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The variations in form and ornamentation are considerable, as is natural with an article whose production was carried on at different centers and during a period of centuries. The Mycenaean vases are mostly wheel-made. The decoration, in the great majority of examples, is applied in a lustrous color, generally red, shading to brown or black.
Some pots globular with wavy ledge handles, changing to cylinders with wavy band. Slate palettes in all prehistoric periods. Early Dynasties, 5500-4700 B.C. Towns and cemeteries. Great mastabas of brick. Wooden coffins begin. Great jars; hard, wheel-made pottery. Glazed tiles, &c. Stone bowls common. Cylinder sealings on clay.
Classes B and C seem to begin early in the Bronze Age, and are gradually replaced by the corresponding wheel-made fabrics of class D. D. Wheel-made pottery begins in the Bronze Age, and is distinguished by its symmetrical forms, and by the texture of the inner surface, especially about the rim and base, where the potter's fingers have grazed the whirling clay.
Mainly found in Boeotia, but extends north to valley of Spercheius and south to Argolid. Date uncertain, but in Boeotia evidence that it ended before rise of 'Minyan' ware. 'Minyan Ware. Grey unpainted pottery, polished. Usually wheel-made. Appears to range Between Middle Minoan II and Late Minoan III. Most frequent in Boeotia to which it owes its name.
They take a higher rank than the prehistoric wares of central and northern Europe, but as a matter of course lack the symmetry and refinement of outline that characterize the wheel-made wares of Mediterranean countries. As I classify by form farther on, and discuss the origin of form as each form-group is presented, I shall not make further reference to this topic here.
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