Mortuary practices in the Argolid between the XI and the VIII centuries BC

Abstract

This article intends to present a brief summary of the main goals and results of a PhD thesis developed at the MAE/USP about mortuary practices in the main sites of the Argolid, Greec (Map), during the Iron Age, between the XI and VIII centuries BC. This research is characterized by the process of gathering, cataloguing and analyzing the archaeological data from the funerary contexts in Argos, Tiryns, Asine, Mycenae, Nauplia and Lerna. Finally a comparison of the data collected enabled us to reach some questions and considerations about burial patterns and socio-cultural behavior in a regional perspective focused on the VIII century BC, with the process of the rise of the Argive polis.