First Page
7
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
16
Abstract
Stone beads and engraved sealstones are among the most common grave goods that accompany Mycenaean burials. At Nichoria in the southwestern Peloponnese of Greece, a tholos tomb, presumably the burial place of the local elite at the site, had been plundered more than once in antiquity before being investigated by archaeologists. Nonetheless, it produced numerous stone beads of rock crystal, amethyst, carnelian, agate, and "steatite." Eleven sealstones, most of which were heirlooms when placed in the tomb, were also found among the disturbed burial offerings.
Publisher Information
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Repository Citation
Wilkie, Nancy C.
(2000).
"Stone Beads and Sealstones from the Mycenaean Tholos Tomb at Nichoria, Greece."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
12: 7-16. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol12/iss1/5
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