The Mycenaean cemetery at Achaia Clauss near Patras : : people, material remains and culture in context / / Constantinos Paschalidis ; with contributions by Photini J.P. McGeorge and Wiesław Więckowski.

• VerfasserIn: Paschalidis, Constantinos,
• TeilnehmendeR: McGeorge, Photini J. P.,; Więckowski, Wiesław,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress Archaeology,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (541 pages) :; illustrations (some color), map, plans

Presents the study of the finds from the Mycenaean cemetery of Clauss near Patras, carried out between 1988-1992 under the direction of Prof. Thanassis Papadopoulos. During the excavation project, fifteen chamber tombs were located and researched in detail, to be added to those already known from th...

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents Page
• Fig. 1. Photograph of the excavations at the cemetery of Clauss in 1936 conducted by N. Kyparissis (Kyparissis 1936, 96 fig. 2).
• Fig. 2. Photograph of the excavations at the cemetery of Clauss in 1937 conducted by N. Kyparissis (Kyparissis 1937, 84 fig. 1).
• Fig. 3. Photograph of the excavations at the cemetery of Clauss in 1990 conducted by T. Papadopoulos and L. Kontorli-Papadopoulou.
• Chapter 1.
• Fig. 4a. Map of Mycenaean sites of Achaea (after Moschos 2007).
• Fig. 4b. Mycenaean Achaea. Index of sites (after Moschos 2007).
• Fig. 5. The vineyard of Achaia Clauss wine factory as it looks from the cemetery site (from southeast).
• Fig. 6. The vineyard of Achaia Clauss and the Koukouras hill seen from the wine factory (from northwest).
• Fig. 7. The Mycenaean settlement on top of the Mygdalia hill seen from the southeast, overlooking the Achaia Clauss cemetery at the foot of the Koukouras hill (right), the plain and the gulf of Patras.
• Fig. 9. The LH IIIC storeroom with its content in situ.
• Fig. 8. The LH IIIC 'corriror house' type megaron on the top of the Mygdalia hill, seen from the northwest.
• Fig. 10. Aerial photo of terrace 2, Mygdalia. Child graves 1-4 under the floors of outdoor spaces and of one room.
• Chapter 2.
• Fig. 11. Topographic sketch of the Mycenaean cemetery at Achaia Clauss. Tombs excavated by Papadopoulos are marked with letters of the Greek alphabet, from A to N. Tombs excavated by Kyparissis are marked with numbers, 1-5. Σ1 marks the chamber tomb plund
• Fig. 12. Tomb Σ1 plundered in 1986. It belongs to the cemetery's fourth row of tombs.
• Fig. 13. Dromos and the entrance of tomb A.
• Fig. 14. Loose stones and the dry-stone wall blocking the entrance of tomb A.
• Fig. 15. Second row of rubble masonry from the dry-stone wall of the entrance.
• Fig. 16. Pit covered with slabs and containing primary burial A1, behind tomb's entrance.
• Fig. 17. Pit containing primary burial A1, behind tomb's entrance.
• Fig. 18. Tomb A. Burial A in the middle of the chamber.
• Fig. 19. Tomb A. Cruciform dagger A15 near the skull of burial B.
• Fig. 20. Tomb A. Pile of bones and offerings along the east wall of the chamber.
• Fig. 21. Tomb A. Burial pit by the west wall of the chamber.
• Fig. 22. Tomb A. Primary burial E in the pit by the west wall of the chamber.
• Fig. 23. Tomb A. Ground plan illustrating the tomb's dromos and the chamber's burial stratum.
• Fig. 24. Tomb A. Ground plan of children burials A1 and E found in pits.
• Fig. 25. Section of tomb A.
• Fig. 26. Tomb B. View of the dromos and of the first two rows of the dry-stone wall blocking the entrance.
• Fig. 27. Tomb B. View of the chamber from the tomb's entrance after the removal of the dry-stone wall.
• Fig. 28. Tomb B. View of the chamber as found after the opening of the stomion.
