GREECE PELOPONNESE ARGOLIS NAFPLION MUSEUM

Above left: Clay hearth structures from Prosymna, Klisoura, Cave 1, dated to 32'000-21'000 BC. - Above right: Figurines from Franchthi cave, ranging from ca. 6500 to 3200 BC. - Below left: Pottery from Franchthi cave, 5800-3200 BC. - Below right: Stone and shell ornaments from Franchthi cave, ranging from ca. 6800 to 3200 BC.

Above left: Piriform jar with high foot, ca. 5800-5300 BC, detail, from Franchthi cave. - Above right: Beautiful Neolithic Urfirnis ware from Franchthi cave, ca. 5800-5300 BC. - Below left: Bone tools from Franchthi cave, ca. 6800-3200 BC. - Below right: A collection of various bone tools, found in Tiryns, Lower Citadel, and dated to 2700 - 2200 BC.

Above left and below: Vases from Tiryns, ca. 2700-2200 BC. - Above right: Burial of a newborn laid out in a pit inside Franchthi cave, containing a miniature marble bowl and half of a pot; ca. 5800-5300 BC.

Above: Large pithos, from Tiryns (?), ca. 2700 - 2200 BC.

Above: Sauceboats heads with rams' heads, Tiryns, Lower Citadel, 2700 - 2200 BC. - Below: Pithos fragment with roller decoration of two quadrupeds set amid running spirals, also from Tiryns, 2700-2200 BC.