370 Dark Age Greece 1150-700BC
Depopulation Degradation of culture Disappearance of Mycenaean elite “Giant Hand”
c. 1100 Palaces in ruin Many towns as well No new monumental stone construction Writing all but forgotten Trade links broken No quality metalwork
1150-900 900-750 Sporadic incursions and movements of peoples Slow revival
Sources Meager, but increase after 900 Homeric poems-c. 750 BC Iliad Odyssey Hesiod-700 BC Theogony Works and Days
Archaeological Settlements Homes, buildings, and graves (mostly shaft)
Pottery Submycenaean- c. 1100-1050 BC Protogeometric-c. 1050-900 BC
Submycenaean
Protogeometric
Geometric
Dipylon vase
Nichoria
Lefkandi