CLST 200 Lecture : CLST 200 #2
16 Oct 2013
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Called the mycenaeans because of the site of mycenae. Stereotypically mycenaeans are thought of as a military culture. See map, blue is a previous culture, pink are the minoans which preceeds them and then the mycenaean"s. Early grave circles (shaft) at mycenae c. 1600 c. 1500. Circle b is first, known as a grave circle with a number of different burials in the circle: reusable burials, could be because it is an area marked off for special/ powerful figures. Everything in the tomb was gold or gold related. Schliemann named one the face of agamemnon. The gold working and incision work on the blades had a lot of technique, known from the near east, syria and lebanon. Gold is not found very frequently in greece: usually came from egypt or beyond like lebanon, very important. Schliemann dressed his wife in the jewels pretending they were helen of. The dromos is the formal entrance of the tholos.
