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Lost Aegean town - to volcano - rediscovered in 1967
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Akrotiri
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"Aegean cultures" concerned with which regions
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CycladesCrete & the Mediterranean islandsmainland Greece
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Chief means of discovering the Aegean during the bronze age?
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Archaeology
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Amidst the uncertainty about dating things from the Aegean bronze age, which set of dates can be accurately pinpointed?
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1650-1625 bc, eruption of Thera
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6000 bc, Cyclades: medium being used? art produced?
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Coarse local clayceramic human and animal figures
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Describe Cycladic marbles from 3000 bc
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Found in gravesmostly nude womenpainted over w/abstract motifs
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Representational conventions used for Cycladic marble women?
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Symmetryhead tilted backface featureless but for nosecrossed arms below breastslong necks
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How did cycladic peoples decorate their own bodies?
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Tattoosscarstemporary body paint
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What is the theory about the purpose of cycladic marbles
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They were to represent the owner in a series of important moments: puberty, marriage, death
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Approximate dates of Minoan civilization on Crete?
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1900-1375 bce
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Archaeologist responsible for naming "Minoans," excavating at Knossos
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Sir Arthur Evans
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What were Cretan "Old Palace" architectural complexes made of
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Mud brick and rubble walls,covered in finished stone (dressed stone)columns/supports of wood
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Characteristics of "Kamares" ware?
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Extreme thinnessUse of colorStylized, painted decoration
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One of the high forms of art during the Cretan Old Palace period; probably adopted from Egyptian/Near East artists...
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Metalwork/goldwork
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Reason for the name of the "Labyrinth"
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Its double-axe motif (Labyrinth = double-axe)
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