Sub-Mycenaean pottery

Submycenaean pottery is not extensively researched due to the limited number of discovered sites.

The style was first identified in 1939 by Wilhelm Kraiker and Karl Kübler, based on finds from the Kerameikos and Pompeion cemeteries in Athens and Salamis.

The existence of the style was initially disputed among archaeologists until later discoveries in Mycenae confirmed distinct Late Mycenaean and Submycenaean strata.

In addition to Athens and Salamis, Submycenaean pottery has been discovered in Corinth, Asine, Kalapodi, Lefkandi, and Tiryns.

The overall style is less refined and carefully made compared to earlier pottery, leading one art historian to describe it as "rather unlovable".

Late Mycenaean or Sub-Mycenaean small stirrup jar
Lekythos in Protogeometric style , Submycenaean Greece, c. 1050 BC
Amphoriskos , Tiryns , c. 1025–900 BC