An Unquiet Grave

The aim of "A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece", by W. Cavanagh and C. Mee, is twofold: to provide a detailed overview of burial customs in prehistoric Greece, and to chart the growth of social complexity and its expression in mortuary ritual. The study covers the southern Aegean from the Palaeolithic to the end of the Bronze Age, although its focus is clearly on the Mycenaean period. Whilst being a very useful reference book, its attempt at explanation remains rather shallow. (Quotes from original text)