THE EARLY AGE OF GREECE VOL.I by W.Ridgeway 1901

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32 PREHISTORIC REMAINS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION.
.'isc,; Furtwiiii^^ler and Ijoesclic p. 10.
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At Halike (the ancient Halae Aixonides) on the sea S.E.
poulo twenty-two tombs were found, from which were obtained
of Athens in 1880 a cemetery like that at Pronoia near
upwards of 200 vases, half-a-dozen bronze razors, and various
Nanplia yielded many Mycenean remains.
other objects. Many histrous vases were found, one of which
At Thoricus, M.
was
Staes in 1898 discovered a third tomb, in
painted with figures
of women ^
addition to two already known, and on the summit of the
Eleusis has also yielded a beehive tomb, which is
approached
mountain were ruined buildings belonging, according to M.
Staiis, to two different :
periods the by the usual dromos, and is built of quadrangular blocks. Many
Mycenean, properly socalled,
and early black ware
fragments of Mycenean pottery, including
a still earlier one neaily contemporary with the
often adorned with incised linear ornament, as well as idols of
oldest kn(jwn Island civilization. Under the Hoors of some of
the usual Mycenean types, have been found in the excavations
the earlier houses (which were paved with flags) lay oblong or
here'-. This black ware is very common
circular pits,
which had Troy, and is found
served as graves, as was shown by the
fact that in s(jme of them Mycenae, Tiryns (Fig. 17), on the Acropolis of Athens, at
were huge broken jars containing
human bones. Near by lay many small hand-made Thoricus, Aphidnae, Orchomenus in Boeotia, in Thessaly, the
vessels,
probably funei'jil "
Aegean islands, etc.
offerings. Pottery abounded in fragments
of nearly every style from the earliest monochrome (including
Salamis. In 1(S!)8 M. Kabbadias discovered on the island
vessels of the Trojan type) to the fully developed Mycenean."
near the navy-yard and not far from the ancient town moi'e
The primitive vases are sometimes ornamented with incised
than 100 gi-aves arranged in seven parallel rows. These graves
circles and zigzag patterns. A few fragments of dull-coloured
are simple quadrangular pits, 8 to 4 feet in length, and li to
unglazed vases occur with bands, spirals,
and with various
feet broad, and I^ to 2 feet deep. The sides were lined with
geometrical designs in black, red, chestnut, and white. Specimens
slabs of stone, and they were covered by two or three large
of the second and third style of glazed vases are also
slabs. There was no bottom stone, but in some cases it was
found. 'J'wo of the three domed tombs are elliptical instead
said that there was a bed of sea-sand and pebbles. One body
of circular. One of the elliptical
tombs contained nothing
in a half-sitting postm'e, with the k>gs w(>ll drawn up, was
but broken p(jttery of the Mycenean period'. At Kapandriti
buried in each grave. Among thesi' graves were two cii-culaipits
near th(! ruins of ancient Aphidnae remains correspijiiding to
lined with stoiu' like the rest, one of which contained an
those of the oldest Thoricus peiiod have been discovered.
earthen vessel full of bones, the other a similai- vase full of
Dr Wide o])ened a tumulus containing ten graves, in which
ashes. The objects found in these gi'aves are fi'om the end of
were found human bones inuriied in j)it/ioi as at 'i'horicus,
the Mvceiiean age. The vasi's are usually small and include
as well as clcNcn old Mvct ncan \ascs includiui,^ two of j)Ui'e
false-necked amplioi'ae, two-eared vases with wide mouths, and
gold, and three gold earrings.
The potteiy
a(>
Kaj)andriti
one-eai'ed skiiphoi.
'I'he is
potteiy oi-naniented with the usual
mostly Consists of small black \ascs some of them ])lainly of
l)an(ls, s|)ii'als,
and zig-zags, and the colours are careU'sslv
Trojan tvjx' with meised
ro!ii;'lil\' oi'uainent, and lavj^r p/iutldc
Tho
a])plie.
'l'souiaa> and Maiiatt. p.