Mortuary differentiation and social structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid, 2000-1500 B.C. / Eleni Milka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milka, Eleni, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burial--Greece--Argolis--History--To 1500.

Burial.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Greece--Argolis--History--To 1500.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Greece--Argolis.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Argolis.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Argolis (Greece)--Antiquities.

Argolis (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

In this volume the archaeological, anthropological and radiocarbon data from selected sites of the Middle Helladic period are integrated to determine if there was variation between individual burials, groupings and cemeteries and to reconstruct change through time. This work was done for selective Argive sites, namely Lerna, Asine and Aspis.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

Figure 1: Map of the study area (based on Piérart/Touchais 1996: 10)

Figure 2: The village of Myloi. Lerna at the left (from Caskey 1958, pl.40c)

Figure 3: Lerna. The low artificial mound with the shelter over the House of the Tiles (from Caskey 1958, pl.40b)

Figure 4: Lerna. Excavation areas (after Caskey and Blackburn 1997, back cover)

Figure 5: Lerna. Area BE, Houses 68A and 99E (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, BE plans 1-2)

Figure 6: Lerna. Area BE, House Complex 98A (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, BE plans 3-4)

Figure 7: Lerna. Area BE, House Complex 98A. In grey graves opened after the abandonment of the house (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, BE plans 3-4)

Figure 8: Lerna. Area BE, House 100 (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, BE plan 5)

Figure 10: Lerna. Area BE, Rooms 3 and 5 (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, BE plan 6)

Figure 9: Lerna. Area BE, House 100. In grey graves opened after the abandonment of the house (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, BE plan 5)

Figure 11: Lerna. Area BE, Rooms 3 and 5. In grey graves opened after the abandonment of the rooms (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, BE plan 6)

Figure 12: Lerna. Area DE, Walls BM and BP, House AR, House 55, Room AM (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 1)

Figure 13: Lerna. Area DE, Walls BM and BP, House AR, House 55, Room AM. In grey contemporary and later graves (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 1).

Figure 14: Lerna. Area DE, House AC, Walls BA, BK, BL, BC, BG, AQ, AG (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 2)

Figure 15: Lerna. Area DE, House AC, Walls BA, BK, BL, BC, BG, AQ, AG. In grey contemporary and later graves (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 2)

Figure 16: Lerna. Area DE, Room AW, House V (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 3)

Figure 17: Lerna. Area DE, Room AW, House V. In grey graves opened after the abandonment of the houses (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 3)

Figure 18: Lerna. Area DE, House complex D, House P (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 4)

Figure 19: Lerna. Area DE, House complex D, House P. In grey graves opened after the abandonment of the houses (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 4)

Figure 20: Lerna. Area DE, Walls N, A, F, O (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 5)

Figure 21: Lerna. Area DE, Walls N, A, F, O. In grey SGE graves (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, DE plan 5)

Figure 22: Lerna. Area D, east part, House of the Pithos and House or Wall BI (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 1)

Figure 23: Lerna. Area D, east part, House of the Postholes (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 2)

Figure 24: Lerna. Area D, east part, House BS, House F and Wall BI (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 3)

Figure 25: Lerna. Area D, east part, House BJ (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 5).

Figure 26: Lerna. Area D, east part, Houses BD and BC (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 6)

Figure 27: Lerna. Area D, east part, Houses BD and BC. In grey graves opened after the abandonment of the houses (After original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 6)

Figure 28: Lerna. Area D, north part, House AH (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 7)

Figure 29: Lerna. Area D, north part, House AH. In grey graves opened after the abandonment of the house (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 7)

Figure 30: Lerna. Area D, detail of graves later than House AH (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 8)

Figure 31: Lerna. Area D, north part, House R (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 9)

Figure 32: Lerna. Area D, north part, House R. In grey graves opened after the abandonment of the house (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 9)

Figure 33: Lerna. Area D, Walls Y2, M (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 10)

Figure 34: Lerna. Area D, Walls Y2, M. In grey grave later than the walls (after original plans, Lerna archive, ASCSA, courtesy C. Zerner, D plan 10)

Figure 35: Lerna. Grave groups

Figure 36: Lerna. Area A, House M (after Caskey 1954, Figure 2)

Figure 37: Lerna. Jar burial DE50 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.1f)

Figure 38: Lerna. Jar burial BE31 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.1e)

Figure 39: Lerna. Pit grave BD14 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.1c)

Figure 40: Lerna. Pit grave DE33 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.3c)

Figure 41: Lerna. Pit grave DE52 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.3d)

Figure 42: Lerna. Stele above grave A7 (from Caskey 1954, pl.3c).

