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History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)

Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 78

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at differentperiods of the islands history. In the earliest tombs of theBronze Age period (down to about 800 B.C.) we find a verysimple type, consisting of a mere oven-like hole a few feetbelow the surface of the ground, with a short sloping Spo/j-oqleading to it (Fig. 2). These tombs have very… … From Alh. Millh.FIG. 2. DIAGRAM OF BRONZE AGE TOMBS, AGIA PAKASKEVI, CYPRUS. and a large number of local fabric, usually hand-made and rudein character. The rich cemetery of Enkomi is, however, anexception, for here we find large built tombs, with roofs andwalls of stone. Sometimes the Bronze x^ge…

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