Mycenaean may refer to:
* Something from or belonging to the ancient town of
Mycenae
Mycenae ( ; grc, Μυκῆναι or , ''Mykē̂nai'' or ''Mykḗnē'') is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about south-west of Athens; north of Argos; and south of Corinth. ...
in the Peloponnese in Greece
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Mycenaean Greece, the Greek-speaking regions of the Aegean Sea as of the Late Bronze Age
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Mycenaean language
Mycenaean Greek is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC), before the hypothesised Dorian invasion, often cited as the ''terminus ad quem'' for the ...
, an ancient form of Greek
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Helladic period
Helladic chronology is a relative dating system used in archaeology and art history. It complements the Minoan chronology scheme devised by Sir Arthur Evans for the categorisation of Bronze Age artefacts from the Minoan civilization within a h ...
, the material-cultural period in the eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age associated with the Mycenaean Greeks
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