In this period the surface of the pot was completely covered with a network of fine patterns in which circles and arcs predominate.
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Greek pottery was invariably made on the potter s wheel and usually made in separate horizontal sections.
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Pots were also used for decoration and when people died they were cremated burned and their ashes were buried in pots.
This liquid clay stood until the heavier impurities had settled to the bottom.
The earliest stylistic period is the geometric lasting from about 1000 to 700 bce this period is further broken down into a proto geometric transition from mycenaean forms.
Greek vases were made of terra cotta or baked clay.
The foot the lower and upper body the neck and finally the handles if necessary.
Large pots were used for cooking or storing food and small bowls and cups were made for people to eat and drink from.
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Greek pottery developed from a mycenaean tradition borrowing both pot forms and decoration.
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Most greek vases were wheel made though as with the rhyton mould made pieces so called plastic pieces are also found and decorative elements either hand formed or by mould were added to thrown pots.
The ancient greeks made pots from clay.
First the potter mixed the raw clay with water in large outdoor pools to make a thick silty liquid.