2.4 Burial Customs

Question 1

What do we know about Mycenaean burial customs ?

Answer 1

• the body if wealthy would have been adorned with jewellery
• drink offerings made to gods ( libations) as we have found broken cups as burial sites
• meal eaten in honor of the dead due to animal bones being found

Question 2

What would of been placed over the tomb, what was this?

Answer 2

A stele
It’s like a grave stone often showing elaborate scenes

Question 3

What would of happened to the ground on which a person was buried ?

Answer 3

Filled but raised so it was visible from a distance
Mound could be dug again if the grave was reused

Question 4

What might of the body been put in ?

Answer 4

A clay casket

Question 5

What do clay caskets tell us ?

Answer 5

Tells use there where funeral processions
Women wore elaborate dresses and feather hats

Question 6

What is a libation ?

Answer 6

A drink offering poured in honor of the gods