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Archaeological science, also known as archaeometry, consists of the application of scientific techniques to the
analysis of archaeological materials. It is related to methodologies of archaeology, anthropology and
geoarchaeology. Archaeological science can be divided into the following areas: a) physical and chemical
dating methods which provide archaeologists with absolute and relative chronologies, b) artifact /
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paleoethnobotany, palynology and zooarchaeology, archaeoastronomy, cyber-archaeology and cyber-
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Antiquities at Nafplion (The Archaeological Society at Athens, 2003). This group of tholos tombs represents a
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4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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REFERENCES
Binda, L., Saisi, A., Tiraboschi, C., Valle, S., Colla, C. and Forde, M. C. (2003) Application of sonic and radar tests on the
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Broodbank, C. and Strasser, T. F. (1991) Migrant farmers and the Neolithic colonization of Crete. Antiquity, Vol. 65, No.
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Cavanagh, W. G. and Laxton, R. R. (1981) The structural mechanics of the Mycenaean tholos tomb. The Annual of the
British School at Athens, Vol. 76, pp. 109-140.
Como, M. T. (2009) The construction of Mycenaean Tholoi. Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Construction
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Cosentino, P. and Martorana, R. (2001) The resistivity grid applied to wall structures: first results. Proceedings of the 7th
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Dirlik, N. (2012) The Tholos Tombs of Mycenaean Greece. Masters thesis in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History,
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Evans, Sir A. (1929) The Shaft Graves and Bee-Hive Tombs of Mycenae and their Interrelation. London, MacMillan and Co.
Fitzsimons, R. D. (2006) Monuments of Power and the Power of Monuments: The Evolution of Elite Architectural Styles at Bronze
Age Mycenae. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Frazer, J. G. (1898) Pausanias Description of Greece, Translated with Commentary. Vol. 1, London, MacMillan and Co., pp.
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Liritzis, I. and Kosmatos, D. (1995) Solar-climatic cycles in the tree-ring record from Parthenon. In Holocene Cycles
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