
The years c. 1250 to 1150 BC in Greece and the Aegean are often characterized as a time of crisis and collapse. A critical period in the long history of the region and its people and culture, they witnessed the end of the Mycenaean kingdoms, with their palaces and Linear B records, and, through the Postpalatial period, the transition into the Early Iron Age. But, on closer examination, it has become increasingly clear that the period as a whole, across the region, defies simple characterization ““ there was success and splendor, resilience and continuity, and novelty and innovation, actively driven by the people of these lands through this transformative century.

























