Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents viii
4. List of Illustrations xii
5. List of Abbreviations xx
6. Foreword to the new edition xxiii
7. 1. The Concept of a Dark Age
8. The Literary Evidence 1
9. Chronography 10
10. Other Types of Evidence 16
11. Notes 22
12. 2. The Regional Pottery-styles
13. Terminology 24
14. The Latest Bronze Age Styles and the Problem of Submycenaean 28
15. The Rise of Protogeometric and the Attic Series 43
16. The Regional Grouping of the Pottery Styles 55
17. Hand-made Wares 94
18. Notes 98
19. 3. The Chronology of the Early Iron Age In Greece
20. Primary Dates and the Attic Series 106
21. Other Evidence for Absolute Chronology 113
22. Absolute Dating 122
23. Notes 136
24. 4. The Grave
25. Principles of Classification 140
26. Regional Developments 147
27. Conclusions 177
28. Notes 198
29. Appendix 202
30. 5. Iron and Other Metals
31. Technical Factors 213
32. The Initial Spread of Iron-working 217
33. The Hypothesis of Bronze-shortage 237
34. Other Regions of Greece 239
35. Conclusions: Isolation and Stagnation 246
36. Crete, Macedonia and Epirus 249
37. The Earlier Geometric Period 261
38. The Later Geometric Period 268
39. The Finds from the Sanctuaries 275
40. Notes 287
41. 6. External Relations
42. The Evidence of Dialect and Tradition 296
43. The Great Destructions 304
44. The Second Wave of Disturbances 313
45. Retrospect 323
46. The Advent of Protogeometric 327
47. The Revival of Communication 330
48. The Final Emergence 336
49. Notes 353
50. 7. The Internal Situation
51. Decline:the 12th and earlier 11th Centuries 360
52. Isolation: the later 11th and earlier 10th Centuries 368
53. Intimations of Poverty 380
54. Political and Social Structure 386
55. The Problem of Continuity in Religion and Art 394
56. The Beginnings of Recovery: the late 10th to early 8th Centuries 402
57. The Greek Renaissance: the middle and later 8th Century 416
58. Historical Consciousness in Poetry and Art 429
59. Notes 437
60. General Index 443
61. Site Index 450