Keros-Syros culture

The trade relations of this culture spread far and wide from the Greek mainland to Crete and Asia Minor.

Colin Renfrew has proposed an Early Cycladic subdivision into Grotta-Pelos, Keros-Syros, Kastri, and Phylakopi I periods.

Keros-Syros culture is well represented by numerous cemeteries on Amorgos (notably Dokathismata) and Naxos (Aplomata, Spedos).

Some of the important artifacts of this culture are the so-called "Frying pans" – shallow circular vessels or bowls with a decorated base.

They range from the Greek mainland to Crete, where the Cycladic figurines were exported, and imitated by the local artists.