CLST 129 Lecture : CLST 129 NOV 14.docx
30 Nov 2012
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They dug a hill out of the hillside and dig a passageway out. They use no stones, they just use the dirt. The whole thing is corbeled and shaved down so it is smooth on the inside. King agamemnon would probably be buried in one of these tombs. On a grand scale with huge slabs of stone. Date around 1275-1250 at the end of the bronze age. No more palaces, no more stone architecture, no more writing. Middle minoan had kamares ware pottery, named after a cave they found it in. Not the everyday ware for cooking, fine china. It happened when the greeks started trading again. The mainland is more free with their patterns. They used a compass to make perfect circles. Mainland started copying what the minoans were doing. Around the time when all the palaces were destroyed. Geometric pottery, not more circles and semi circles. All pots have the meander which is a pattern on the neck.
