Neolithic settlement of Crete and the Aegean islands (c. 7,000–3,000 BCE)

1. Early Aegean seafaring for Melos obsidian

   Jan 1, 13000 BCELabels: Melos obsidian, Franchthi Cave

   • Franchthi Cave
   • Franchthi Cave

2. First farming settlement established at Knossos

   Jan 1, 7000 BCELabels: Knossos, Neolithic Crete

   • Aegeus book
   • Knossos
   • Knossos Neolithic

3. Sesklo farming culture grows in mainland Greece

   Jan 1, 6500 BCELabels: Sesklo, Thessaly

   • Neolithic Greece
   • Sesklo

4. Neolithic lifeways spread across Aegean islands

   Jan 1, 6000 BCELabels: Aegean islands, Neolithic communities

   • Knossos
   • Neolithic Greece

5. Saliagos farming community forms in Cyclades

   Jan 1, 5000 BCELabels: Saliagos, Cyclades

   • Saliagos
   • Saliagos figure

6. Kephala on Kea anchors Final Neolithic networks

   Jan 1, 4600 BCELabels: Kephala, Kea

   • IME Kephala
   • Kephala Kea

7. Strofilas on Andros develops fortified settlement

   Jan 1, 4500 BCELabels: Strofilas, Andros

   • Zagora timeline
   • Andros Strofilas

8. Final Neolithic transition introduces wider metal use

   Jan 1, 4500 BCELabels: Final Neolithic, copper use

   • Neolithic Greece
   • IME Kephala

9. Strofilas era ends as settlement patterns shift

   Jan 1, 3300 BCELabels: Strofilas, Early Bronze

   • Zagora timeline
   • Andros Strofilas

10. Cycladic Early Bronze Age culture expands maritime links

    Jan 1, 3200 BCELabels: Cycladic culture, Early Cycladic

    • Cycladic Art Museum
    • Zagora timeline

11. Early Minoan period begins from Neolithic roots

    Jan 1, 3000 BCELabels: Early Minoan, Crete

    • Britannica Minoan
    • Minoan chronology

12. Neolithic settlement phase ends within Bronze Age world

    Jan 1, 3000 BCELabels: Neolithic end, Bronze Age

    • Britannica Minoan
    • Minoan chronology
    • Cycladic Art Museum