Clas 309 Exam

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Common shapes EN I?

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Large and small bowls mostly but mugs, cups and jars are also made

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Decoration EN I?

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Pointellé decoration - incised zigzags or straight lines with small dots

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Common shapes EN II?

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Bowls and jars still common though mugs are less common now

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Decoration EN II?

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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?

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Scribble burnished ware

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Decoration MN?

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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?

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Incised decoration declines and is temporarily replaced by impressed decoration

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Shapes EM I?

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Large globular jug is the most common shape but bowls, jars and cooking pots are still made

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Decoration EM I?

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Vessels are usually decorated with rough vertical, diagonal or horizontal lines wiped in the moist clay

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Wares EM I?

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Wiped wares is most common

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Shapes EM IIA?

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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?

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Incised lines make a comeback with the same kind of motifs, usually in a linear pattern

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Wares EM IIA?

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Dark on light wares most common. Fine grey ware is present too

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Wares EM IIB?

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Vasiliki Ware - Surface of vessels is slipped, burnished and fired to make a mottled decoration

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Shapes EM III?

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Goblets, tumblers, bowls, and jugs

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Decoration EM III?

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Linear designs and spirals and semi circles

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Wares EM III?

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Dark on light wares and Light on dark wares

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Shaping EM III?

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Cups with one handle are starting to be produced

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Shapes MM IA?

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Shapes remain the same but the cowbell shape is introduced

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Decoration MM IA?

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Polychrome decoration

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Wares MM IA?

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Light on dark wares and dark on light wares

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Decorations MM IB?

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dipping, blotting, dots, groups of bands, zoomorphic designs

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Wares MM IB?

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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?

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Drinking and pouring vessels common, but bowls and pyxis still being made

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Decoration MM IIA?

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Painted patterns and horizontally pressed designs common

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Wares MM IIA?

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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?

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Drinking and storage vessels most common

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Decoration MM IIB?

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Motifs used expanded - spirals, petals, rosettes, foliate bands, chevrons. often arranged creatively

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Wares MM IIB?

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Kamares wares flourishes then comes to an end. Crude wares continues

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Decorations MM III?

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Simple and sober motifs (no polychrome). Flowers and lilies more common

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Shapes MM IIIA?

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Bridge-spouted jar made then

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Wares MM IIIA?

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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?

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Stirrup jars start to appear and pithoi are more common

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Wares MM IIIB?

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Dark on light wares with ripple patterns more common. Light on dark wares with spirals

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Shape LM IA?

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Cooking equipment more common. Decorated cylindrical jar

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Decoration LM IA?

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Reed patterns become popular along with ripple patterns, foliate bands and floral decorations which were all common

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Wares LM IA?

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Light on dark wares almost gone. Dark on light wares common

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Shapes LM IB?

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Cups and Rhyta are common shapes

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Decoration LM IB?

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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?

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Tin coated vessels start to appear

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Decoration LM IIIA1?

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Repeated motifs framed by bands become standard. Flowers, birds and fish start to appear

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Shapes LM IIIA2?

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Kylix new shape

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Shapes LM IIIB1?

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Large stirrup jars increase in quantity

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Decorations LM IIIB1?

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Repeated motifs are now packed less densely.

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Decorations LM IIIB2?

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Simple well-spaced motifs used

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Shapes LM IIIC?

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Bowls, kraters, and small stirrup jars become popular

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Decorations LM IIIC?

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Pictorial motifs become more popular - fish, horses, trees, and birds

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Late Neolithic in general?

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Lots of small jars and bowls.

Incised decoration.

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Early Minoan in general?

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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?

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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?

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Cups, kraters and stirrup jars common.

Decorations become more like patterns of flowers or animals/sea life.

Dark on light wares prevails