ARTH Midterm: Middle-Late Bronze Age

Late Bronze Age Number

1800-1100 BCE

Site of volcanic eruption and tsunami in the middle of the second palatial period

Thera

Pylos site is an ____ excavation

Ongoing

The Griffin Warrior grave was excavated at ___

Pylos

The Griffin Warrior grave goods support the idea that Pylos was ___ ___ __ ___

Connected to the Minoans

A wall painting made by rapidly applying colors to plaster while still damp.

Fresco

A quartz-based ceramic-like substance fired at a high temperature and covered with a shiny, glasslike glaze.

Faience

A coffin of stone, terracotta, or wood.

Sarcophagus

A dispersed, syllabic script used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language

Linear B

A gathering for a funeral

Funerary assemblage

Pylos architecture was similar to ___ architecture

Minoan

Many Linear B examples come from Pylos because of a ____ ____

Storeroom fire

Does Pylos have a Megaron

Yes

Minoan ___ have been found all over the Cycladic Islands and Greek mainland

Frecos

The Minoans either ___ sharing their frescos or ___ the technique to others

Traveled, taught