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It represents the latest part of the helladic period (helladic III), which is characterised by strong Minoan, that is Cretan influences on the culture of the Greek mainland.
The pottery is characterised by dark paintings on a light background. The beginnings of the Mycenean decorated pottery on the Greek mainland date to the beginning of the Late Bronze Age (Late Helladic I). The typology of the Mycenean pottery was created by the Swedish archaeologist Arne Furumark based on the material from the excavations of Asine . He provided a list of pottery-shapes as well (Furumark 1-333) that is used internationally in the description of Mycenean and Minoan pottery.
Table 1 provides the approximate dates of the Late Helladic phases (LH) on the Greek Mainland.
| Approx. date | Period |
|---|---|
| 1000 | protogeometric |
| 1000–1060 | submycenean |
| 1090–1060 | LHIIIC late |
| 1130–1090 | LHIIIC middle |
| 1190–1130 | LHIIIC early |
| 1320–1190 | LHIIIB2 |
| 1300–1320 | LHIIIB1 |
| 1350–1300 | LHIIIA2 |
| 1400–1350 | LHIIIA1 |
| 1450–1400 | LHIIB |
| 1500–1450 | LHIIA |
| 1550–1500 | LHI |
The LHI pottery is known from the fill of the shaft graves of Lerna and the settlements of Voroulia and Nichoria ( Messenia), Ayios Stephanos, ( Laconia) and Korakou . Furumark divided the LH in phases A and B, but Furumark's LHIB has been reassigned to LHIIA by Dickinson.
The description of the LHIIA is mainly based on the material from Kourakou East Alley. Domestic and Palatial shapes are distinguished. LHIIB sees a lessening of Cretan influences. Pure LHIIB assemblages are rare and originate from Tiryns, Asine and Korakou.
The uniform and widely spread LHIIIIA1 pottery was originally defined by the material from the Ramp house at Mycenae, the palace at Thebes (now dated to LHIIIA2 or LHIIIB by most researchers) and Triada at Rhodes. There is material from Asine, Athens (wells), SpartaThis page is about the ancient and modern Greek city of Sparta. For other uses see: Sparta (disambiguation Sparta was an ancient city in Greece, the capital of Laconia and the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. The city lay at the northern end of th (Menelaion), Nichoria and the 'Atreus Bothros', rubbish sealed under the Dromos of the Treasury of AtreusIn Greek mythology, King Atreus ( Greek: , Atreus ("fearless") of Mycenae was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Atreus and his brother, Thyestes, acquired the throne of Mycenae during the absence of King Eurystheus, wh at Mycenae as well.
The LHIIIA2 pottery marks a Mycenaen expansion covering most of the Eastern Mediterranean. There are many new shapes. The motifs of the painted pottery continue from LHIIIA1 but show a great deal of standartisation.
The definition of the LHIIIB by Furumark was mainly based on grave finds and the settlement material from Zygouries . It has been divided into two subphases by E. French, based on the finds from Mycenae and the West wall at Tiryns.
LHIIIB2 assemblages are sparse, as painted pottery is rare in tombs and many settlements of this period ended by destruction, leaving few complete pots behind.
The dating of the LH IIIC hinges on the destruction of UgaritUgarit (modern site Ras Shamra 35°35´ N; 35°45´E) was an ancient cosmopolitan port city, sited on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria a few kilometers north of the modern city of Latakia. Ugarit was at its height about 1450 BC to 1200 BC. Its locati. The beginning of LH IIIC is now commonly set into the reign of Queen Twosret .
The LHIIIC has been divided into LHIIIC1 and 2 by Furumark, based on materials from tombs in Mycenae, Asine, Kephallonia and Rhodes. In the 1960ies, the excavations of the Citadel at Mycenae and of Lefkandi in Euboia yielded stratified material that allowed the subdivision of the LHIIIC into three phases. There is a lot of regional variation in the LCIII, especially in the later phases. Late LH CIII pottery is found in TroyThis article is about the city of Troy / Ilion as described in the works of Homer, and the location of an ancient city associated with it. For other uses see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). Troy ( Greek Τροα Troia ( VIIa and a few pieces in TarsusTarsus is a city in present day Turkey, on the mouth of the Tarsus Cay ( Cydnus) into the Mediterranean. History The ancient name is Tarsos, probably derived from the God Tarku. It was located at the crossing of several important trade routes, linking sou.