Thread by @WLCrittersClass

1/? And now for our first #Zooarchaeology student thread of the night from #WLCrittersClass by Kierstyn W representing #TeamStripedDolphin! #2023MMM

2/? The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) has the largest range of any dolphin! They live in every ocean other than the Arctic! They prefer warmer tropical waters though. #2023MMM #WLCritters #Teamstripeddolphin

3/? In the Late Bronze Age of the Mediterranean region, paintings of striped dolphins were done using special blue paint. This began with the Late Minoans at the Palace of Knossos in Crete in what is known as the “Marine Style”. #2023MMM #WLCritters #stripeddolphin

4/? The earliest known example of striped dolphins in wall frescoes is from the Late Minoan IB Knossos Fresco on the island of Crete in ~1545 B.C.E #2023MMM #WLCritters #Teamstripeddolphin

5/? Dolphins appear frequently in the art of ancient Greece. This reflects the importance of the ocean in Greece and how connected they felt to it. #2023MMM #WLCritters #stripeddolphin
(Below: Nereid riding a dolphin, Apulian Red Figure Vase, 340-320 BCE, The Hermitage GR-4620 )

6/? Dolphins are often shown in Minoan art paired with paintings or carvings of octopus and fish, which are the main components of the dolphins' diet! Why do you think this is??? #2023MMM #WLCritters #Teamstripeddolphin
Late Minoan IB "Marine Style" vase 1500-1450 BCE (CCL)

9/? Citations cont. #2023MMM #WLCrittersClass
Kirkman, Rita. “Dolphin Art.” Dolphin Art, June 25, 2018. art-now-and-then.blogspot.com/2018/06/dolphi….

10/? #WLCrittersClass to be CONTINUED as striped dolphin advances in the future...!
Pictured: Greek-produced Etruscan red-figure stamnos, 360–340 BCE (Madrid), by the Alcestis Group. #2023MMM #TeamStripedDolphin

11/? We're missing some citations?? Something happened with the thread. Here's a screenshot. #WLCrittersClass #2023MMM