Site details

Mycenae: Grave Circle A

PK	C6582
TITLE	Mycenae: Grave Circle A
WGS84	37.73045905° N, 22.75644316° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.73045905, 22.75644316
LON/LAT	22.75644316, 37.73045905

DMS

37° 43' 49.6526" N

22° 45' 23.1954" E

W3W	exacted, opposite, shard
UTM	34 S, 654780, 4177362
EGSA87	390269, 4176350

Elevation m	242
Elevation feet	794
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Mylonas [1993], 27    ' ..., we find Grave Circle A, the royal cemetery explored by Schliemann in 1876.'
2.    Cem.   Spathari [2004], 41    'A circular enclosure, visible today, consisting of a double row of upright slabs of sandstone and shelly limestone, encloses an area 27.5 m in diameter which contains a cluster of shaft graves hewn deep down in the bedrock.'
3.    Cem.   French [2013], 37    'The graves appear to have held nine women, eight men and one child ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IB: (1660 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    French [2013]: 37, 'The latest tomb is shaft grave I which is only fractionally earlier than the first of the tholos tombs at Mycenae ... The bulk of the burials howere are from LH IB, the first truly Mycenaean period in pottery terms ... '

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Spathari [2004]: 41, 'In the 16th century BC, ... '

3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Mylonas [1993]: 32, 'The graves belong to the family that ruled Mycenae from about 1580 to 1510 B.C.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [2013]: French, Elizabeth. Mycenae; Agamemnon’s Capital. The History Press, Gloucester, UK. 2002, reprinted 2013., 'Grave Circle A', pg. 37.

2. Iakovidis et al. [2003]: Iakovidis, Spyros, and Elizabeth B. French, Kim Shelton, Charalambos Ioannides, Anton Jansen, John Lavery. Archaeological Atlas of Mycenae. The Archaeological Society at Athens Library, no. 229. 2003., 'Grave Circle A', pg. 18.

3. Mylonas [1993]: Mylonas, George E.. Mycenae; A Guide to its Ruins and its History. Ekdotike Athenon S.A., Athens 1993., 'Grave Circle A', pg. 27.

4. Spathari [2004]: Spathari, Elsie. Mycenae; A guide to the history and archaeology. Hesperos Editions, Athens, 2004., 'Grave Circle A', pg. 40.