BRYN MAWR COLLEGE

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology 209:
The Evolution of Civilization in the Aegean

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CHRONOLOGY OF NEOLITHIC GREECE  (after Perles 1990)

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TRADITIONAL PHASENAMES UNCAL. B.P. CAL. B.C.E.
CENTRAL &
SOUTHERN GREECE
CYCLADES
THESSALY
GREEK EASTERN
MACEDONIA
SOUTHERN ALBANIA
EASTERN SERBIA
BULGARIAN THRACE
EASTERN EUROPE
Early 
Bronze 
Age
4600 3200 Early Helladic Early Cycladic Early Thessalian Dikili Tash IIIB Sitagroi V
Dikili Tash IIIA
Sitagroi IV
Maliq III Bubanj Hum II

Bubanj Hum Ib

Ezero B
Kranovo VII
Ezero A
MIDDLE CHALKOLITHIC or 
EARLY BRONZE AGE
Final Neolithic
(Phase 5)
5700 4500 Aegina
Attica
Kefala(Keos)
Aegina
Attica
Kefala(Keos)
Rakhmani Kastri?
Sitagroi-IIIC
Sitagroi IIIB
Maliq IIb
Maliq IIa
Bubanj Hum Ia Karanovo VI
Kodzademen
EARLY CHALKOLITHIC
Late 
Neolithic 
(Phase 4)
6000 4800 Gonia
Corycian Cave
Zas Cave
Grotta
Classical Dimini
Otzaki

Agia Sofia

Dikili-Tash-IIC (Galepsos)
Dikili Tash IIB
Sitagroi IIIA
Dik. Tash IIA
Maliq I - Kamnik Vinca C Karanovo V - Marica LATE NEOLITHIC
Late 
Neolithic 
(Phase 3)
6500 5300 Matt-painted pottery
Kitsos
Elateia
Saliagos Arapi
Tsangli @
Larissa
Paradimi-III 
Sitagroi II
Dikili Tash I
Sitagroi I
Paradimi I
Cakran Vinca B

Vinca A

Karanovo IV -Kalojanovec
Karanovo III (Veselinovo)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC
Middle Neolithic
(Phase 2)
7000 5800 Chaeronea
Urfirnis pottery
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Zarko
Sesklo-I-III @
?
Vastemi- Podgorie Starcevo Karanovo II EARLY NEOLITHIC
Early Neolithic
(Phase 1)
7700 6500 Franchthi @
Corinth
Nemea @
Ayiorgitika
Rainbow ware
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Proto-Sesklo
Frühkeramikum
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Karanovo I
Preceramic ?
(Phase 0)
8000 6800 Franchthi?
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Argissa
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