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51 Cards in this Set
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Common shapes EN I? |
Large and small bowls mostly but mugs, cups and jars are also made |
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Decoration EN I? |
Pointellé decoration - incised zigzags or straight lines with small dots |
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Common shapes EN II? |
Bowls and jars still common though mugs are less common now |
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Decoration EN II? |
Burnished vases with rippled lines common. Incised decoration continues with more variety - barbed wire, herringbone, rows of chevrons. |
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Wares EN II? |
Scribble burnished ware |
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Decoration MN? |
Pointillé decoration continues along with Scribble burnished ware. More incision variety - hatched triangles, lozenge chains. Incision motifs now appear in horizontal friezes |
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DecorationLN? |
Incised decoration declines and is temporarily replaced by impressed decoration |
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Shapes EM I? |
Large globular jug is the most common shape but bowls, jars and cooking pots are still made |
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Decoration EM I? |
Vessels are usually decorated with rough vertical, diagonal or horizontal lines wiped in the moist clay |
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Wares EM I? |
Wiped wares is most common |
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Shapes EM IIA? |
Most common shape is the short-necked pyxis with vertical lugs but other shapes like bowls and goblets are made too |
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Decoration EM IIA? |
Incised lines make a comeback with the same kind of motifs, usually in a linear pattern |
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Wares EM IIA? |
Dark on light wares most common. Fine grey ware is present too |
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Wares EM IIB? |
Vasiliki Ware - Surface of vessels is slipped, burnished and fired to make a mottled decoration |
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Shapes EM III? |
Goblets, tumblers, bowls, and jugs |
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Decoration EM III? |
Linear designs and spirals and semi circles |
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Wares EM III? |
Dark on light wares and Light on dark wares |
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Shaping EM III? |
Cups with one handle are starting to be produced |
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Shapes MM IA? |
Shapes remain the same but the cowbell shape is introduced |
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Decoration MM IA? |
Polychrome decoration |
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Wares MM IA? |
Light on dark wares and dark on light wares |
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Decorations MM IB? |
dipping, blotting, dots, groups of bands, zoomorphic designs |
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Wares MM IB? |
Polychrome wares/ Kamares wares most common. Barbotine ware also present and dark on light wares continue to be popular |
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Shapes MM IIA? |
Drinking and pouring vessels common, but bowls and pyxis still being made |
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Decoration MM IIA? |
Painted patterns and horizontally pressed designs common |
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Wares MM IIA? |
Light on dark wares continue but kamares ware more popular. Crude ware - rough mass produced vessels being made |
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Shape MM IIB? |
Drinking and storage vessels most common |
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Decoration MM IIB? |
Motifs used expanded - spirals, petals, rosettes, foliate bands, chevrons. often arranged creatively |
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Wares MM IIB? |
Kamares wares flourishes then comes to an end. Crude wares continues |
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Decorations MM III? |
Simple and sober motifs (no polychrome). Flowers and lilies more common |
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Shapes MM IIIA? |
Bridge-spouted jar made then |
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Wares MM IIIA? |
Light on Dark wares continue as well as dark on light wares with ripple patterns (but that isn't common) |
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Shape MM IIIB? |
Stirrup jars start to appear and pithoi are more common |
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Wares MM IIIB? |
Dark on light wares with ripple patterns more common. Light on dark wares with spirals |
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Shape LM IA? |
Cooking equipment more common. Decorated cylindrical jar
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Decoration LM IA? |
Reed patterns become popular along with ripple patterns, foliate bands and floral decorations which were all common |
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Wares LM IA? |
Light on dark wares almost gone. Dark on light wares common |
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Shapes LM IB? |
Cups and Rhyta are common shapes |
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Decoration LM IB? |
Foliate bands, spirals and floral motifs still favourites. Motifs are arranged more freely on the belly of the vase |
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Decoration LM II? |
Tin coated vessels start to appear |
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Decoration LM IIIA1? |
Repeated motifs framed by bands become standard. Flowers, birds and fish start to appear |
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Shapes LM IIIA2? |
Kylix new shape |
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Shapes LM IIIB1? |
Large stirrup jars increase in quantity |
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Decorations LM IIIB1? |
Repeated motifs are now packed less densely. |
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Decorations LM IIIB2? |
Simple well-spaced motifs used |
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Shapes LM IIIC? |
Bowls, kraters, and small stirrup jars become popular |
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Decorations LM IIIC? |
Pictorial motifs become more popular - fish, horses, trees, and birds |
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Late Neolithic in general? |
Lots of small jars and bowls. Incised decoration. |
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Early Minoan in general? |
Vessels start to get bigger. Decorated with linear lines of incision or wiping. Dark on light wares popular. |
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Middle Minoan in general? |
Same kind of vessel shapes. Same kind of motifs but are painted now instead of incised. Polychrome wares, light on dark wares and dark on light wares common. |
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Late Minoan in general? |
Cups, kraters and stirrup jars common. Decorations become more like patterns of flowers or animals/sea life. Dark on light wares prevails |