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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
‘Κοίλη Λακεδαίμονα κητώεσσαν’: the topographical and geological setting
Epidavros Limera: introducing a case study
1. Graves and burial contexts
The excavated tombs and funerary contexts
Mycenaean tombs and burials reported but not excavated on the Spartan Plain
Mycenaean tombs and burials reported but not excavated at West Parnon and the Lower Evrotas Valley
Mycenaean tombs and burials reported but not excavated on the Helos Plain
Mycenaean tombs and burials reported but not excavated at Vardounia and Mani
Mycenaean tombs and burials reported but not excavated on the Malea Peninsula
2. Burial architecture
Architectures of death
3. Burial customs and rites
Before the Mycenaeans: burial practices in Middle Helladic Laconia
Burying the dead in Mycenaean Laconia: from pre-liminal to post-liminal
Entering the tomb
Funerary offerings in primary burials
Second funeral rites
4. Pottery
Transitional MH III/LH I and LH I
LH I (decorated)
LH IIA
LH IIB
LH IIIA1
LH IIIA2
H IIIA2 Unattributed fragments
LH IIIB
Transitional LH IIIB2/IIIC Early
LH IIIC Early
LH IIIC Middle
LH IIIC Late
Submycenaean and transitional Sybmycenaean/Early Protogeometric
Pottery unassignable or datable by context only
Pottery and tiles of later date (not illustrated)
Epilogue – Breaking the tomb’s silence
Bibliography
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