Lefkandi

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archaeological site

Lefkandi is an important archaeological site on the island of Euboea in Greece, renowned for its rich burials and monumental structures that illuminate the early stages of Greek society during the so-called Dark Ages.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalPhase	Geometric ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ Protogeometric NERFINISHED ⓘ Sub-Mycenaean NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalContext	Early Greek aristocratic society ⓘ post-Mycenaean Greek culture ⓘ
excavatedBy	British School at Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Archaeological Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStart	1960s ⓘ
hasBurialType	chamber tombs ⓘ shaft graves ⓘ tumuli ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf	complex social stratification ⓘ contacts with Cyprus ⓘ contacts with Near East ⓘ cremation and inhumation burial practices ⓘ early use of iron ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ luxury goods in graves ⓘ use of horses in elite burials ⓘ
hasNotableFind	bronze vessels ⓘ gold jewelry ⓘ horse burials ⓘ imported pottery ⓘ ivory objects ⓘ
hasSiteArea	Lefkandi Toumba NERFINISHED ⓘ Lefkandi Xeropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructureType	apsidal building ⓘ heroön ⓘ
knownFor	Toumba building NERFINISHED ⓘ continuity between Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age ⓘ elite warrior burials ⓘ evidence for social hierarchy in Early Iron Age Greece ⓘ monumental structures ⓘ rich burials ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Euboea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Euripus Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ modern village of Lefkandi ⓘ town of Eretria NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	island of Euboea NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Central Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	challenges idea of complete collapse in Greek Dark Age ⓘ important for study of transition from Mycenaean to Early Iron Age Greece ⓘ key site for understanding emergence of Greek aristocracy ⓘ
timePeriodSignificance	Greek Dark Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Early Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Greek Dark Ages → hasKeySite → Lefkandi ⓘ