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. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Aegean
8. Aegean periods
9. Aegean Bronze Age periods

Narrower term/s

• Early Helladic
• Middle Helladic[+]
  • Shaft Grave period (culture or period)
• Late Helladic[+]
  • Mycenaean
  • Sub-Mycenaean

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the style of artistic production in the southern and central Greek mainland during the Bronze Age between circa 3600 and 1050 BCE. Until circa 1600 BCE, pottery including Minyan and Matt-painted wares dominates artistic production. After 1600 BCE, works of art for which the period is most recognized include, in addition to pottery, metalwork such as the Vapheio cups, wall paintings depicting scenes of warfare and hunting, and the construction of palaces and elaborate tholos tombs.