Ancient Corinth and the Early Aegean.

From its first inhabitation during the Early Neolithic period, the prehistoric settlement at Ancient Corinth in the northeast Peloponnesos was well positioned for external relations with both east and west, north and south (much as the ancient Greek city of historical times).

The earliest clear manifestations for distant contacts, however, come with the advent of the Late Neolithic period, around 5250 B.C. In the early phases of the LN period, Corinth was flourishing, with connections with the northwest, up the Adriatic littoral, as well as with Central Greece, to a lesser extend Thessaly, and perhaps with the Aegean Islands (certainly with the aquisition of obsidian from Melos). In the later Late Neolithic {--what some refer to as "Final" Neolithic} the evidence is much sparser, but there may still have been some contacts overseas.

In the Early Bronze Age/Early Helladic period, Corinth exhibits evidence of two phases of significant interaction with the Aegean islands --spesifically, the Cyclades--, one in a later sub-phase of EH II. An hypothesis of social interactions may help to explain the evidence. The EBA settlement is terminated before the more universal end of EH II, for reasons that are obscure, with only slight evidence for an EH III presence in the immediate area of former settlement.