PL.1 Marble vessels of the Grotta-Pelos culture.
3, the kandila, and 4, the rhyton, are common forms. 1, supposedly from Naxos, ht 7.3 cm; 2, supposedly from Naxos, ht about 17 cm; 3, unknown provenance, ht 23 cm; 4, from Thera, ht 18 cm.
PL.2 Marble figurines of the Grotta-Pelos culture.
1, figurines of Louros type, the first 17 cm in height; 2, figurine of Plastiras type, ht 31 cm; 3, Plastiras type, ht 9 cm; 4, schematic figurine (violin form), ht 13 cm; 5, schematic figurine (notch-waisted form), ht 19 cm.
PL.3 Pottery of the Grotta-Pelos culture.
1 and 2 from Antiparos, 3–8 from the Pelos cemetery in Melos. Scales in cm.
PL.4 Pottery of the Grotta-Pelos culture.
1, ‘frying pan’ of Kampos type, uncertain provenance, diam. 30 cm; 2, bowl with internal rolled rim from Kato Akrotiri, Amorgos, diam. 35 cm; 3–6, sherds of rolled-rim bowls from Cycladic sites; 7, sherd of rolled-rim bowl from the early levels at Phylakopi in Melos, length 16 cm; 8–10, sherds from the early levels at Phylakopi from vessels typical of the Grotta-Pelos cemeteries; 11, fragment of ‘frying pan’ of mainland type from Grotta in Naxos; 12, sherd of ‘frying pan’ of Kampos type from Manika in Euboia; 13 and 14, fragments of ‘frying pans’ of mainland type from Aegina.
PL.5 Pottery of the Grotta-Pelos culture from the Cyclades and Crete.
1, pyxis from Paterna in Crete, ht 8 cm; 2, pyxis from Orcheion Kalogrias in Melos, ht 9 cm; 3, bottle of Cycladic provenance, ht 12 cm; 4, bottle from Phylakopi in Melos, ht 8 cm; 5, bottle from Antiparos, scale in cm; 6, bottles from the Pyrgos burial cave in Crete, scale in cm.
PL.6 Marble vessels of the Keros-Syros culture from the Cyclades and Crete.
1, from Chalandriani in Syros, ht about 8 cm; 2, of Cycladic provenance, ht 7 cm; 3, from Syros, diam. about 12 cm; 4, from Syros, scale in cm; 5, from Aghios Onouphrios in Crete, diam. about 12 cm; 6, from Aghios Onouphrios in Crete, scale in cm.
PL.7 Pottery of the Keros-Syros culture.
1, ‘frying pan’ of Syros type, diam. 17 cm; 2 to 5, painted pottery; 2, ht 9 cm; 3, ht 18 cm; 4, ht 15 cm; 5, ht 8 cm.
PL.8 Finds of Keros-Syros form from the island of Melos and others.
1, headless folded-arm figurine, ht 21 cm; 2, fragment of folded-arm figurine, ht 6 cm; 3, figurine resembling those of Phylakopi I type, ht 7 cm; 4, schematic figurine of Phylakopi I type, ht 6 cm; 5, schematic figurine of shouldered form, ht 4.1 cm; 6, schematic figurine of Phylakopi I type, preserved ht 5 cm; 7, schematic figurine of Phylakopi I type, preserved ht 4 cm; 8, schematic figurine of Phylakopi I type, preserved ht 5 cm; 9, jar from Phiropotamas, Melos, ht about 10 cm; 10 and 11, jars from the Chalandriani cemetery, Syros, scale in cm; 12 and 13, pots from the Kapro cemetery, Phylakopi, scale in cm; 14, pyxis from the Chalandriani cemetery, Syros, diam. 16 cm.
PL.9 Pottery of the Kastri and Amorgos groups of the Keros-Syros culture.
1 to 4 from Chalandriani in Syros; 1, ht 12 cm; 2, ht 11 cm; 3, ht about 9 cm; 4, ht 12 cm; 5 and 6, of the Amorgos group, from Antiparos, scale in cm.
PL.10 Pottery of the Phylakopi I culture.
1, from Phylakopi, ht 27 cm; 2, from Melos, ht 19 cm; 3 to 5, incised pottery from Phylakopi; 6, similar incised pottery from Aegina.
PL.11 Pottery kernoi from Phylakopi and Crete.
1, from Melos, ht 19 cm; 2, from the Kapro cemetery, Phylakopi, scale in cm; 3, from Koumasa in Crete, ht 15 cm.
PL.12 Duck vases of the Phylakopi I culture.
1 and 2, from Thera; 3 and 5, from Aegina; 4, from Bozhüyük in western Anatolia; 6, from Amorgos. Heights from 15 cm to 25 cm.
PL.13 Middle Cycladic pottery.
1, from Grotta in Naxos; 2, from Knossos in Crete; 3, from levels of the Second City at Phylakopi; 4, Middle Minoan Kamares ware from Phylakopi; 5 and 6, Middle Helladic Minyan ware from Phylakopi.
PL.14 The hilltop and promontory settlements of the third millennium Aegean.
1, the hilltop position of Kastri at Chalandriani in Syros; 2, the promontory of Aghia Irini in Kea.
PL.15 The storage and processing of food.
1, model granary from Melos, ht 10 cm; 2, wine press at the Vathypetro mansion, Crete (sixteenth century BC).
PL.16 Honey, wine and fish in the Cyclades.
1, wine service from an Early Cycladic grave in south-east Naxos; 2, pottery bear with honey pot from Chalandriani in Syros, ht 11 cm; 3, the Fisherman Vase from the Third (late bronze age) City at Phylakopi in Melos, ht of man, 17 cm.
