Emergence of settled communities, early metalworking, and the development of distinctive pottery styles. First appearance of tholos tombs (circular communal tombs) in the south, and house tombs in the north.
Early Minoan I (EM I)
Emergence of settled communities, early metalworking, and the development of distinctive pottery styles. First appearance of tholos tombs (circular communal tombs) in the south, and house tombs in the north.