Neopalatial

Refers to a phase of Minoan art and culture, according to the classification system devised by archaeologist, Nikolas Platon. It began around 1,600 BCE and ended with apparent civil unrest or warfare around 1,400 BCE. It is characterized by a renewed power and prosperity, an apparently authoritarian government, the rebuilding of palaces that had been earlier destroyed, and a flourishing of fresco painting, pottery painting, carved pottery, and sculpture. It overlaps with the Late Minoan period.