8th Century

416

(13)

Colonization

416

(1)

Representational Art

417

(2)

Regional Patterns

419

(1)

Intercommunication

419

(2)

Architecture

421

(1)

Sacred Buildings

422

(1)

Domestic Architecture

423

(6)

Historical Consciousness in Poetry and Art

429

(8)

Notes

437

(6)

General Index

443

(7)

Site Index

450

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