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Cycladis culture
The Cycladic civilisation (around the 3rd millennium BC) was one of the most important periods on the island of Naxos. We describe it in a series of articles:
The Early Bronze age sanctuary Koryfi t’Aroniou
2. March 2013
In the south-east of Naxos, about three kilometres north of the bay of Pánormos with the small Early Bronze age acropolis Korfári ton Amygdalión, there is a small site from the same period, which i…
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Temples and sanctuaries
23. June 2011
Tempel und Heiligtümer Die Insel Naxos hat mehrere Ruinen antiker Tempel und Heiligtümer vorzuweisen: ein prähistorisches Heiligtum im Südwesten der Insel, an dem man interessante Ritzzeichnungen …
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Seafaring and trade in the Cycladic culture
28. October 2009
The earliest evidence of human presence on the Cyclades are the Paleo(!)- and Mesolithic chert tools on Naxos and the Mesolithic finds of obsidian from the island of Milos on the mainland and on ot…
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Contacts to the neighbouring peoples
28. October 2009
As an island people the inhabitants of the Cyclades always had close contacts to their neighbours. The islands were probably settled by a people from the East, from the Levant and Asia Minor. Since…
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The idols and the religion of the Cycladic culture
28. October 2009
The Cycladic idols The most famous artefacts of the Cycladic culture are doubtless the marble idols. These unique works of art testify in an especially impressive way to the craftsmanship and artis…
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Crafts in the Cycladic culture
28. October 2009
In the Early Bronze age, crafts and techniques already known from the Neolithic age such as pottery, sculpture, metalworking and shipbuilding developed to a significantly higher level. Individual p…
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Metal crafts in the Cycladic culture
28. October 2009
Even in the late Stone age, people occasionally used metal to make simple tools or jewelry. These were mostly made of metals, which could be found in a pure form in nature, not as an ore, like silv…
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Cemeteries and burials in the Cycladic culture
28. October 2009
Already during the Stone age people started to bury their dead. The oldest known graves are dated to an age of 40,000 years. The first known cemeteries are about 12,000 years old. On the Cyclades a…
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Peoples and language of the Cycladic culture
27. October 2009
We don’t know exactly who the people were who lived in the Cyclades in the Early Bronze age. There is no direct written evidence from the time of the Cycladic culture; the first writings in Greece,…
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The settlements of the Cycladic culture
27. October 2009
During the Neolithic age, human settlement on Naxos was probably still sparse. In the Early Bronze age, on the other hand, large areas of the island were inhabited: numerous sites have been found, …
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The Cycladic culture
27. October 2009
In the third millennium BC a remarkable culture developed on the Cyclades, the so-called Cycladic culture, which had an important centre on Naxos. It was one of the first cultures in Europe to take…
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The Early Bronze age acropolis at Panormos
5. August 2009
Near the bay of Pánormos at the southeastern tip of Naxos lies on a low hill called Korfári ton Amygdalión (= hill of the almond trees) a small Bronze age acropolis (= fortress). It consists of abo…
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