Minoan and Mycenaean clothing in the Aegean Bronze Age (c. 2600–1100 BCE)

1. Early Cycladic marble figurines show draped dress

   Jan 1, 2900 BCELabels: Cycladic figurines, Early Bronze

   • MetMuseum
   • Britannica

2. Minoan Protopalatial period begins textile intensification

   Jan 1, 1900 BCELabels: Protopalatial Crete, Textile production

   • Britannica
   • Cambridge

3. Akrotiri wall paintings preserve detailed clothing styles

   Jan 1, 1700 BCELabels: Akrotiri paintings, Thera

   • Akrotiri Fresco
   • Britannica

4. Knossos “Snake Goddess” figurines depict elite dress

   Jan 1, 1650 BCELabels: Knossos Snake, Neopalatial Crete

   • Heraklion Museum
   • Britannica

5. Thera eruption helps preserve Aegean textile imagery

   Jan 1, 1600 BCELabels: Thera eruption, Akrotiri

   • Britannica
   • Akrotiri Fresco

6. Mycenae Shaft Grave era displays gold dress ornaments

   Jan 1, 1600 BCELabels: Mycenae Shaft, Mycenaean elite

   • Britannica
   • MetMuseum

7. Grave Circle A discoveries document elite adornment

   Jan 1, 1580 BCELabels: Grave Circle, Mycenae

   • Britannica
   • MetMuseum

8. Keftiu scenes in Egypt depict Aegean costumes

   Jan 1, 1450 BCELabels: Keftiu depictions, New Kingdom

   • Encyclopedia com
   • AJA Rehak

9. Mycenaean takeover of Knossos shifts dress iconography

   Jan 1, 1450 BCELabels: Mycenaean Knossos, Late Minoan

   • Britannica
   • Aegeus Society

10. “La Parisienne” fresco shows Final Palatial attire

    Jan 1, 1400 BCELabels: La Parisienne, Knossos

    • Heraklion Museum
    • Britannica

11. Uluburun shipwreck evidences Late Bronze Age luxury trade

    Jan 1, 1320 BCELabels: Uluburun shipwreck, Late Bronze

    • WorldHistory
    • INA

12. Linear B textile terminology records specialized labor

    Jan 1, 1250 BCELabels: Linear B, Textile vocabulary

    • ResearchGate Nosch
    • Britannica

13. Pylos palatial archives exemplify centralized production control

    Jan 1, 1200 BCELabels: Pylos archives, Palace of

    • Britannica
    • MetMuseum

14. Mycenaean palatial collapse disrupts textile systems

    Jan 1, 1100 BCELabels: Mycenaean collapse, Late Bronze

    • Britannica
    • MetMuseum