Running spirals and meanders
The beginning of meanders? An Egyptian pot with spirals (Naqada II, ca. 4000 BC) What are meanders? A meander is a kind of pattern that artists used to decorate the [...]
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Dark Age Greek pottery
Dark Age Greek pottery: a Sub-Mycenaean octopus jar The end of the Bronze Age With the collapse of Mycenaean civilization around 1200 BC, Mycenaean pottery also went downhill. Minoan and [...]
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Greek Geometric Pottery
Dipylon Vase (Geometric pottery), a grave marker from Athens. This vase is about six feet tall! Archaic period pottery Gradually the Sub-Mycenaean pottery of the Greek Dark Ages developed into [...]
