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. Minoan pottery styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a style of Minoan pottery that developed around 1550 BCE. It is characterized by distinctive painted decoration, where the vessel is often divided into zones. Motifs are inspired by the borders of fresco painting and metalwork, including stylized double-headed axes, thick-rimmed spirals linked by tangents, and other geometric patterns. In later examples, motifs are arranged in strict alternation around the vase in an empty field.