Mycenaean palaces

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Menelaion 1450-1400 LH IIB-IIIA1
MTT 1400-1340 LH IIIA2
Pylos, Gla 1340-1200 LH IIIB

LH IIIA1 Menelaion destroyed
early LH IIIB Gla palace destroyed
late LH IIIB Menelaion rebuilt
LH IIIB end MTT, Pylos, Menelaion destroyed

Mycenaean palaces centripetal, Minoan palaces centrifugal
far fewer recurrent features in Mycenaean palaces than in Minoan, less standardized
many features probably designed at whim of individual rulers

The Mycenaean heritage from Crete in terms of palatial architecture seems to have been the use of the palace as an administrative center; the megaron form itself is based on ordinary Mycenaean house design
Minoans emphasized circulation of light and air
Mycenaean palaces closed & stuffy,

Pylos: palace but not citadel
Thebes: palace but perhaps not citadel
Mycenaea, Tiryns, Athens: palace and citadel
Gla: citadel but not palace

1680-1500 : LH I - LH IIA : Pre-Palatial
1500-1400 : LH IIB - LH IIIA1 : Protopalatial
1400-1200 : LH IIIA2 - LH IIIB : Neopalatial
1200-1050 : LH IIIC : Postpalatial