AR_H_A 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lion Gate, Cyclopean Masonry, Michael Ventris
30 May 2016
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All mycenean palaces crumble at same time o. Last of their pottery: battle scenes : woman is clutching her head (morning) as soldiers are leaving for battle. Perhaps people listening to oral poetry of battles as they prepare for battle o. Close to trojan war: mycenae: plan (2. 6) Excavation in pylos found loads of these: michael ventris, decipherer of linear b, discovered it is the early greek language. Tiryns palace: most fortified palace o o. Room for people from he village during an attack. Placed palace on hill between two higher hills (important for planning) Near plain of argos that was great for growing foods, graising hourses. Not very far from gulf of corinths for trade. You can see everything coming, multiple routes to take for emergency exists, and have access to everything. Circuit walls and lion gate at mycenae (not present at tiryns. Used rock hill sides as base for wall. But you cant do that to natural bedrock.
