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Mycenaean Vases [P 685, P 723, P 724, P 740, P 708, P 716, P 722] |
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Nemea has been inhabited sporadically since prehistoric times, as demonstrated by material ranging in date from the early Neolithic period to the late Bronze Age. The wealth of early Neolithic (c. 6000 - 5000 B.C.) pottery found just west of the sanctuary on Tsoungiza hill indicates a thriving stone age settlement. 
Mycenaean Bronze Dagger [BR 17] Yellow Minyan ware of the Middle Helladic IIIB period (c. 1550 B.C.) and Late Helladic ("Mycenaean") material - including pottery, terra cotta figurines, a bronze dagger and an ivory sword pommel - suggest that the Nemean community of the Bronze Age (c. 1600 - 1200 B.C.) was small but active. This community was perhaps connected with the larger site of Mycenae, whose acropolis can be seen from Tsoungiza. Traces of the Mycenaean-era river have been found in the sanctuary, beneath the hero shrine.
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