GREECE PELOPONNESE ACHAIA VOUDENI

The Mycenaean cemetery of Voudeni is sprinkled with chamber tombs. - Above: Chamber tomb 8 with remains of the dry masonry wall at the stomion.

Below: Chamber tomb 9 has a roughly square chamber (3.13 x 3.01 x 2.42 m) with incling sidewalls leading to a vaulted roof. Inside, one primary burial was found along with piles of bones pushed to the back wall. The grave goods included clay vases, seal stones, bronze weapons, golden garment decorative pieces, a silver ring as well as golden, glass, faience, crystal, carnelian and sea-shell beads. Tomb 9 was in use in the time span between the Late Helladic IIIA2 and Late Helladic IIIC periods, thus from the early 13th up to the 11th century BC.

Above and below: Chamber tomb 25 is one of the larger tombs with a chamber measuring 4.00 x 4.90 m. Six primary burials were found on the chamber floor along with piles of bones and offerings that had been pushed aside towards the chamber's sidewalls. All burials were accompanied by offerings, such as clay vases, buttons, carnelians, amber and glass beads, a bone fibula, a bronze razor, and a steatite seal stone. The use of the tomb covers the period between the Late Helladic IIIA1 and the Late Helladic IIIC Middle/Late phase (early 14th - mid 11th century BC).

Above and below: More chamber tombs.