The LM II-IIIA1 Warrior Graves at Knossos: the burial assemblages

From the end of LMIB in the area of Knossos, a new type of chamber tomb begins to appear, characterised by rich assemblages, also containing weapons, seal stones and jewellery. In particular, one group of LMII-IIIA:1 tombs will be examined. In spite of their great diversity, the burial assemblages display recurring associations between weapons, jewellery, sealstones, and certain specific ceramic shapes, which do not appear in the Minoan repertoire. The comparison with contemporary and earlier mainland tombs seems to indicate that it is not the presence of weapons and jewellery which make the Knossian funerary assemblages very similar to those on the mainland, but the choice of specific pottery shapes.