The ancient civilization of Las Cicladas was developed in a group of islands of the Aegean Sea, thousands of years ago.The research and studies of the findings found have allowed us to delve a little more into a very rich culture, of which there are still many blind spots to discover.
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Cycladic civilization
To talk about cycladic civilization we have to place ourselves in the Copper and Bronze Age, specifically between the years 3000 and 1100 BC .This civilization originated in the middle of the Aegean, along with the other two important cultures of the Bronze Age: the Minoan and Mycenaean.
Cyclades are a group of islands and islets found in the south Aegean , between the Esporadas and Crete.Today they are formed by the islands Mykonos, Paros, Milo or Milos, Sifnos, Amorgos, Tinos, Serifos or Serfanto and Santorini.
History of the Cycladic civilization
Given the antiquity of this civilization there are still many data that They are unknown and cannot be known for sure.What we can say is that it has been one of the richest civilizations and that the archaeological findings that have been made are an art show.
Origin of the inhabitants of the Cyclades
The origin of the inhabitants of the Cyclades has meant a great headache for archaeologists and historians throughout the years.Assumptions and hypotheses that were difficult to conclude, as their inhabitants came from small migrations of Anatolia.
In 1963 excavations began in some islands that, thanks to the findings and the study of the They allowed us to discover that the islands were already inhabited by 5,000 BC and there had been previous civilizations living in the same place.
Today, the strongest and most sustained hypothesis is that the inhabitants of Anatolia and of the Cyclades had a parallel growth, similar in some aspects but also different, which could give supposed contacts between them but without being able to affirm that some were the original ones of the others.
The cities of the living
The cities of the living refer to the literalness, the place where the living lived and the types of houses they used.
Taking into account I commented previously, that they are difficult to carry out this type of research to affirm round data, for now if you can affirm the finding of houses with rectangular plan .These had two connecting rooms and one had deabside way, what you have remembered researchers are encouraged to rounded neolithic cabanas.
The materials used would be the lava stone , the mortar and wooden frames.
The walls Defensive
Defensive walls were found in some of the Cyclades populations, which they believe would be built by Cretan influence and could have to do with the expulsion of the pirates carios Navy of Minos.
These walls can be found in Chalandriani (Siros), Panormos (Naxos Island), Agios Andreas (Sifnos) and Filacopi.Of course, the design of them was very well thought out for to defend the city in full advantage , forcing the adversary to have to be exposed for a long time to access it (for the low number of access doors) and also had towers, in Chalandriani, to maintain the safety of the inhabitants.
Cities of the dead
The cities of the dead refers to the types of graves and burials that took place in the Cyclades.
They say that you can know a lot about the culture and philosophy of a civilization because of its burial.In this case, in the Cyclades, areas with slope in the hills or on the seashore , to to bury their loved ones at low depth.
This type of burial was given a trapezoidal shape, sometimes placing stones or pebbles in the lower area, the sides were covered with flat stones and stones were placed uncarved on the cover.They had dimensions of 1.20 meters in length .This was possible due to the placement that was given to the body, lying on the right side, knees next to the chest and the forearms towards the head.
They have discovered that there were individual tombs and multiple tombs.In the latter case, it is believed that they were members of the same family who buried their graves superimposed.
In the burials of the Cyclades Islands there is an exception, the tombs of Siros .In this case, the burials found have been seen as forming a kind of small chambers that communicated with the outside but that, by the size of that space, I did not allow to the passage of a person.Therefore, for the moment the most important hypothesis is that this communication with the external was directed to the celebration of different funeral rites.
Religious practices
Only one place of worship is known in the Cyclades, in the port of Minoa.It has not been possible to find irrefutable findings but it is believed that it could be a place of worship in the air libr and why this It is far from the necropolis, because vessels have been found in very good conditions and inside bone chips of different animals.
Sailing experts
The economy of the Cyclades was based on agriculture, handicrafts and grazing but also in relation to the sea.Not only it is about fishing, if not you also ventured into navigation and commerce across the sea.This is a n important fact, since samples of cycled art have been found even in the south of France or in the Balearic Islands, which would indicate that they not only traded with their neighbors to Anatolia, but also reached other more distant cities.p>
These economic means also meant that a difference of classes developed that could be seen in the form of burials: inclusion of some object in the graves, the level of size, etc.
End of the old civilization of the cyclades
It is unknown what was the reason for the end of the ancient civilization of the cyclades, although different options have been considered such as the Cretan civilization, the pirates, the Migrations ...But, even so, there is nothing that can be fully sustained.
It is known for sure that Cretan (or Minoan) culture began to have a great influence on the area, not only commercially (imported vessels from Crete have been found) but also in the r Itos religious, writing and art itself.
In the end, these islands went from the Cycladic culture to the Minoan culture .Later, they would move to the Mycenaean culture and It was diluted in time, until today.
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