The Tholos Tombs of Mycenaean Greece

University essay from Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

Author: Nil Dirlik; [2012]

Keywords: Mycenaean; Messenia; Argolis; Arcadia; Laconia; Epirus; Euboea; Attica; Thessaly; tholos; tumulus; dromos; stomion;

Abstract: This thesis is contains descriptions and definitions of the 2nd millennium BC tholos tomb architecture in Mainland Greece. The study area is divided into eight regions: Peloponnessos, Central Greece, Epirus, Attica, Euboea, Thessaly, Macedonia and Thrace. The time period of earliest tomb dated between 2000-1675 BC and the latest between 1320-1160 BC. Attention has been put on issues of typological characteristics, construction technique and stone materials of the tholos tombs.

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