The Late Helladic IIIC Intramural Burials at Lefkandi, Euboea

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe and assess the intramural burials from the Lefkandi Settlement (Xeropolis). In all 20 individuals were inhumed within the walls, comprising 3 adult males, 2 adult females, one possible adolescent female and 14 children. The last ranged in age from birth to 9 years. Routine matters such as child mortality, adult stature, pathology and oral hygiene are discussed, with special reference to both the Settlement burials and to the inhumed material scattered throughout the Cemeteries.

The Middle Helladic Pottery of Lefkandi Phases Iv–vi: An Introduction

“… 5 Evely 2006, 133–4, where this burial is called LH IIIA. However, this contradicts the firm statement in Musgrave and Popham 1991, 275, repeated in Appendix 1 of Evely 2006, that there were no LH IIIA–B burials at Lefkandi. At some point in 1967 or 1968, I saw the three vases attributed to the burial, and would date the two plain vases, P1 (a squat jug, FS 87, not an amphoriskos) and P3 (a stemmed cup) no later than LH II; the decorated askos could well be LH IIIA, however, and I saw certain LH IIIA among the material from lots belonging to Levels 2A and 3.…”

Διερεύνηση Της Παθολογίας Της Καταπόνησης Και Της Διατροφής Σε Ελληνικούς Πληθυσμούς, Από Τη Γεωμετρική Εποχή Έως Και Σήμερα

“…The earliest studies referring to ancient Greek skeletal samples were conducted by Angel (1944) Musgrave and Popham (1991) examined caries in a population from Lefkandi (Iron Age). More recent studies (Henneberg 1998;Papathanasiou, 2005;Keenleyside, 2008;Vanna, 2011) dealt with various oral pathologies including caries.…”