ARTH 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bull-Leaping, Minoan Pottery, Minoan Religion
19 Oct 2017
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Mycenae: one of several sites located along this fertile plain one of the most ancient cities, not one is bigger than the other or anything tholos tomb, chamber tomb, buildings. Palace not built until ca 1400 bc forti cation walls 1340 bc. Rst thing to appear of signi cance in the mycanea n bring wealth. No palaces until grave circle a is out of place. Tholos tomb also located outside this circle tholos come from the chamber tomb n boring from from the minoans. As well as the chamber tomb located outside. You can see all the forms of burials the minoans used. Many bodies placed within and are reused. Grave stelai (stele-sing) the ones not carved are painting indigenous main land art. Grave goods what was deposited in these grave shafts. No full shields survived cause they were made of wood and denigrated. Wall paintings as well in the shafts they are carrying rectangular shields.
