Mycenaean pottery . Cup with painted design, Barbouna area cist Graves, Asine, 1700-1600 BC. Nafplion Archaeological Museum. Against grey background.
Mycenaean pottery . Cup with painted design, Barbouna area cist Graves, Asine, 1700-1600 BC. Nafplion Archaeological Museum. Against grey background. Photographer Paul E Williams. Barbouna hill - the life in the citadel of Asini was interwoven with the surrounding area, especially the hill of Barbouna, where a big Mycenaean graveyard with significant findings was brought to light. Many funeral gifts were found in the tombs; this reinforces the theory that Asini had bonds with the cities of the Aegean Sea, with Crete and possibly with Cyprus. The most common Mycenaean archaeological finds are examples of Mycenaean pottery. The potter's wheel was developed in the Near East around 3500 BC and 2000 years later, during the Late Helladic period, Mycenaeans adopted it. This led the Mycenaeans to produce fine pottery with hand painted decorations that was exported throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Mycenaean decorations are a continuation of the styles used by the earlier Minoans of Crete. Popular deigns were floral patterns, marine and octopus designs and swirling circular designs. The Mycenaeans were a Bronze Age Culture found primarily in mainland Greece in city states such as Thebes, Mycenae and Tiryns. The Mycenaean civilisation spanned the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC and ended abruptly during the collapse of Bronze Age culture in the eastern Mediterranean, to be followed by the so-called Greek Dark Ages.
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Location: Napflion Archaeological Museum. Greece
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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