EEN TOPOGRAFISCHE SURVEY VAN HET GRAFVELD CHALANDRIANI OP SYROS (GRIEKENLAND)

Abstract

The research presented here is part of a project envisaging the publication of the finds and results of excavations by Christos Tsountas in 1898 and Klon Stephanos in 1871 at Chalandriani on the island of Sy­ros. Besides the investigation of the finds, a reconstruction of the early Cycladic cem­etery is aimed at. The general spatial dis­tribution and organization of the cemetery as well as the characteristics of the indivi­dual graves have been studied and docu­mented. The graves were constructed of dry-stone walls on a circular or rectangular plan with corbelled roofs. The opening was accentuated with a special green-stone slab above the entrance. Many of these stabs have been found in collapsed ruins of graves scattered over the site.