The first attributes the destruction of Mycenaean sites to invaders.
The end of this period is nevertheless marked by a number of destructions in the greater part of the Mycenaean sites on mainland Greece.
The Mycenaean sites are composed of different types of residences.
A symbol similar to the ankh appears frequently in Minoan and Mycenaean sites.
Other important Mycenaean sites are at Athens, Thebes, Tiryns and Pylos.
The Mycenaean sites declined, and the people withdrew to refuge settlements.
No written source found at a Mycenaean site reveals what they called themselves.
Another type of vessel, in metal (normally bronze), has been found in sizeable quantities at Mycenaean sites.
Among other findings there are wineries where fermented wine was produced, as well as loom weights resembling those of Mycenaean sites in Greece.
Athens, Pylos, Thebes, and Tiryns are also important Mycenaean sites.