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The Spatial Distribution of Mycenaean Tombs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

C.B. Mee  and
W.G. Cavanagh
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Abstract

Factors which determine the siting of Mycenaean cemeteries are discussed. These include relationship to roads; a prominent position, especially for some of the more imposing monuments; relationship to the ‘sacred landscape’. Within cemeteries clusters of graves occur. The small total number of these, it is suggested, represent political alliance groups rather than families. Further research is necessary before arriving at more definite conclusions.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 85 , November 1990 , pp. 225 - 243
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1990

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Acknowledgements. This paper was first delivered as the Mycenaean Seminar at the Institute of Classical Studies, London, on Wednesday 30 November 1988. We wish to thank Professor Coldstream for inviting us to present the paper and all those present for their comments and criticisms. David Taylor prepared figures 1, 3 and 4 and contributed to the others.

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