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Chamber Tombs

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2 or 3 stone built rooms, above ground and visible. Often approached by a corridor

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Tholos

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Circular Tombs. Huge and above ground. Found in EH.

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Pithoi

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Large clay containers often used to store food or beverage. EM

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Corbeled

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A system for supporting courses of masonry or wood by extending successive courses beyond the face of the wall

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Stuccoed

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A plaster made of lime and/or sand, used to cover the surface of walls to render them smooth.

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Apsidal

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A plan that ends in a vaulted semicircular end of a building.

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Megaron

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A type of long house with a porch, a long hall, and a storage room of either apsidal or rectangular plan. Common at Troy and appear later in Greece by 2000 BC.

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Urfinis

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“Original Finish” Dark shiny gloss that adorned EH pottery.

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Chevrons

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Ornaments in the shape of an inverted V.

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Colonnade

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A range of columns supporting an entablature.

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Orthostates

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An upright slab, taller than normal wall blocks and usually at the foot of a wall; a courseof masonry of such blocks.

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Lustral Basins

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A small rectangular space, conventionally thought sacred, accessible from above by a short flight of steps.

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Light Wells

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A small courtyard or shaft inside a building, uncovered to let in light and air.

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Elevation

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One side or face of a building: a measured drawing of such side, or part of a side

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Chalcedony

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A translucent variety of quartz.

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Sanctuaries

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A sacred, defined space, characterized by a boundary wall, temple(s), altars, stoas, treasuries, and which architectural dependencies, in whichreligious activites took place.

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Filigree

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A metalsmith’s technique using thin wire for decorating.

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Granulation

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A metalsmith’s technique of soldering globules of gold or silver onto jewelry.

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Embossing

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A technique of decoration that raises that raises the surface into projecting knobs or studs.

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Kantharos

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A deep drinking cup with high vertical handles.

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Rosettes

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An ornament shaped like a rose or circle.

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Rubble

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Masonry, the stones of which are broken or in rough condition.

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Earthquake

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1700 BC Ruined earlier palaces at Knossos, Phaistos, Mallia, and Zakro, which we all either rebuilt or enlarged

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Faience

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

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Repousse
Metalwork decoration in relief, achieved by beating the metal from behind.
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Kamares ware
On the side of Mount Ida in Crete. Sanctuary where pottery was created. Distinctly palatial. White-on-black with rellow red and orange designs.
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Registers
In painting, a horizontal band or frieze decorated with ornament or figures.
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Minyan Ware
Characteristic of the middle bronze age. First appeared in Lernas in EH. Glossy finish in either gray or yellow. Few shapes. Thick stemmed goblets & two handled bowls.
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Ingots
A plate of metal cast in a mold.
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Frescoes
A wall painting made by rapid application of colors to plaster while still damp.
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Pier
A freestanding, rectangular mass of masonry supporting the superstructure of a building.
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Friezes
The architectural course between the top of the columns and the top of the building.
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Tiebeams
A timber tying together rafters or securing masonry.
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Ashlar
A masonry style of dressed and coursed rectangular blocks.
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Gypsum
A sparkling limestone.
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Stylobate
The course of masonry on which columns stand.
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Peristyle
A colonnade surrounding a building or a court.
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Chryselephantine
Of gold and ivory
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Cire Perdue
The "lost-wax" method of making bronze statues.
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Rhyta / Rhyton
A ritual pouring vese=sel, sometimes in the shape of an animal head; a drinking horn.
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Sistrum
A musical instrument held in the hand and shaken, like a rattle.
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Serpentine
A dullish green stone, often mottled.
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Chiaroscuro
The use of light and shade to create effects of shape and mass in painting and sculpture.
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Votive Offerings
An object dedicated or vowed to a diety.
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Stoa
A long, rectangular, colonnaded building familiar in sanctuaries and agoras.
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Postern
A small gate or door at the back of a building or complex.
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Megalithic
A style of construction characterized by massive, irregularly shaped blocks.
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Propyla
A monumental entrance to a sanctuary or other architecural complex.
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Entablature
The horizontal architectural members forming the super=structure of a building above the columns.
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Ingots
A plate of metal cast in a mold.
51
Frescoes
A wall painting made by rapid application of colors to plaster while still damp.
52
Pier
A freestanding, rectangular mass of masonry supporting the superstructure of a building.
53
Friezes
The architectural course between the top of the columns and the top of the building.
54
Tiebeams
A timber tying together rafters or securing masonry.
55
Ashlar
A masonry style of dressed and coursed rectangular blocks.
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Gypsum
A sparkling limestone.
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Stylobate
The course of masonry on which columns stand.
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Peristyle
A colonnade surrounding a building or a court.
59
Chryselephantine
Of gold and ivory
60
Cire Perdue
The "lost-wax" method of making bronze statues.
61
Rhyta / Rhyton
A ritual pouring vese=sel, sometimes in the shape of an animal head; a drinking horn.
62
Sistrum
A musical instrument held in the hand and shaken, like a rattle.
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Serpentine
A dullish green stone, often mottled.
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Chiaroscuro
The use of light and shade to create effects of shape and mass in painting and sculpture.
65
Votive Offerings
An object dedicated or vowed to a diety.
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Stoa
A long, rectangular, colonnaded building familiar in sanctuaries and agoras.
67
Postern
A small gate or door at the back of a building or complex.
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Megalithic
A style of construction characterized by massive, irregularly shaped blocks.
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Propyla
A monumental entrance to a sanctuary or other architecural complex.
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Entablature
The horizontal architectural members forming the super=structure of a building above the columns.

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