Which pottery is associated with Flinders Petrie’s Sequence dating system?
Black-topped Egyptian pottery
Red-topped Greek pottery
Blue-topped Roman pottery
White-topped British pottery
Answer
Flinders Petrie's Sequence dating system is a relative dating method for Egyptian pottery based on the development of decorative motifs. It is based on the observation that certain decorative motifs appeared and disappeared at certain times. For example, black-topped pottery first appeared in the Predynastic Period and disappeared in the early Old Kingdom.
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