Protogeometric

American

[proh-toh-jee-uh-me-trik] / ˌproʊ toʊˌdʒi əˈmɛ trɪk /

Or Proto-geometric,

adjective

(sometimes lowercase)

pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece chiefly during the 10th century b.c. and characterized by use of abstract geometrical motifs.

First recorded in 1925–30; proto- + geometric

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