User:UndercoverClassicist/List of tholos tombs at Mycenae

Tholoi consist of a narrow rectangular entrance passage, known as the ''[[Glossary of architecture#D|dromos]]'',{{sfnm|1a1=Cavanagh|1y=2008|1p=328|2a1=Mee|2y=2010|2p=285}} which leads into an underground burial chamber, seperated from the ''dromos'' by an entrance-way called the ''[[Stomion (archaeology)|stomion]]'', which would usually be sealed with a dry-stone wall. The walls of the chamber, and sometimes the ''dromos'', were lined with dry-stone masonry. The chamber was capped with a rounded roof constructed by the technique of [[Corbel|corbelling]], by which courses of blocks were overlapped in increasingly small circles. They were used for multiple burials, perhaps of members of the same family, and were periodically re-opened for additional interments and for ritual activity.{{Sfn|Cavanagh|2008|p=328}}}}

Tholoi consist of a narrow rectangular entrance passage, known as the ''[[Glossary of architecture#D|dromos]]'',{{sfnm|1a1=Cavanagh|1y=2008|1p=328|2a1=Mee|2y=2010|2p=285}} which leads into an underground burial chamber, seperated from the ''dromos'' by an entrance-way called the ''[[Stomion (archaeology)|stomion]]'', which would usually be sealed with a dry-stone wall. The walls of the chamber, and sometimes the ''dromos'', were lined with dry-stone masonry. The chamber was capped with a rounded roof constructed by the technique of [[Corbel|corbelling]], by which courses of blocks were overlapped in increasingly small circles. They were used for multiple burials, perhaps of members of the same family, and were periodically re-opened for additional interments and for ritual activity.{{Sfn|Cavanagh|2008|p=328}}}}

Until the [[Late Helladic I]] period ({{Circa|1700/1675|1635/1600 BCE}}),{{Refn|{{harvnb|Boyd|2015|p=438}}. For the absolute dates, see {{harvnb|Manning|2010|p=23}}.}} the most elaborate form of elite burial at Mycenae was in [[Shaft tomb|shaft graves]].{{Sfn|Mee|2010|p=286}} The tholoi at Mycenae are slightly predated by the earliest [[Mycenaean chamber tomb|chamber tombs]] at the site, which date to the Late Helladic I period ({{Circa|1700/1675|1635/1600 BCE}}).{{Refn|{{harvnb|Boyd|2015|p=438}}. For the absolute dates, see {{harvnb|Manning|2010|p=23}}.}} The earliest tholoi were constructed in the Late Helladic II period ({{circa|1635/1600|1420/1410 BCE}}), in which period shaft graves ceased to be used, and remained the most monumental form of burial used there throughout the Mycenaean period.{{refn|{{harvnb|Mee|2010|p=286}}; {{harvnb|Boyd|2015|p=438}}; {{harvnb|Manning|2010|p=28}} (for the absolute dates).}} Chamber tombs continued to be constructed alongside them, often grouped around tholoi;{{Sfn|Boyd|2015|pp=440, 443–444}} around three hundred are known from the site.{{Sfn|Castleden|2005|p=102}}

Until the [[Late Helladic I]] period ({{Circa|1700/1675|1635/1600 BCE}}),{{Refn|{{harvnb|Boyd|2015|p=438}}. For the absolute dates, see {{harvnb|Manning|2010|p=23}}.}} the most elaborate form of elite burial at Mycenae was in [[Shaft tomb|shaft graves]].{{Sfn|Mee|2010|p=286}} The tholoi at Mycenae are slightly predated by the earliest [[Mycenaean chamber tomb|chamber tombs]] at the site, which date to the Late Helladic I period ({{Circa|1700/1675|1635/1600 BCE}}).{{Refn|{{harvnb|Boyd|2015|p=438}}. For the absolute dates, see {{harvnb|Manning|2010|p=23}}.}} The earliest tholoi were constructed in the Late Helladic IIA period ({{circa|1635/1600|1480/1470 BCE}}), in which shaft graves ceased to be used, and remained the most monumental form of burial used at Mycenae throughout the Mycenaean period.{{refn|{{harvnb|Mee|2010|p=286}}; {{harvnb|Boyd|2015|p=438}}; {{harvnb|Manning|2010|p=28}} (for the absolute dates).}} Chamber tombs continued to be constructed alongside them, often grouped around tholoi;{{Sfn|Boyd|2015|pp=440, 443–444}} around three hundred are known from the site.{{Sfn|Castleden|2005|p=102}}

At Mycenae, tholos tombs replaced [[Shaft tomb|shaft graves]] as the most elaborate form of elite burial in the Late Helladic II period ({{circa|1635/1600|1420/1410 BCE}}).{{refn|{{harvnb|Mee|2010|p=286}}; {{harvnb|Manning|2010|p=28}} (for the absolute dates).}} The nine tholoi are geographically concentrated into two groups on either side of the Panagia ridge; five to the west and four to the east. Those to the east – known as the [[Tomb of Aegisthus]], the {{ill|Lion Tomb (Mycenae)|de|Löwengrab (Mykene)|lt=Lion Tomb}}, the [[Treasury of Atreus]] and the [[Tomb of Clytemnestra]] – are larger, more elaborate and closer to the settlement of Mycenae; these are often interpreted as the tombs of Mycenae's rulers.{{Sfn|Mason|2007|p=35}}

At Mycenae, tholos tombs replaced [[Shaft tomb|shaft graves]] as the most elaborate form of elite burial in the Late Helladic II period ({{circa|1635/1600|1420/1410 BCE}}).{{refn|{{harvnb|Mee|2010|p=286}}; {{harvnb|Manning|2010|p=28}} (for the absolute dates).}} The nine tholoi are geographically concentrated into two groups on either side of the Panagia ridge; five to the west and four to the east. Those to the east – known as the [[Tomb of Aegisthus]], the {{ill|Lion Tomb (Mycenae)|de|Löwengrab (Mykene)|lt=Lion Tomb}}, the [[Treasury of Atreus]] and the [[Tomb of Clytemnestra]] – are larger, more elaborate and closer to the settlement of Mycenae; these are often interpreted as the tombs of Mycenae's rulers.{{Sfn|Mason|2007|p=35}}