Essays about: "Messenia"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the word Messenia.

  1. 6. Visibility and tholos tombs in the Messenian landscape : a comparative case study of the Pylian hinterlands and the Soulima Valley

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Ola Svenson; [2013]
    Keywords : Messenia; Aegean Bronze Age; tholos tomb; Mycenaean; perception; viewshed; prominence; visibility; Archaeology; GIS; affordance; Earth and Environmental Sciences; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This master thesis aims to investigate the visual characteristics of Late Bronze Age tholos tombs in the region of Messenia, Greece by comparing tholos tombs from two study areas: the Pylian hinterlands and the Soulima Valley. The study utilises cost surfaces and viewsheds created in a GIS-environment as heuristic devices to do so. READ MORE

  3. 7. 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. READ MORE