Title: Monumenta
Description: Messenia was one of the core areas of the Middle and Late Helladic culture in Greece. Based on a catalogue of 57 sites, which comprises about 240 tombs, their topographic situation, architectural design and the offerings found in them are analysed. This work provides a contribution to a better understanding of the social hierarchy and political changes in these phases of Greek prehistory.
Subjects: Cemeteries, Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology), Gräberfeld, Grabbeigabe, Grabmal, Helladische Kultur, Mykenische Kultur, Tombs, Prehistoric Antiquities, Mycenaean Civilization, Catalogs