Early Burials from the Agora CemeteriesBefore the creation of the Agora as a civic center in the 7th century B.C., the region northwest of the Acropolis was a vast cemetery. Over 150 ancient burial places have been found by excavators, and a few of the more remarkable are described here. These range from a wealthy Mycenaean chamber tomb, filled with the vases and jewelry of a rich noblewoman, to the poignant pithos burial of an infant from around 725 B.C., accompanied by eight tiny vases. As well as describing the assemblages found, the author discusses the symbolism of funeral rites and the information about social status and identity that burials reveal. |
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Early Burials from the Agora Cemeteries Sara Anderson Immerwahr,American School of Classical Studies at Athens No preview available - 1973 |
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4th century 4th century B.C. Achilles Acropolis Agora amphora Areopagus ash-urn ATHENIAN LADY Athens basket kalathos body bones bronze sword burial cist burial urn buried chariot race chest with model cist grave covered bowl pyxis CREMATION BURIAL dead deposited dromos EARLY BURIALS Early Geometric Elpenor family cemetery family tombs funeral games funeral pyre funerary Geometric period Geometric vases gold Greek Helen Besi Hesperia Homer Iliad imitation silver inhumations iron weapons ivory cosmetic box Ivory group jewelry Kerameikos Kolonos Agoraios Late Geometric Lykaon Painter Middle Helladic model boots mourners Mycenaean age Mycenaean burials Mycenaean chamber tomb Mycenaean child burials Mycenaean period Mycenaean tombs necklace Nessos Painter north slope Odyssey Patroklos Pelike attributed pithos pots pottery pyxis reconstructed drawing rite skeletons small pit grave Solon soul Stoa of Attalos stone slabs Submycenaean suggest a belief SYMBOLIC OFFERINGS Terracotta chest terracotta model Tholos tion Underworld urn-hole wealthy XXIII