• Fig. 29. Tomb B. Chamber's south wall was found collapsed, revealing bones and vases from the neighbouring tomb Δ.
• Fig. 30. Tomb B. Pit I along the north chamber wall, with lekythos (B1) and kalathos with five vases (B2 and B3-B8) placed on top of the slabs.
• Fig. 31. Tomb B. Primary male burial Z in pit I with sickle B52 at waist level.
• Fig. 33. Tomb B. View of the chamber's finds before revealing the burial stratum. Three vases (B9-B11) stand higher on a bench at the back of the chamber.
• Fig. 32. Tomb B. Two-handled kalathos with five vases inside of it and one more outside, as found in the chamber.
• Fig. 34. Tomb B. Bench with bases B9-B11 over the primary burials A and A1.
• Fig. 35. Tomb B. View of the burial stratum.
• Fig. 36. Tomb B. Primary burials A and A1.
• Fig. 37. Tomb B. Detail of burials A and A1 showing skull A1 concealed under the left palm and the finger bones of female burial A.
• Fig. 38. Tomb B. Pit II found under the burials A and A1 and covered with four slabs.
• Fig. 39. Tomb B. Pit II containing primary burial H of a 6 year-old child.
• Fig. 40. Tomb B. Large pile of pushed aside human bones and offerings.
• Fig. 41. Tomb B. Pit III with vases B50, B51 inside.
• Fig. 42. Tomb B. Pit III including primary burials Ξ and Ο.
• Fig. 43. Tomb B. Vases B12-B14 were found fallen by the stone, where they once stood.
• Fig. 44. Tomb B. Female primary burials ΣΤ and Γ lying in the middle of the chamber.
• Fig. 45. Tomb B. Pit IV containing the secondary burials Θ, Ι, Κ, Λ, Μ and Ν.
• Fig. 46. Tomb B. View of the chambers pits I-IV at the end of the research.
• Fig. 47. Tomb B. Elevation of the façade with the last raw of dry-stone wall.
• Fig. 48. Tomb B. Plan depicting the visible finds, before revealing the burial stratum in detail.
• Fig. 49. Tomb B. Plan of the chamber's burial stratum.
• Fig. 50. Tomb B. Plan of the chamber with slab-covered pits I-III.
• Fig. 51. Tomb B. Plan of the chamber with opened pits I-III.
• Fig. 52. Tomb Γ. The remains of the east and the south walls of the chamber and the burial stratum on the floor.
• Fig. 53. Tomb Γ. Vases and skulls B and Γ along the south and the west walls of the chamber.
• Fig. 54. Tomb Γ. Ground plan illustrating the chamber's burial stratum.
• Fig. 55. Tomb Δ. View from the excavation shaft of the chamber and of the dry-stone wall blocking the entrance. Pit I is visible to the left.
• Fig. 56. Tomb Δ. View from the chamber of the dry-stone wall blocking the entrance. Stirrup jar Δ7 was found over fallen soft rock fragments.
• Fig. 57. Tomb Δ. View of the burial stratum.
• Fig. 58. Tomb Δ. Bones and burial offerings in pit I.
• Fig. 59. Tomb Δ. Primary burials B, Γand Δ on the chamber's floor.
• Fig. 60. Tomb Δ. Primary burials Γand Δ on the chamber's floor.
• Fig. 61. Tomb Δ. Pit II covered with slabs.
• Fig. 62. Tomb Δ. Primary burial Z in pit II.
• Fig. 63. Tomb Δ. Vases Δ8-Δ10 found on top of fallen soft rock fragments.
• Fig. 64. Tomb Δ. Vases Δ8-Δ10 found on top of fallen soft rock fragments.
• Fig. 65. Tomb Δ. Ground plan of the stomion and the chamber with the vases found over the burial stratum.
• Fig. 66. Tomb Δ. Ground plan of the burial stratum.
• Fig. 67. Tomb Δ. Ground plan and section of pit II.
