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Chapter 27 - Funerary Architecture

from Part V - Aegean Art in the Cretan Second Palace Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

Jean-Claude Poursat
Translated by
Carl Knappett
Jean-Claude Poursat
Affiliation:
University of Clermont-Ferrand
Carl Knappett
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

Unlike crete and the cyclades during the Neopalatial period, where palaces, grand villas, and towns offer a picture of intense and innovative activity, Helladic architecture remains poorly known – with the exception of burial monuments. Only a handful of settlements have been investigated, and these only partially (Darcque 2005, 395). On the Aspis hill at Argos, a position that controls the valley, buildings from the Middle Helladic (MH)/Late Helladic (LH) transition result in a rudimentary urban plan; a row of tripartite houses run along part of the hill (N. Papadimitriou et al., in Schallin and Tournavitou 2015, 163–84). Kolonna (Aegina) is a special case; much like Cycladic towns, the fortified town is extended at the very end of the MH period (W. Wohlmayr, in Felten 2007, 45–55), but it is not until the second half of the fifteenth century bc that the first substantial buildings appear.

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The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
A History
 , pp. 271 - 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Blegen, 1973: Blegen, C. et al., The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia, III. Acropolis and Lower Town, Tholoi, Grave Circle, and Chamber Tombs. Discoveries Outside the Citadel, Princeton, NJ.Google Scholar
Karo, 1930–3: Karo, G., Die Schachtgräber von Mykenai, Munich.Google Scholar
Lewartowski, 2000: Lewartowski, K., Late Helladic Simple Graves: A Study of Mycenaean Burial Customs, Oxford.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mylonas, 1973: Mylonas, G., Grave Circle B of Mycenae [in Greek, English summary], Athens.Google Scholar
Papadimitriou, 2001: Papadimitriou, N., Built Chamber Tombs of Middle and Late Bronze Age date in Mainland Greece and Islands, Oxford.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pelon, 1976: Pelon, O., Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires, Athens.Google Scholar
Wace, 1932: Wace, A., Chamber Tombs at Mycenae, Oxford.Google Scholar
Xénaki-Sakellariou, 1985: Xénaki-Sakellariou, A. Les tombes à chambre de Mycènes. Fouilles de Chr. Tsountas (1887–1898) [in Greek], Athens.Google Scholar
Zavadil, 2013: Zavadil, M., Monumenta. Studien zu mittel-und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien, Vienna.Google Scholar

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