Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Pottery made in the aegean during the Late Bronze Age has been found widely distributed in many parts of the Mediterranean. At some four hundred sites outside Greece, Mycenaean dinner and storage vessels, as well as some figurines have been discovered. As such, this class of archaeological artifacts...

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Main Author: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2002
Series:Amsterdam Archaeological Studies 8
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