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
10. Minoan

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the earliest phase of Minoan art and culture, according to the classification system devised by the archaeologist, Nikolas Platon. It is characterized by a society on Crete divided into a series of small units, politically and economically independent, with great regional variation, though sharing certain common cultural traits. It overlaps with the Early Minoan period.