PL.17 Bronze tools of the third millennium Bc.The Kythnos hoard. Scales in cm.
PL.18 Third millennium metallurgy.
1, five bronze axes from the hoard of Vano 829 at Poliochni in Lemnos, the shortest of length 8 cm; 2, shaft-hole axe from the same hoard, length 16 cm; 3, lead weights of the later bronze age from Phylakopi in Melos, scale in cm; 4, gold pendant of the end of the Early Minoan culture from Chrysolakkos at Mallia in Crete, width 5 cm; 5, gold dress pin from the Poliochni treasure, ht 10 cm.
PL.19 Metal vessels of the third millennium and their pottery imitations.
1, silver depas cup from the Troad; 2, pottery depas cup from Troy; 3, gold ‘sauceboat’ from Arcadia, mainland Greece; 4, pottery ‘sauceboat’ from Chalandriani in Syros; 5, silver bowl from Kapros in Amorgos; 6, silver bowl from the Cyclades.
PL.20 Security and redistribution at Lerna.
1, The House of the Tiles, a third millennium ‘palace’; 2, fortification wall with semicircular bastions; 3, decorated clay hearth.
PL.21 Fortifications of stone.
1, wall and bastions of Kastri at Chalandriani in Syros; 2, entrance to the stronghold of Panormos in Naxos; 3, walls of the Second City at Phylakopi in Melos.
PL.22 Bronze weapons of the third millennium BC.
1 and 2, swords from Amorgos, no. 2 of length 33.2 cm; 3, dagger from Poliochni, in Lemnos, length 17.9 cm; 4 and 5, daggers from the hoard of Vano 829 at Poliochni; 6 and 7, daggers from Amorgos, no. 7 of length 21.4 cm; 8 to 10, spearheads from the Cyclades, no. 9 of length 19.5 cm.
PL.23 Sealing and seals of the third millennium BC.
1, impressions of the same cylinder seal from (a) Lerna, (b) Tiryns and (c) Zygouries, ht of impression c. 3 cm; 2, greenstone cylinder seal from Kapros in Amorgos, ht 5 cm; 3, ivory cylinder seal from Poliochni in Lemnos, ht 5 cm; 4, ivory seal from Crete, ht 3 cm.
PL.24 Vessels of symbolic significance.
1, marble bowl from the Cyclades, originally containing 15 birds, carved from a single block, diam. 41 cm; 2, clay bowl, with shepherd and flock, of Middle Minoan I date, from Palaikastro in Crete, diam. 19 cm.
PL.25 Built tombs in the Cyclades and Crete.
1, cist grave of the Grotta-Pelos culture at Plastiras in Paros; 2, modern reconstruction at Chalandriani in Syros resembling the graves there of the Keros-Syros culture; 3, the Middle Minoan round tomb at Kamilari in the Mesara plain, Crete.
PL.26 The obsidian trade etc.
1, stone from south-east Naxos decorated with a spiral arrangement of incised hollows, ht about 60 cm; 2, sherd from Grotta in Naxos incised with a sign of the Minoan Linear A script, length 5 cm; 3, large flake of obsidian used in quarrying the raw material at Dhemenegaki in Melos, length 15 cm; 4, flat-flaked ovates of obsidian from the neolithic settlement at Saliagos near Antiparos; 5, conical obsidian cores from the region of the quarry at Dhemenegaki in Melos; 6, products of the early bronze age blade industry in obsidian: (a) and (b) cores from Phylakopi; (c) and (d) dog-tooth rejuvenation flakes from Phylakopi; (e) blade from Herakleia.
PL.27 Music and revelry.
1, marble musician (Keros-Syros culture) from Keros, ht 20 cm; 2, marble musician (Keros-Syros culture) from Thera, ht 17 cm; 3, the Harvester Vase: steatite vase of Late Minoan I date from Aghia Triadha in Crete, showing workers singing as they return from the olive harvest, diam 11 cm.
PL.28 Third millennium shipping.
1, incised sherd from Phylakopi in Melos, showing the stern of a ship, with steering oar, length 9 cm; 2, painted sherd, from the First or Second City at Phylakopi, showing masted longship, with oars and steering oar, length 10 cm; 3 and 4, lead models of Early Cycladic long ships from Naxos, no. 3 (incomplete), preserved length 39 cm, no. 4, length 40.3 cm; 5, baked clay model of boat, possibly a dug-out, from Mochlos in Crete, length 20 cm; 6, baked clay model of long boat from Palaikastro in Crete, length 20 cm.
PL.29 ‘Unending rapport’ – spiral decoration in the early and late bronze age.
1, decoration of ‘frying pan’ from Chalandriani in Syros (Keros-Syros culture), diam. 21 cm; 2, decorated slab of the ceiling of the ‘Treasure of Minyas’, the late bronze age tholos tomb at Orchomenos.
PL.30 Two varieties of the folded-arm figurine of the Keros-Syros culture.
1,2 and 5, the Dokathismata variety; 3,4 and 6, the Koumasa variety. 1 and 2 from Grave 14 at Dokathismata in Amorgos, ht 20 and 16 cm; 3 and 4 from Teke in Crete, ht 13 and 15 cm; 5 reputedly from Amorgos, ht 35 cm; 6 from Siteia in Crete, ht 10 cm.
PL.31 Large sculptures of the Keros-Syros culture.
1, from the Cyclades, ht 71 cm; 2, from the Cyclades, ht 65 cm.
PL.32 Representation and abstraction: marble heads of the Keros-Syros culture.
1, with decoration in red paint, reputedly from Amorgos, ht 25 cm; 2, with facial features in low relief, from the Cyclades, ht from elbows 17 cm; 3, from Amorgos, ht 35 cm; 4, from Amorgos, ht 92 cm.