Title: The Aegean civilizations /
Authors: Warren, Peter
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Civilization, Aegean.; Bronze age Aegean Sea Region
Abstract: A comprehensive account of the "lost" cultures of Crete and Mycenae which antedated the Classical period by a thousand years and more. Covers the prehistory of the area from Neolithic times (6500 B.C.) to the collapse of the Mycenaean Empire c. 1200 B.C.
Contents: The discovery of the Bronze Age -- Civilization in the Aegean Bronze Age -- Early farmers and metalworkers 6000-2000 BC -- The first palaces of Crete and urban life in the Aegean 2000-1600 BC -- The great age of Minoan Crete 1700-1100 BC -- The Mycenaeans and the end of the Bronze Age 1600-1100 BC.