Bronze Age collapse replaced cyclops with dragon cultures

Bronze Age collapse replaced cyclops with dragon cultures. Cyclopean builders practiced inumation (burial intact) After cyclopean buildings stopped, cremation became the main practice This transition occurred during the Bronze Age collapse

The Bronze Age collapse (~1200-1150 BC) saw cremation gradually replacing inhumation as the main burial practice in Greece. The Dorian invasions theory is increasingly contested by scholars who argue for cultural continuity rather than violent replacement; Dorian arrival is now dated by some researchers to ca. 1000 BC. This transition occurred during the Bronze Age collapse, after Mycenaean palatial civilization ended. Proposed contributing factors include volcanic eruptions, climate disruption, Sea Peoples migrations, and internal societal stressors—though no single cause is definitively established. Northern European 'cremating peoples' migrating south is one theory proposed by some scholars to explain the burial practice shift.

Key Facts

• Cyclopean builders practiced inumation (burial intact)
• After cyclopean buildings stopped, cremation became the main practice
• This transition occurred during the Bronze Age collapse
• The main theory attributes collapse to a volcano in Iceland around 1157 BC
• The cremating peoples ('dragons') came from northern Europe (Germany, northern France)
• The Dorian invasion replaced Mycenaean culture in Greece at the end of the Bronze Age
• This led to Greece's Dark Ages lasting about 200 years

Source: Ep. 8 - The Shaman and the Philosopher - One-Eyed Giant by Institute for Natural Philosophy