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    Lefkandi (Greek: Λευκαντί) is a coastal village on the island of Euboea, Greece. Archaeological finds attest to a settlement on the promontory locally...
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    burial customs. On the other hand, in the island of Euboea, the site of Lefkandi grew up in an accelerated way in this Postpalatial period (1200–1050 BC)...
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    renewed offerings begin to be represented, after a hiatus, at sites like Lefkandi, even though the names of the grandly buried dead were hardly remembered...
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    Thebes, Tiryns) or coastal islands such as Aegina (Kolonna) and Euboea (Lefkandi) and are marked by pottery showing influences from western Anatolia and...
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  • this era 900 BC: Kingdom of Kush. Late 10th century BC: Centaur, from Lefkandi, Euboea is made. It is now at the Archaeological Museum of Eretria in Greece...
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  • intervening "Lefkandi I" (EH IIB) cultural stage. In Laconia and Messenia in the southern Peloponnese, there is no evidence for either the "Lefkandi I" or the...
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    art, but horses were pictured during this time period. The village of Lefkandi in Euboea is considered one of the most representative sites of the Early...
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  • Age. This situation is mirrored in other Central Greek sites, such as Lefkandi, Kalapodi, Elateia, and Pyrgos Livanaton/Kynos. Elijah Mitrou-Long (born...
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  • is followed by the Middle Helladic culture and Mycenaean Greece. "The "Lefkandi I" and Tiryns cultures of the Early Helladic IIB and Early Helladic III...
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    culture (2,200–2,000 BC) or Early Helladic III. In some parts of Greece a Lefkandi culture, or Early Helladic IIB, follows the Korakou; elsewhere the Korakou...
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    has directed excavations at Lefkandi since 2003. I. S. Lemos, 2015. "The Missing Dead: Late Geometric Burials at Lefkandi" in Mediterranean Archaeology...
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  • Tradition. p. 430. See J.H. Kroll, "Early Iron Age balance weights at Lefkandi, Euboea". Oxford Journal of Archaeology 27, pp. 37–48 (2008) "1 Kings 9:14...
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    halfway between history and legend. At the very same time, the site of Lefkandi was being incrementally deserted, perhaps as a consequence of the turmoil...
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    Heroes (London: Penguin, 2008) passim Powell, Barry B. "Did Homer Sing at Lefkandi?". Scholar.lib.vt.edu. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017....
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    of myth. A painted terracotta centaur was found in the "Hero's tomb" at Lefkandi, and by the Geometric period, centaurs figure among the first representational...
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    Keros-Syros culture Lerna III Early Cycladic III (ECIII) 2450-2300 BC Kastri Lefkandi I Middle Cycladic I (MCI) 2000-1800 BC Phylakopi * Middle Cycladic II (MCII)...
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    dexterity, probably aided by compasses and multiple brushes. The site of Lefkandi is one of our most important sources of ceramics from this period where...
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  • excavations at Lefkandi (Mervyn Popham was the other co-director) and worked at Minoan Palaikastro and Roman Knossos in Crete. His work at Lefkandi took place...
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    complete list of false destructions includes other notable sites such as: Lefkandi, Orchomenos, Athens, Knossos, Alassa, Carchemish, Aleppo, Alalakh, Hama...
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    Chalcidice like that of southern Greece, and sometimes having connections with Lefkandi, makes it certain that Chalcidice and southern Greece were in contact with...
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    Mycenae into other areas of Greece. This can be seen by the heroön found at Lefkandi in Euboea. This site dates to around 950 BC during the Iron Age. This site...
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  • In 1962 with Hugh Sackett he excavated at Palaikastro and in 1964 at Lefkandi-Xeropolis. In the 1960's he worked as Assistant Director of the British...
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    beachside resort. The historic and archaeological finds from Eretria and Lefkandi are displayed in the Eretria Museum, established by the Swiss School of...
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  • Larissa, Thessaly Lato, Crete Lavrio, Attica Lefkadia, Central Macedonia Lefkandi, Central Greece Lefkopetra, Central Macedonia Lentas, Crete Lepreum, West...
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    first piece of Greek statuary to be reassembled since is probably the Lefkandi Centaur, a terracotta sculpture found on the island of Euboea, dated c...
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  • Modern scholars differ as to its location, with the current village of Lefkandi in the estuary of the Lilas River being identified by Denis Knoepfler Tritle...
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    founded by Kroton and Sybaris 698 Euarchus is overthrown by Leontini 696 Lefkandi is occupied by Chalcis 695 Polieum is founded by Ionians 691 Antandrus...
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    at Athens excavation of Palekastro for one season and the excavation at Lefkandi for two seasons. Then he led the excavation at Fournou Korifi, Myrtos from...
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    of the leading centres of trade and prosperity in the region; as were Lefkandi in Euboea and Knossos in Crete. This position may well have resulted from...
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    Kastri culture is designated as Kastri/Lefkandi I, because of the similarities with the Greek mainland 'Lefkandi I' phase. Keros-Syros culture is well...
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