ABSTRACT

Greece in the rst half of the twelfth century bc was not cut o or impoverished. is is most clearly seen in a site newly occupied in this period, the cemetery at Perati on the eastern coast of Attica. More than 200 graves are known from this site, the vast majority of them chamber tombs, and the standard Mycenaean practice of inhumation dominates, although some eighteen bodies were cremated. e quality of pottery found in these tombs is high, and the quantity large (some 800 vessels). In addition, beads, seals, and two gold rings were found, along with a number of gurines and eight bulae

(safety pins). Imported objects show that, directly or indirectly, Greece was still in contact with a large part of the near east: there are scarabs and glass from Egypt, seals and an iron knife from Syria, seals from Cyprus, and even an amber bead from the Baltic.