2.4 Structure And Use Of Tholos And Chamber Tombs

Question 1

What where tholos tombs a development of ?

Answer 1

The tumulus tomb

Question 2

What where tholos tombs?

Answer 2

Built from stone, rather than dug out of the earth, these tombs where very monumental and where reserved for extremely important members of society

Question 3

What are two features of a tholos tomb ?

Answer 3

-Main part was a high roofed dome dug from the top of a hill
-Side chamber was built to house the body
-extra: stone walls and roofs

Question 4

What where two features of constructing a tholos tomb?

Answer 4

• often constructed during the person lifetime as they where very time consuming to make
• rarely seen after 13 century

Question 5

What was the dromos? What would of happened to it after the dead was buried ?

Answer 5

If was a large passage way leading into the tomb
Large stones would of been placed in it to block of the entrance then dirt over the top to seal it

Question 6

What are chamber tombs and who might of been buried in one ?

Answer 6

A tomb dug from rock in which a body or bodies would be buried in a chamber
Less important Mycenaean nobles

Question 7

What where some similarities and differences between tholos and chamber tombs ?

Answer 7

Similarities
- had a dromos
- dromos built from stone
- filled with rocks to seal it
Differences
- chamber tombs dug out of the earth
- most likely family tombs not for single use