Aegean Vocab

Question 1

Beehive tombs

Answer 1

(tholo tombs) - large above-ground burial places with rounded, conical shape

Question 2

Citadel

Answer 2

walled fortress

Question 3

Corbelled vault

Answer 3

vault made by projecting courses of stone

Question 4

Faience

Answer 4

ceramic covered with colorful, opaque glass that form smooth, impermeable surface

Question 5

Megaron

Answer 5

main hall in Mycenean palace.

room with central hearth and pillars

Question 6

Niello

Answer 6

technique where black sulfur alloy is rubbed into fine lines engraved into metal. When heated, sulfur fuses and makes contrasting line.

Question 7

Palace complexes

Answer 7

group of buildings where ruler lived/governed

Question 8

Relative chronology

Answer 8

dates based on objects around it

Question 9

Repousse

Answer 9

technique of hammering metal from back to create protruding image

Question 10

Rhyton

Answer 10

vessel used for drinking/pouring liquids on special occasions

Question 11

Sculpture in the round

Answer 11

sculpture meant to be viewed from all angles

Question 12

Shaft graves

Answer 12

deep pit used for burial

Question 13

Votive figures

Answer 13

figures dedicated to gods