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Greek Dark Ages
period of time in ancient Greece
geometric art
phase of Greek art characterized by geometric motifs in vase painting, fl. ca. 900–700 BCE, centred in Athens and spread among Aegean trading cities
Dorian invasion
legendary ancient invasion of southern Greece
Lefkandi
thumb|Beach at Lefkandi
Lefkandi () is a coastal village on the island of Euboea, Greece. Archaeological finds attest to a settlement on the promontory locally known as Xeropolis, while several associated cemeteries have been identified nearby. The settlement site is located on a promontory overlooking the Euripos Strait, with small bays forming natural harbours east and west of the site. The cemeteries are located on the hillslopes northwest of the settlement; the plots identified so far are known as the East Cemetery, Skoubris, Palia Perivolia, Toumba, in addition to further smaller groups o
protogeometric art
type or style of Ancient Greek ceramic
Nichoria
Nichoria () is a site in Messenia, on a ridgetop near modern Rizomylos, at the northwestern corner of the Messenian Gulf. From the Middle to Late Bronze Age it cultivated olive and terebinth for export. During the Helladic period it was part of the Mycenaean civilisation.