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The Greeks used a method of hand building called the coil method. Coils of clay were rolled out and positioned on top of each other in a circular manner, then paddled smooth to create a smooth, regular finish.

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One person would shape the pot by hand , while another would paint it. The pots, which were made of clay, were decorated with scenes from daily life, or might show the deeds of Gods ,goodness and heros

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The greek pottery mostly have many styles. For example there are protogeometric styles, geometric style, orientalizing style,etc. And also on the pottery theire are black drawings and figures.

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== == == * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_of_ancient_Greece

The history of Ancient Greek pottery is divided stylistically into periods: * the Protogeometric from about 1050 BC; * the Geometric from about 900 BC; * the Late Geometric or Archaic from about 750 BC; * the Black Figure from the early 7th century BC; * and the Red Figure from about 530 BC.

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they were amazing and had a history behind them the nams are unsure to alot of people though.

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