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. Ancient Greek (culture or style)
10. Geometric (Greek culture or style)

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the earliest phase of Geometric style, ending in the early ninth century BCE. It is characterized by the establishment of standard vessel types, including the amphora, pelike, stamnos, hydria, oinochoe, krater, kylix, and lekythos, and by painted abstract designs, such as triangles, checkers, and concentric circles.