Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Near Eastern (Early Western World)
7. Levantine (culture or style)
8. Levantine pottery styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the pottery style found in the Levant during the mid-3rd millennium BCE named after the site of Khirbet Kerak but thought to have originated in the Caucasus area. The style is characterized by vessels covered with a brilliant black burnished slip.