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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cycladic culture canonical | 8 |
| Cycladic art | 4 |
| Cycladic civilization | 4 |
| Cycladic | 1 |
| Cycladic painting style | 1 |
| Cycladic sculpture | 1 |
| Early Cycladic I | 1 |
| Early Cycladic II | 1 |
| Early Cycladic III | 1 |
Statements (53)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Cycladic art
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Cycladic sculpture
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Cycladic art
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Early Cycladic I
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Early Cycladic II
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Early Cycladic III
this entity surface form:
Cycladic civilization
this entity surface form:
Cycladic painting style
this entity surface form:
Cycladic civilization
this entity surface form:
Cycladic art
this entity surface form:
Cycladic
this entity surface form:
Cycladic art
subject surface form:
Siphnos
subject surface form:
Museum of Cycladic Art
this entity surface form:
Cycladic civilization