The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Minoan period . The pottery of the first palaces ( 2000 to 1700 BC ) , known as Kamares ware , is greatly superior to Early Minoan pottery , because of the introduction of the pot- ter's wheel . The decoration is an elaboration of the ...
... Minoan period . The pottery of the first palaces ( 2000 to 1700 BC ) , known as Kamares ware , is greatly superior to Early Minoan pottery , because of the introduction of the pot- ter's wheel . The decoration is an elaboration of the ...
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... Minoan and , later , Mycenaean art . Mention , however , should be made of a group of Mi- noan mansions first excavated in 1967 on the island of Thera . They possessed a basement and two principal storys . Many of the squared masonry ...
... Minoan and , later , Mycenaean art . Mention , however , should be made of a group of Mi- noan mansions first excavated in 1967 on the island of Thera . They possessed a basement and two principal storys . Many of the squared masonry ...
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... Minoan manner , perhaps even by Minoans . All surviving examples , however , are fragmen- tary , as are their Cretan counterparts . From 1600 to 1375 BC Mycenaean pottery echoed Mi- noan . After the fall of Knossos , however , Minoan ...
... Minoan manner , perhaps even by Minoans . All surviving examples , however , are fragmen- tary , as are their Cretan counterparts . From 1600 to 1375 BC Mycenaean pottery echoed Mi- noan . After the fall of Knossos , however , Minoan ...
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