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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aegean civilization
Bronze Age civilization
archaeological culture
chronologicalPhase Early Bronze Age
contemporaneousWith Early Helladic culture
linked to: 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 Early Cycladic I
linked to: Cycladic culture

Early Cycladic II
linked to: Cycladic culture

Early Cycladic III
linked to: Cycladic culture
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 art
linked to: Minoan fresco style

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 prehistory
linked to: Aegean archaeology

Early Bronze Age Aegean
linked to: Aegean Bronze Age
religiousPractice figurine deposition in graves
startTime circa 3200 BCE
usesResource Melian obsidian
local marble quarries
writingSystem none securely attested

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Aegean Bronze Age majorCulture Cycladic culture
Henry Moore influencedBy Cycladic art
linked to: Cycladic culture
Naxos wasCenterOf Cycladic culture
Parian marble usedIn Cycladic sculpture
linked to: Cycladic culture
Constantin Brâncuși influencedBy Cycladic art
linked to: Cycladic culture
Cycladic culture hasChronologicalSubphase Early Cycladic I
linked to: Cycladic culture
Cycladic culture hasChronologicalSubphase Early Cycladic II
linked to: Cycladic culture
Cycladic culture hasChronologicalSubphase Early Cycladic III
linked to: Cycladic culture
Helladic culture influencedBy Cycladic culture
Keos hasCulturalHeritage Cycladic culture
Thera frescoes culture Cycladic civilization
linked to: Cycladic culture
Thera frescoes style Cycladic painting style
linked to: Cycladic culture
Prehistoric Collection focusesOn Cycladic culture
Cyclades hasAncientCulture Cycladic civilization
linked to: Cycladic culture
Cyclades hasArtStyle Cycladic art
linked to: Cycladic culture
Drios hasTraditionalCharacter Cycladic
linked to: Cycladic culture
Kardiani hasCulturalRegion Cycladic culture
School of Fine Arts in Pyrgos associatedWith Cycladic art
linked to: Cycladic culture
Phylakopi partOf Cycladic civilization
linked to: Cycladic culture
Phylakopi culture Cycladic culture
Siphnos hasHeritage Cycladic culture
subject linked to: island of Siphnos
Museum of Cycladic Art dedicatedTo Cycladic civilization
subject linked to: Museum of Cycladic Art (nearby)
linked to: Cycladic culture