Lefkandi And The Beggining Of The Iron Age, 1200-900

Question 1

General timeline of events 1200-900 (6)

Answer 1

1200 - destruction of palaces
1200-1125 - palatial recovery
1125-1050 - decline period
1050 - Iron Age, protogeometric
? Single burials, cremation
900 - rapid economic recovery

Question 2

What are the main features of protogeometric pottery (4)

Answer 2

Quicker wheel, smoother finish
Controlled kiln, higher temperature
Spiral art
Improved skill and economic circumstances

Question 3

Evidence of threat during 1200-900

Answer 3

Tiryns creates a wall to protect its water source, as does Athens and Mycenae.

Question 4

Mycenae LH 111C 1200-1100

Answer 4

Low fired, poor quality

Question 5

In which areas is the pottery not as bad as Mycenae LH IIIC? (3)

Answer 5

Rhodes pot - octopus
Lefkandi, island of Euboea, griffons feeding young in the nest
Mycenae and Thermon warrior vases, 1150 BC

Question 6

Key elements of the Lefkandi settlement (5)

Answer 6

Traces of the tail settlement are damaged by agriculture
Cemeteries show inhumation in cost graves, cremations later on
Skoubrus tomb group
Imported attic geometric vases
Lefkandi Heroon

Question 7

Skoubrus tomb group finds (4)

Answer 7

Small pottery vessels
Bronze fibulae
Iron pins
Fragment of gold

Question 8

Lefkandi Heroon

Answer 8

-rich burial of 4 horses
-burial of a woman with jewellery and glass beads
-cremation of a man
Cypriot 1200

Question 9

Fate of the Herron, 900 BC

Answer 9

• Toumba cemetery built on top of where the Heroon was, there is now a mound in its place
• rich burials were found here - golden jewellery, Egyptian and Syrian imports

Question 10

Academic argument

Answer 10

Pop ham, Sackett, Themelis

• pottery was made of local material
• most finds were everyday objects
• metal objects - utensils, simple iron knife