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Refers to a Late Neolithic style and culture found in Thessaly and named after a site in eastern Thessaly where a regional variant of this style was found. There are chronological and regional variations in the style, but in general it is characterized by pottery, particularly jars and bowls that are angular in form and decorated with bichrome or polychrome geometric patterns, including spirals and curvilinear meanders painted in brown slip on a cream ground. Sculpture from this culture generally depicts human figures of distinctive schematic design, though strikingly naturalistic figures occasionally appear. Architecture often comprises small forts with multiple enclosure walls and a central megaron opening onto a courtyard.