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New Evidence from the Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Manika, Chalkis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

Abstract

Excavation of a further part of the EH cemetery at Manika, Chalkis, has revealed eight chamber tombs. Contents suggest influence from the Cycladic islands, though the form of graves is more local, or mainland. Secondary burials suggest the graves were used for a long period, perhaps as much as a century. The significance of the evidence from these tombs for the relationship between the Cyclades and the mainland in the Early Bronze Age is considered.

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