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Mycenaean gateways generally designed so that attackers would have to present their right (unshielded, because they want to use their offensive weapons) sides to the defenders
Mycenae Lion Gate & Tiryns inner gate are nearly identical, one an imitation of the other, though we can't tell which is earlier
Gla has four major gates located roughly at the four points of the compass...unusual
most people think later 14th & 13th centuries a single Mycenaean monarch ruled the Argolid
by no means impossible that the major Mycenaean centers in the Argolid were ruled by independent princes
Tiryns at least as impressive as Mycenae, may have been independent administrative center based on tablets at both
maybe arms race!
Pylos in Messenia had no fortifications, ruled single province, so maybe didn't fear outside threats from other Mycenaean polities
Drews has suggested that the 7 against Thebes & Epigonoi were Thessalians rather than Argives, which DP thinks makes way more sense
chamber tombs, unlike built tholos tombs, were cut out of rock
chamber tombs multiple inhumations
cremation very rare until LH IIIC, appears sporadically, probably from the Near East (Anatolia?) but not common in Greece until the Protogeometric phase at the beginning of the Iron Age
Mycenae Lion Gate & Tiryns inner gate are nearly identical, one an imitation of the other, though we can't tell which is earlier
Gla has four major gates located roughly at the four points of the compass...unusual
most people think later 14th & 13th centuries a single Mycenaean monarch ruled the Argolid
by no means impossible that the major Mycenaean centers in the Argolid were ruled by independent princes
Tiryns at least as impressive as Mycenae, may have been independent administrative center based on tablets at both
maybe arms race!
Pylos in Messenia had no fortifications, ruled single province, so maybe didn't fear outside threats from other Mycenaean polities
Drews has suggested that the 7 against Thebes & Epigonoi were Thessalians rather than Argives, which DP thinks makes way more sense
chamber tombs, unlike built tholos tombs, were cut out of rock
chamber tombs multiple inhumations
cremation very rare until LH IIIC, appears sporadically, probably from the Near East (Anatolia?) but not common in Greece until the Protogeometric phase at the beginning of the Iron Age