Cyclopean tomb: dromos and façade, 1922

Item

Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/3/1/2/1

Cyclopean tomb: dromos and façade

Scope and Contents

From the File:

The Cyclopean tomb is one of the three earliest tholoi known at Mycenae, dating to 1600-1500 BC. A. J. B. Wace and his team investigated it in 1922. The tomb takes its name from the ‘Cyclopean’ masonry that formed the walls of the chamber: undressed pieces of limestone and conglomerate packed together.

Dates

Creation: 1922

Creator

From the Fonds: Wace, Alan John Bayard, 1879-1957 (archaeologist) (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

2 photographic print(s) (2 photographs)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Part i: H. 17.8 x W. 12.2 cm, gold-toned contact print Part ii: H. 15.1 x W. 11.7 cm

Bibliography

Holland, L. B., and Wace, A. J. B. (1923). § IX.—The Tholos Tombs. The Annual of the British School at Athens, 25, 283–402, Pl. XLIV, a, a cropped version of original image printed in full in, Wace, A. (1949). Mycenae, an archaeological history and guide. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, Illus. 63, a