Prepalatial Mycenaean burials. The expression of funerary architecture and burial customs of the Early Mycenaean Period in the northeast Peloponnese.

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Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Προϊστορική Αρχαιολογία
Library of the School of Philosophy
Deposit date:
2017-02-11
Year:
2017
Author:
Psychas Adrianos
Supervisors info:
Παναγιώτα Πολυχρονάκου-Σγουρίτσα, Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Γιάννης Παπαδάτος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Αφροδίτη Χασιακού, Λέκτορας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Original Title:
Προανακτορικές Μυκηναϊκές ταφές. Η έκφραση της ταφικής αρχιτεκτονικής και τα ταφικά έθιμα της Πρώιμης Μυκηναϊκής Περιόδου στη βορειοανατολική Πελοπόννησο.
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
Prepalatial Mycenaean burials. The expression of funerary architecture and burial customs of the Early Mycenaean Period in the northeast Peloponnese.
Summary:
This essay deals with burials and burial customs of the Early Mycenaean Period in the northeastern Peloponnese. As main axes are set to examine architecture of the graves, location and distances from their contemporaries settlements. In the second level comments are made on the manipulation of anthropological residues, the presence or absence of grave goods and signs of funerary rituals and funerary ceremonies.
The subject is approached from a total of seven chapters. Initially, the introduction discusses the methodology and methodological problems, as well as the topography of the northeastern Peloponnese. The history of research follows with references in the early 19th century antiquarians up to recent archaeological excavations by Greek or foreign institutions and universities. The recording, comparison and analysis of data is performed in two parts. The first deals with MH I-II and the second with MH III-LH IIIA(1) periods and supplemented by tables and quantitative data graphs. Additionally, the graves are discussed from the phenomenological perspective through tables and according to the geomorphological data of each area and the distance of the settlement remains. Then, theoretical speculations about death, funeral or postmortem ceremonies at sites and imprinting the memory of the deceased in society are detailed. These speculations are analyzed in order to understand more smoothly the burial customs of the Early Mycenaean society and illustrate the fact that perceptions are formed not straight but consist of many sociopolitical components in nature. Before the conclusions, follows an overview of the changes that occurred in the tombs at 2nd millennium B.C., to approximate whether and to what extent changes in funerary behavior reflect social changes and geopolitical diversification.
During the 17th century B.C. the first signs of change in funerary behavior in northeast Peloponnese appeared. This change is linked to social alterations and is better approached through study of architecture and location of graves, anthropological examination of the remains and grave goods. The intensification of contacts between northeastern Peloponnese, Aegina, Cyclades and Crete during the Early Mycenaean Period confirmed and throws ample light in to the creation of “microtraditions” that balanced between tradition, innovation, imitation, reiteration, selection, adaptation, experimentation, rejection, virtuosity, creativity.
Main subject category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
Early Mycenaean Period, northeast Peloponnese, tholos tombs, chamber tombs, shaft graves, burial customs, tomb architecture, phenomenology, relation of settlement and tombs
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
375
Number of pages:
165
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