Mycenaean
adjective
of or relating to the ancient city of Mycenae.
pre-Mycenaean
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a word derived from
Mycenaean.
Example Sentences
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These are pre-Mycenaean, and their only ornament is scratches, into which white matter has been pressed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
Many copper articles have been found scattered over the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor of pre-Mycenaean Age, some probably as early as 3000 B.C.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
There are, to be sure, primitive statuettes, one class of which, very rude and early, in fact pre-Mycenaean in character, is illustrated by Fig.
From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell
Immediately adjoining the Cyclopean wall and below it were found traces of small houses of the rudest, earliest masonry which are pre-Mycenaean, if not pre-Cyclopean.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