• Fig. 68. Tomb Δ. Section of the tomb's chamber.
• Fig. 69. Tomb E. View of the tomb's dromos and entrance.
• Fig. 70. Tomb E. The dry-stone wall blocking the entrance.
• Fig. 71. Tomb. E. View from the entrance of the chamber and its burial stratum.
• Fig. 72. Tomb E. View from the excavation shaft of the burial stratum with primary burials A and Δ.
• Fig. 73. Tomb E. Primary burial A and her offerings.
• Fig. 74. Tomb E. Primary burial Θ.
• Fig. 75. Tomb E. Primary burials A, B and pile I at the back.
• Fig. 76. Tomb E. Primary burial Γ and her offerings.
• Fig. 77. Tomb E. Pile I of bones and burial offerings swept aside.
• Fig. 78. Tomb E. Vases E15-E18 at the north edge of pile I.
• Fig. 79. Tomb E. Vases E23-E25 and knife E33 at the south edge of pile I.
• Fig. 80. Tomb E. Pile II of bones and burial offerings.
• Fig. 81. Tomb E. Detail of pile II with vase E37 and bronze spear E38.
• Fig. 82. Tomb E. Primary burial E in the middle of the chamber.
• Fig. 83. Tomb E. Elevation of the successive rows of dry-stone walls blocking the tomb's entrance.
• Fig. 84. Tomb E. Ground plan.
• Fig. 85. Tomb E. Section.
• Fig. 86. Tomb E. Ground plan with burial stratum.
• Fig. 87. Tomb ΣΤ. View of the blocked entrance with the broad and shallow channel cut on the dromos floor.
• Fig. 89. Tomb ΣΤ. Joining fragments of a high-stemmed kylix to the left of the stone pile before the entrance.
• Fig. 88. Tomb ΣΤ. View of the entrance with its second row of stones and of the shallow channel cut on the dromos floor.
• Fig. 90. Tomb ΣΤ. The burial stratum with burials A, Β, Γ and Δ seen from the excavation shaft.
• Fig. 91. Tomb ΣΤ. Moved burial A.
• Fig. 92. Tomb ΣΤ. Secondary burial Γ and skull B.
• Fig. 93. Tomb ΣΤ. South half of the chamber including primary burials Ε, ΣΤ and Z and a pile of bones and offerings.
• Fig. 94. Tomb ΣΤ. Bones and offerings in a pile along the southeast wall.
• Fig. 95. Tomb ΣΤ. Detail of some offerings from the chamber's pile.
• Fig. 96. Tomb ΣΤ. Stirrup jars ΣΤ25-ΣΤ30 between burials E and ΣΤ.
• Fig. 97. Tomb ΣΤ. Primary burial Z with his offerings.
• Fig. 98. Tomb ΣΤ. Pits I and II.
• Fig. 99. Tomb ΣΤ. Pit I and vases ΣΤ53 and ΣΤ55 which fell inside.
• Fig. 100. Tomb ΣΤ. Pits I and II with female burial I and male burial Θ respectively.
• Fig. 102. Tomb ΣΤ. Elevation of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th rows of dry-stone walls blocking the tomb's entrance.
• Fig. 101. Tomb ΣΤ. Elevation of the entrance and its first row of dry-stone wall.
• Fig. 104. Tomb ΣΤ. Ground plan of the burial stratum.
• Fig. 103. Tomb ΣΤ. Elevation of the 5th row of dry-stone wall and section of the entrance.
• Fig. 105. Tomb ΣΤ. Ground plan with pits I and II covered by slabs.
• Fig. 106. Tomb ΣΤ. Ground plan with pits I and II and burials I and Θ inside.
• Fig. 107. Tomb Z. View of the dromos, chamber Za at the back and Zb to the right.
• Fig. 108. Tomb Z. View of the dromos and the dry-stone wall of chamber Za.
• Fig. 109. Tomb Z. Chamber Za.
• Fig. 110. Tomb Z. Primary burial A with his offerings.