Cycladic culture

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Cycladic culture was an early Bronze Age civilization of the Aegean islands, noted for its distinctive marble figurines and influential role in the development of later Aegean societies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aegean civilization
Bronze Age civilization
archaeological culture
chronologicalPhase Early Bronze Age
contemporaneousWith Helladic culture
surface form: Early Helladic culture

Minoan civilization
endTime circa 2000 BCE
follows Neolithic Aegean cultures
hasArtStyle abstract human figures
naturalistic figurines
schematic figurines
hasBurialCustom cist graves
grave goods deposition
stone-built tombs
hasChronologicalSubphase Cycladic culture self-linksurface differs
surface form: Early Cycladic I

Cycladic culture self-linksurface differs
surface form: Early Cycladic II

Cycladic culture self-linksurface differs
surface form: Early Cycladic III
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
fishing
maritime trade
metalworking
hasMaterial clay
copper
marble
obsidian
hasNotableSite Amorgos
Keros
Naxos
Phylakopi
Syros
hasSettlementType coastal settlements
hilltop settlements
influenced Minoan fresco style
surface form: Minoan art

Mycenaean civilization
surface form: Mycenaean art

later Aegean societies
knownFor Aegean seafaring
early metallurgy
folded-arm figurines
marble figurines
marble idols
pottery production
white marble sculpture
languageStatus undeciphered or unknown
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Cyclades
partOf Aegean archaeology
surface form: Aegean prehistory

Aegean Bronze Age
surface form: Early Bronze Age Aegean
religiousPractice figurine deposition in graves
startTime circa 3200 BCE
usesResource Melian obsidian
local marble quarries
writingSystem none securely attested

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Aegean Bronze Age majorCulture Cycladic culture
Henry Moore influencedBy Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic art
Naxos wasCenterOf Cycladic culture
Parian marble usedIn Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic sculpture
Constantin Brâncuși influencedBy Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic art
Cycladic culture hasChronologicalSubphase Cycladic culture self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Early Cycladic I
Cycladic culture hasChronologicalSubphase Cycladic culture self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Early Cycladic II
Cycladic culture hasChronologicalSubphase Cycladic culture self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Early Cycladic III
Helladic culture influencedBy Cycladic culture
Keos hasCulturalHeritage Cycladic culture
Thera frescoes culture Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic civilization
Thera frescoes style Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic painting style
Prehistoric Collection focusesOn Cycladic culture
Cyclades hasAncientCulture Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic civilization
Cyclades hasArtStyle Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic art
Drios hasTraditionalCharacter Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic
Kardiani hasCulturalRegion Cycladic culture
School of Fine Arts in Pyrgos associatedWith Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic art
Phylakopi partOf Cycladic culture
this entity surface form: Cycladic civilization
Phylakopi culture Cycladic culture
island of Siphnos hasHeritage Cycladic culture
subject surface form: Siphnos
Museum of Cycladic Art (nearby) dedicatedTo Cycladic culture
subject surface form: Museum of Cycladic Art
this entity surface form: Cycladic civilization