DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1021#0041
8 THE MYCENAEAN AGE
still another domed tomb in Laconia — namely, at Kam-
pos, on the west side of Taygetus, not far from the site
of the ancient Gerenia. The most curious archaeolog-
ical finds here were a pair of lead statuettes, especially
important for the determination of primitive Mycenaean
dress.
Following the important discoveries at Spata and Menidi,
Fig. 1. View of Thoricus from Theatre
other Mycenaean landmarks have since been found all over
Attica. These are (1) on the Acropolis of Athens,
amiatiia- which was cleared (1884-89) down to the living
rock, thus revealing the Pelasgic circuit wall as
■well as scant remains of a prehistoric palace with a rock-
hewn stairway to afford a rear communication as atTiryns;1
(2) at Halike (Halae Aixonides) on the sea southeast of
Athens, where in 1880 a cemetery like that at Pronoia
1 This work was clone by the Greek government under the admirable direc-
tion of the Ephor General Kabbadias.
still another domed tomb in Laconia — namely, at Kam-
pos, on the west side of Taygetus, not far from the site
of the ancient Gerenia. The most curious archaeolog-
ical finds here were a pair of lead statuettes, especially
important for the determination of primitive Mycenaean
dress.
Following the important discoveries at Spata and Menidi,
Fig. 1. View of Thoricus from Theatre
other Mycenaean landmarks have since been found all over
Attica. These are (1) on the Acropolis of Athens,
amiatiia- which was cleared (1884-89) down to the living
rock, thus revealing the Pelasgic circuit wall as
■well as scant remains of a prehistoric palace with a rock-
hewn stairway to afford a rear communication as atTiryns;1
(2) at Halike (Halae Aixonides) on the sea southeast of
Athens, where in 1880 a cemetery like that at Pronoia
1 This work was clone by the Greek government under the admirable direc-
tion of the Ephor General Kabbadias.