HIST 1024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Heinrich Schliemann, Michael Ventris, Grave Goods
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The mycenaean"s: powerful warring society, housed in citadels, give their name to the period, earliest civilization in mainland greece. Heinrich schliemann: 19th century german archaeologist, student of the classics, especially homer, excavates at ithaca, troy and mycenae. Shaft graces at mycenae: discovered by schliemann, date to ca 1600 bc, staggering grave goods- weaponry, jewelry, death masks. Tholos tomb at mycenae: treasury of atreus, date to ca 1400"s bc, burial site of kings. Pylos: sandy pylos, home of nestor, of the trojan war (and odyssey, classic example of a megaron.
