Minyan ware

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Grey Minyan ware is an archaeological term describing a particular style of Aegean pottery associated with the Middle Helladic period (circa 2100-1550 BC). It is the first wheel-made pottery to be produced in Middle Bronze Age Greece. Minyan ware was first found at sites at Orchomenos. It was first introduced onto the mainland from Asia Minor in the third phase of the Early Helladic period (circa 2200–2000 BC) and production continued during the Middle Helladic period between 2000 and 1600 BC. Minyan ware is often related with the coming of the first Greek tribes into the Aegean.

[edit] See also

• Helladic period
• Mycenaean Greece
• Minyans

[edit] References

• Encyclopædia Britannica - Minyan ware
• Robert Drews - The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean
• The Archaeology of Hissarlik
• Minyan (The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean)

[edit] External links

• Grey Minyan Ware images
• Early Bronze Age Greek Pottery