Figure 43: Lerna. Cist grave BD16 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.2c)

Figure 44: Lerna. Cist grave BC3 (from Caskey 1956, pl.40b)

Figure 45: Lerna. Brick cist grave DE36 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.4b)

Figure 46: Lerna. Brick cist grave B9 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.2e)

Figure 47: Lerna. Built cist grave BC4 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.2b)

Figure 48: Lerna. Built cist grave DC1 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.7c)

Figure 49: Lerna. Semi-cist grave J2 (from Caskey 1956, pl.40e)

Figure 50: Lerna. The two Shaft Graves (Courtesy ASCSA)

Figure 51: Lerna. The two Shaft Graves in relation to the House of the Tiles (from Caskey 1958, Figure 1)

Figure 52: Lerna. Secondary burial B24 and grave B17 (from Blackburn 1970, pl.7b)

Figure 53: Arm position in contracted on back skeletons

Figure 54: Arm position in contracted on side skeletons

Figure 55: Lerna. Cup L978 from grave BD27 (photo by the author)

Figure 56a: Lerna. Vessel L913 from grave J4B (photo by the author)

Figure 56b: Lerna. Vessel L914 from grave J4B (photo by the author)

Figure 56c: Lerna. Vessel L1052 from grave J4B (photo by the author)

Figure 56d: Lerna. Vessel L1054 from grave J4B (photo by the author)

Figure 57: Lerna. Cups L929 and L981 from neonate burial BD6 (photo by the author)

Figure 58a: Lerna. Vessel L921 from infant burial DC2 (photo by the author)

Figure 58b: Lerna. Vessel L922 from infant burial DC2 (photo by the author)

Figure 58c: Lerna. Vessel L923 from infant burial DC2 (photo by the author)

Figure 58d: Lerna. Vessel L925 from infant burial DC2 (photo by the author)

Figure 58e: Lerna. Vessel L926 from infant burial DC2 (photo by the author)

Figure 58f: Lerna. Vessel L927 from infant burial DC2 (photo by the author)

Figure 59: Lerna. L4.693: flint saw from grave B14 (photo by the author).

Figure 60: Lerna. L5.460: obsidian blade from grave BC4 (photo by the author)

Figure 61: Lerna. L4.560: stone hammer from grave B14 (photo by the author)

Figure 62: Lerna. L3.178: bone awl from grave A1 (photo by the author)

Figure 63: Lerna. L6.614: bone awl from grave BD14 (photo by the author)

Figure 64: Lerna. L6.1492: terracotta pierced disc from grave B19 (photo by the author)

Figure 65: Lerna. L6.10: terracotta spool from grave DE60 (photo by the author)

Figure 66: Lerna. L3.114-6: stone beads from grave H1 (photo by the author)

Figure 67: Lerna. L6.191-6.203: stone beads from grave DC4 (photo by the author)

Figure 68: Lerna. L6.432-6: faience beads from grave BE19 (photo by the author)

Figure 69: Lerna. L6.446: bronze ring from grave DE10 (photo by the author)

Figure 70: Lerna. L6.287-8: 2 bronze rings from grave DE42 (photo by the author)

Figure 71: Lerna. L6.357: bone pin from grave BE30 (photo by the author)

Figure 72: Lerna. L5.837: bronze pin from grave BC3 (photo by the author)

Figure 73: Lerna. L6.52: terracotta whorl from grave DE22 (photo by the author)

Figure 74: Lerna. L4.120: terracotta whorl from grave D15 (photo by the author)

Figure 75: Lerna. L6.252: slingshot pellet from grave DE40 (photo by the author)

Figure 76: Lerna. L6.1423: obsidian arrowhead from grave BD9 (photo by the author)

Figure 77: Lerna. L6.314: bronze razor blade or knife from grave J4B (photo by the author)

Figure 78: Lerna. L6.325: Terracotta axe from grave BE19 (photo by the author)

Figure 79: Lerna. L6.275: stone pestle from grave BE30 (photo by the author).

Figure 80a,b: Myloi. Location and schematic plan (1:50) of Myloi cemetery-Manti property. The position of the graves in relation to each other, as well as to the cardinal points it is not accurate (from Dietz and Divari-Valakou 1990, Figures 1, 3).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Print version: Milka, Eleni Mortuary Differentiation and Social Structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid, 2000-1500 B. C.

ISBN:

9781789696264

1789696267

OCLC:

1377816972