Grave Reminders Comparing Mycenaean tomb building with labour and memory

• Main Author: Turner, Daniel R. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden Sidestone Press 2020
• Subjects: Middle & Near Eastern archaeology; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; Mycenae; mortuary practice; 3D modelling; Greek archaeology; collective memory; architectural energetics; Aegean Bronze Age; chamber tombs
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

From ca. 1600 - 1000 BC, builders across southern Greece crafted thousands of rock-cut chamber tombs similar to earlier and contemporary 'beehive' tholos tombs. Both tomb styles were designed with multiple uses in mind, filling with the remains of funerals forgotten over generations of reu...