Brendan Burke
Archaeologist of ancient Greece with a special interest in the Aegean Bronze Age, economics of cloth production, archaeology of Boeotia. Fieldwork experience in Ireland, Corinth, Methana, Pylos. Long-term excavator at Gordion in Turkey. Currently co-directing excavations at ancient Eleon in Boeotia.
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cuttings; cobbled surfaces were laid at several elevations above; and two stelai, roughly carved markers ca 1.3-1.5m high, stood in situ. After burials ceased, the subsequent creation of a tumulus over the Blue Stone Structure further unified the monumental complex by residents who still remembered those buried within. Excavations have revealed numerous aspects of the mound’s construction, including its fabrication from slabs of unbaked clay (likely bricks) and multiple surfaces that all date within the Shaf Grave era (MH III-LH I/II).
cuttings; cobbled surfaces were laid at several elevations above; and two stelai, roughly carved markers ca 1.3-1.5m high, stood in situ. After burials ceased, the subsequent creation of a tumulus over the Blue Stone Structure further unified the monumental complex by residents who still remembered those buried within. Excavations have revealed numerous aspects of the mound’s construction, including its fabrication from slabs of unbaked clay (likely bricks) and multiple surfaces that all date within the Shaf Grave era (MH III-LH I/II).