During the last phase of the Bronze Age, the Subminoan period (1050-1015 BC), many features of the previous ceramic tradition as well many in common with sub-Mycenaean pottery are discernible. The main feature of Subminoan pottery is the sharp decline in quality. The most common shapes are kylixes, kalathoi, stirrup jars, large kraters and a new shape, the bird askos. Decoration becomes more abstract, and the Fringed style still exists, but in a more simple form. During this period there were ties with Cyprus as shown by the new vase shapes common on both islands.

The shapes and decorative themes of Early Iron Age pottery are even more simple. The design features show faint traces of earlier themes, stylized and unchanged. The best examples of this pottery are carefully executed, but not longer in the inspired aesthetic combinations of Minoan pottery in its heyday.