10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THOLOI»
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tholoi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Ancient Building in Cyprus
to delimiting a special area, it is thought that these acted as supports for benches
or staging running gallery across to the walls, thus augmenting the space by way
of a croft or gallery.49 However, in several of the larger tholoi, this feature ...
2
From Tholos to Palace: Individual and Corporate Identity in ...
end of MM I,56 including Siva, Lenda-Lebena, Aspri Petra, Ayia Irini, and
Koumassa A and B.57 In the Ayiofarango Valley, Branigan notes that the tholoi
are no longer regularly in use by the end of MM I, which he attributes to a
population ...
Erin Elaine Galligan, 2007
3
Archaeological Theory: An Introduction
An Introduction Matthew Johnson. Lusitanian Group Millaran Group Anghelu
Ruju Sicilian and S. Italian Tholoi Greek and Bulgarian Tholoi Cretan Tholoi
Northern Group 3 2 2 1 1 ? ? Figure 2.6 Glyn Daniel's (1941) view of megalith
origins in ...
4
Mycenaean Greece (Routledge Revivals)
As we have seen, the Shaft Graves are succeeded at Mycenae by tholoi and
chamber tombs, which together form the predominant means of burial in Late
Helladic II and III. It is, indeed, well into the Late Helladic III period that the
crowning ...
5
The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, ...
No description was published of the tholos of Riza Alafonos,133 but the
fragments of a stirrup jar and a spearhead that were recovered from it would date
it to LH IIIB or C. More is known of the Kokkolata-Kangelisses tholoi (Fig. 4).134
They ...
Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, 1999
6
Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World
Of the three tholoi, Tomb 3 seems to be earliest, dating perhaps to LH I based on
pottery and weapons tenuously associated with the burial(s). The form of the
tomb, built entirely above ground with a circular chamber and no dromos, recalls
the ...
7
The Complete Archaeology of Greece: From Hunter-Gatherers to ...
Careful excavations of tholoi have been rare, problematizing comparison of gifts
to the number of dead. Whitelaw (1983), assuming that daggers marked male
family heads, was led to argue that tholoi were for single families. However ...
8
An Archaeology of Religion
Ann Louise Perkins states that “The use of the tholoi is unknown.” They are not
tombs. “Mallowan . . . suggests that the tholoi are shrines, which were perhaps
devoted to a cult of the 'mother goddess.'” The evidence, however, is open to
doubt, ...
9
The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near ...
The tholoi were unique with respect totheir layout and conspicuous appearance,
as wellastheir highly restricted occurrence. Hence, they may have servedspecific
purposes verydifferentfrom theusualrectangular architecture which stood ...
Diane Bolger, Louise C. Maguire, 2010
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The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to ...
One view is that the tholoi were a revival of the round-house traditions of the
Epipalaeolithic and earliest Neolithic that had survived in remote hinterlands.
Referring to today's traditional architecture in many parts of the Near East,
another view ...
Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz, 2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THOLOI»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tholoi is used in the context of the following news items.
Pescara, recupero siti archeologici: Archeoclub e Provincia sui …
In Abruzzo i tholoi di più grande rilievo storico si trovano lungo il versante nord-occidentale della Majella e il progetto promosso dall'Archeoclub, presentato ... «CityRumors.it, Jun 15»
3300-year-old Mycenaean tomb and precious artifacts found in …
In Greece, the vaulted tholoi are a monumental Late Bronze Age development. After about 1500 BCE, tholoi became more widespread and are found in every ... «Ancient Origins, Feb 15»
Elites minoennes et mycéniennes : continuités et ruptures
Les tombes mycéniennes à chambre construites en forme de tholos – les tholoi – ont longtemps été exclusivement assimilées à des tombes royales. Aujourd'hui ... «Histoire pour Tous, Dec 14»
Sicilia, eccezionali ritrovamenti archeologici sulle Madonie [FOTO]
In uno di questi ipogei è presente un foro superiore (oculum), nella copertura, caratteristico dei tholoi; se fosse vera tale deduzione il periodo di datazione ... «Stretto web, Sep 14»
Hochkultur im Nirgendwo
Immer mehr Siedlungen entstehen nun und breiten sich aus, außerdem tauchen erstmals Kuppelgräber, sogenannte Tholoi, im Süden Kretas auf. Ab etwa 2000 ... «scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin, Jul 14»
Touching the Bronze Age
The fortified structures in both countries have corridors and 'tholoi' (beehive shaped tombs) typified in the Nuraghic culture of Bronze and Iron Ages in Sardinia. «Van Nuys News Press, Jan 14»
Vallan el conjunto megalítico de La Zarcita en Santa Bárbara
... Cabezo de los Vientos y los sepulcros de falsa cúpula (tholoi) del Cabezo del Molino, Cabezo del Tesoro (o de la Zarcita), suerte del Bizco y Charco del Toro. «HuelvaYA, May 13»
Temple made of speakers a modern Delphi oracle
In ancient times, circular buildings called tholoi served as sacred sites for communicating with the gods, and Delphi is probably best known for the oracle at the ... «CNET, Jul 12»
Udine, aperto al pubblico il tumulo protostorico di Sant'Osvaldo
Il problema piu' arduo era proprio quello di mettere il pubblico in condizioni di comprendere che, diversamente dalle tombe etrusche o dalle tholoi micenee, ... «Adnkronos/IGN, Oct 11»
Il tumulo etrusco “La Montagnola” a Sesto Fiorentino apre al pubblico
... alla vicina ma più piccola tomba della Mula, un tipo di sepolture gentilizie che caratterizzano il medio corso dell'Arno (zona appunto detta Etruria delle Tholoi). «archeomolise, Aug 11»
