Well Built Mycenae, Fascicule 14: Tsountas House Area presents the results of the excavations in this area at Mycenae conducted under the direction of Wace (1950) and Taylour (195960) in collaboration with Papademetriou and later Mylonas. Located in the Cult Centre, the Tsountas House Area contains two buildings and multiple access ramps. It represents both the earliest and latest constructions in this sanctuary complex. First investigated by Tsountas in the late 19th century but never fully published, the remains were fully restudied, and the excavation expanded to discover the first evidence of ritual architecture, features, and paraphernalia. This study is essential for understanding the conception and function of Mycenaean religious space, the associated features and finds, and the socio-political development of cult in the earliest known religious installation at Mycenae. It is also important for a diachronic understanding of the Cult Centres development from an individual extra-urban shrine to a sanctuary complex enclosed eventually within a fortified citadel. The contextualised discussion of the unique finds and evidence for ritual and practice directly informs the continuing dialogue about popular and official religions and the role of a palatial administration.
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Weight: 340g
Dimensions: 172 x 242mm
Publication Date: 26 May 2022
Publisher: Archaeopress
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781803271545
About Kim Shelton
Kim Shelton is Director of the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology at the University of California Berkeley. She directs the excavations at the Sanctuary of Zeus Ancient Nemea the Petsas House Mycenae and the TAPHOS chamber tomb project at Aidonia. As a specialist in ceramics and the political economy of the prehistoric Aegean her research is focused on workshop dynamics and their relationship to the market economy of pottery the regional needs of a diverse population and the Mycenaean palatial administration. Her research on ancient Greek ritual and religion explores the earliest manifestations of Greek religious ritual through permanent architectural establishments and ritual paraphernalia from the Bronze Age to the Archaic periods. She has worked at Mycenae for more than 30 years with the Archaeological Society of Athens and the British School at Athens.