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Final Postpalatial Crete

1200 BCE 1000 BCE
D G SC WF EQ 2020  gr_crete_post_palace_2 / GrCrFPa
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1300 BCE 1200 BCE Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_1)    [None]

Succeeding Entity:
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  General Description   With the fall or weakening of the great Eastern Mediterranean powers--the Hittites, the Assyrians, Egypt--there is evidence for a correspondingly "troubled" phase in Crete’s prehistory. Most notably, the population moved from the coast to the hinterland, suggesting the coasts were no longer safe. Minoan culture continued to exist in some form, but contacts with the rest of the world were greatly reduced [1]
Population and political organization
Firth estimated the Cretan population during Late Minoan IIIA and IIIB periods (1400-1200 BCE) at 110,000 people [2] There are no estimates for the Final Post Palatial Period; settlement patterns, however, point to a considerable population decrease, especially during the 1100-1000 BCE period. [3] [4] Similarly, not much is known about political organization at this time. [5]

[1]: (Hallager 2010, 157-158) Erik Hallager. 2010. ’Crete’ in The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, edited by E.H. Cline. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[2]: (Firth 1995, 33-55) R. Firth. 1995. ’Estimating the population of Crete during LM IIIA/B’. Minos 29-30: 33-55.

[3]: (Rehak and Younger 2001, 458) P. Rehak and J.G. and Younger. 2001. ’Neopalatial, Final palatial, and Postpalatial Crete’, in Aegean Prehistory. A Review, edited by Tracey Cullen. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America.

[4]: (Borgna 2003, 153-183) Elisabetta Borgna. 2003. ’Regional settlement patterns in Crete at the end of LBA’. SMEA 45: 153-83.

[5]: K. Christakis, pers. comm., May 2016

General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information / Writing System
Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Information / Money
Information / Postal System
Information / Measurement System
Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2) was in:
 (1200 BCE 1001 BCE)   Crete
Home NGA: Crete
General Variables
Identity and Location Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Utm Zone 35 S Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Original Name Final Postpalatial Crete Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Capital None (Absent Capital) Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Alternative Name Postpalatial Crete Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Alternative Name Mycenaean Crete Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Temporal Bounds Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Peak Years [1200 BCE ➜ 1100 BCE] Confident
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Duration [1200 BCE ➜ 1000 BCE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Supracultural Entity Cretan Broze Age Civilization Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Succeeding Entity Geometric Crete Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Preceding Entity
1300 BCE 1200 BCE
Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_1)   [None]  Confident
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Degree of Centralization quasi-polity Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Language Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Linguistic Family NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Language Minoan Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Language Early Greek Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Religion Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Population of the Largest Settlement 1,000 people Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Polity Territory - Suspected 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Polity Population - Suspected 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Hierarchical Complexity Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Settlement Hierarchy 1 Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Professions Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Law Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Professional Lawyer Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Judge Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
Court Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Drinking Water Supply System Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Transport Infrastructure Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Road Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Port Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Canal Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Bridge Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Special-purpose Sites Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Mines or Quarry Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Information / Writing System Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Written Record Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Script Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Nonwritten Record Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Mnemonic Device Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Scientific Literature Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Sacred Text Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Religious Literature Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Practical Literature Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Philosophy Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Lists Tables and Classification Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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History Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Fiction Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Calendar Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Information / Money Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Token Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Paper Currency Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Indigenous Coin Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Foreign Coin Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Article Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Information / Postal System Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Postal Station Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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General Postal Service Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Courier Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Information / Measurement System Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Settlements in a Defensive Position Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Modern Fortification Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Fortified Camp Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Complex Fortification Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Long Wall absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Military use of Metals Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Bronze Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Projectiles Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Tension Siege Engine Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Sling Siege Engine Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Sling Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Self Bow Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Javelin Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Handheld Firearm Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Crossbow Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Composite Bow Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Atlatl Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Handheld weapons Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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War Club Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Sword Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Spear Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Polearm Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Dagger Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Animals used in warfare Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Horse Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Elephant Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Camel Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Armor Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Shield Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Scaled Armor Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Plate Armor Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Limb Protection Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Leather Cloth Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Laminar Armor Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Helmet Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Chainmail Absent Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Breastplate Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Naval technology Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Specialized Military Vessel Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Small Vessels Canoes Etc Present Confident 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Human Sacrifice Final Postpalatial Crete (gr_crete_post_palace_2)
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Crisis Cases
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Instability Data
Power Transitions
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