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 styles
9. Aegean pottery styles
10. Helladic pottery styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the earliest style of Neolithic pottery on the Greek mainland. It is characterizecd by being decorated with burnishing, that is, the pot was rubbed with a tool that compacted the surface and made it shiny or lustrous.