Vases were produced on Samos since the Geometric period.
Early skyphoi were made during the Geometric period.
The same style is found in another art which develops in Greece during the Geometric period: bronzework.
Such impressive figure-work at the very beginning of the Geometric period is surprising.
There is evidence for cult activity in the Geometric period.
A similar slip had been used as carrier for vase paintings in the Geometric and Archaic periods.
The most common motifs during the Geometric period were horses and deer, but dogs, cattle and other animals are also depicted.
By the end of the Geometric period, vases were often covered in a white slip, onto which the paint was applied.
Walls and earliest finds at the site date to the Geometric period, during which the Iliad was composed.
According to their ornamentation, the pots discovered at the site were from the Geometric period.