The Mycenaean Cemetery at Agios Vasileios, Chalandritsa, in Achaea

The chamber-tomb cemetery at Agios Vasileios near Chalandritsa in Achaea was investigated intermittently from the 1920s, with major rescue excavations between 1989 and 2001 revealing dozens of Mycenaean tombs. Konstantina Aktypi provides the first substantial publication of the cemetery, its topography, tomb architecture and an assemblage of roughly 260 artefacts.

The finds tell only part of the story. Vivian Staikou studies the stone and shell objects, while Olivia A. Jones examines human remains and the evidence for burial practices. Plans and three-dimensional reconstructions help restore the form of tombs that can no longer be seen as they were excavated. Together, the graves, objects and skeletal evidence make it possible to examine how this Mycenaean community buried its dead.