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Symmetry analysis of Neolithic painted pottery from the Republic of Macedonia

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Fig. 1 – Position of the Republic of Macedonia in Europe.

Fig. 1 – Position of the Republic of Macedonia in Europe.

Fig. 2 – Early and Middle Neolithic painted pottery from the Republic of Macedonia. 1-3: Amzabegovo; 4-6: Veluška Tumba; 7-9: Madjari (photos by G. Naumov).

Fig. 2 – Early and Middle Neolithic painted pottery from the Republic of Macedon...

Fig. 3 – The Four Rigid Motions in the Plane: translation, rotation, mirror reflection and glide reflection (after Washburn 1999, fig. 1).

Fig. 3 – The Four Rigid Motions in the Plane: translation, rotation, mirror refl...

Fig. 4 – Illustrations of a) classes of the one-dimensional design; b) most common forms of pure finite design; c) generation of two-dimensional infinite patterns (after Washburn 1977, figs. 16, 18, 24, 27, 30, 34, 35).

Fig. 4 – Illustrations of a) classes of the one-dimensional design; b) most comm...

Fig. 5 – Illustrations of a) 21 counterchanged classes of one-dimensional design; b) most common forms of counterchanged finite designs; c) two-dimensional counterchanged design (after Washburn 1977, figs. 17, 19, 55).

Fig. 5 – Illustrations of a) 21 counterchanged classes of one-dimensional design...

Fig. 6 – Regional cultural groups developed in Middle Neolithic. I: Velušina-Porodin; II: Amzabegovo-Vršnik.

Fig. 6 – Regional cultural groups developed in Middle Neolithic. I: Velušina-Por...

Fig. 7 – The compositional principles on the white painted vessels. 1-6: Amzabegovo (after Garašanin 1979, T. XIII: 1, 3, 6; Tasi? 2006, figs. 3, 8; Koro?ec 1971, 135, fig. 1); 7, 8: Govrlevo (drawing by G. Naumov); 9: Nemanjica (drawing by G. Naumov).

Fig. 7 – The compositional principles on the white painted vessels. 1-6: Amzabeg...

Fig. 8 – Reconstruction of white painted composition from Veluška Tumba (drawing by G. Naumov).

Fig. 8 – Reconstruction of white painted composition from Veluška Tumba (drawing...

Fig. 9 – Geometric principles on the painted pottery from Podgorie, Giannitsa and Kuruçay (after Tasi? 2007, fig. 7).

Fig. 9 – Geometric principles on the painted pottery from Podgorie, Giannitsa an...

Fig. 10 – Geometrical approach towards squaring the circle (after Tasi? 2007, 107).

Fig. 10 – Geometrical approach towards squaring the circle (after Tasi? 2007, 10...

Fig. 11 – Regional Neolithic communities and their visual identities manifested through white painted pottery (design by G. Naumov). Skopje region (1-5: Govrlevo, 6-8: Zelenikovo); Polog (9-15: Sten?e, 16: Dolno Pal?ište); Ov?e Pole (17-21: Amzabegovo, 22: Nemanjica); Pelagonia (23-26: Veluška Tumba, 27-28: Vrbjanska ?uka).

Fig. 11 – Regional Neolithic communities and their visual identities manifested ...

Fig. 12 – Curved compositions painted on the Middle Neolithic cups (drawings by G. Naumov).

Fig. 12 – Curved compositions painted on the Middle Neolithic cups (drawings by ...

Fig. 13 – Reconstruction of a rectilinear and curved composition from Zelenikovo and Govrlevo (drawings by G. Naumov).

Fig. 13 – Reconstruction of a rectilinear and curved composition from Zelenikovo...

Naumov G. 2010, Symmetry analysis of Neolithic painted pottery from the Republic of Macedonia, Archeologia e Calcolatori 21