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The Tombs of Mesara
Keith Branigan
其他書名
A Study of Funerary Architecture and Ritual in Southern Crete, 2800-1700 B.C.
出版Duckworth, 1970
主題History / Ancient / GreeceSocial Science / ArchaeologyTravel / Essays & Travelogues
ISBN07156052249780715605226
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=M0NoAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Tholos Tombs For centuries the Minoans used Tholos Tombs and sacred caves, along with pithoi and larnakes for burial of their dead. Many Tholos Tombs have been found in Crete dating back to prepalatial times. They were usually round in shape with one short entrance, although tholos tombs rectangular in shape were not unusual, like the ones found in Palekastro, and some were cut into hill sides, while most were free-standing structures. What has survived to date consists of the foundations or the lower part of the walls, so it is difficult to gauge their height or their shape at the top. It is believed however that many had a flat wood framed roof. The largest tholos tomb is found in Platanos and measures about 13 meters in diameter. The tholos tombs were used extensively during the Prepalatial and Protopalatial periods (2600-1700 BC), and many were continuously used until historic times."--Http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/minoan-archi.html.