Complex sentence: This type was the most identifiable piece of Mycenaean armor and was in used from the beginning to the collapse of Mycenaean culture and is known from several depictions in contemporary art in Greece and the Mediterranean.
Split into simpler sentences: This type was the most identifiable piece of Mycenaean armor and was in used from the beginning to the collapse of Mycenaean culture. It is also known from several depictions in contemporary art in Greece and the Mediterranean.