CLST 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cyclopean Masonry, Corbel Arch, Heinrich Schliemann

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 200
• Professor: Prof.

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If these help you in any way please consider sending me (1bchs@queensu. ca) notes from lectures 4 or 9. The mycenaeans: first greek-speakers to appear in history, c. 1600 mainland greece shows numerous large scale tholos (beehive) tombs. Houses at the time were in a form that slowly developed into the classic megaron of the mycenaean palace: shaft graves. Reused -- multiple people buried in each one. Circle a reconstructed and enclosed by a stone circle in later times: 6 deep shafts, graves richer than circle b. Niello technique called painting in metal: used on the inlaid daggers found in circles. Items found are combinations of minoan and helladic cultures called. Bodies in good condition suggests rich elites: tholos tombs. First appeared in mainland greece in messenia at the time of the shaft graves of. Corbelled arch not a true arch as it does not have a keystone. Dromos a long entryway to the tomb.