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protogeometric

protogeometric adjective: of or relating to a style of Ancient Greek pottery led by Athens and produced between roughly 1030 and 900 BCE, decorated with purely abstract elements, often with broad horizontal bands about the neck and belly and concentric circles applied with compass and multiple brush.

protogeometric: of or relating to a style of Ancient Greek pottery led by Athens and produced between roughly 1030...
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Adjective

protogeometric (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a style of Ancient Greek pottery led by Athens and produced between roughly 1030 and 900 BCE, decorated with purely abstract elements, often with broad horizontal bands about the neck and belly and concentric circles applied with compass and multiple brush.

Origin of protogeometric

From proto- + geometric.

Questions about protogeometric

What does protogeometric mean?
Protogeometric means of or relating to a style of Ancient Greek pottery led by Athens and produced between roughly 1030 and 900 BCE, decorated with purely abstract elements, often with broad horizontal bands about the neck and belly and concentric circles applied with compass and multiple brush.
What part of speech is protogeometric?
Protogeometric is an adjective.

Words near protogeometric in the dictionary

  1. protogenetic
  2. protogenic
  3. protogenoi
  4. protogenos
  5. protogens
  6. protogeometric
  7. protogine
  8. protogines
  9. protoglobin
  10. protoglobins
  11. protoglomerular

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