Burial customs

Wearing jewellery

Evidence found on the wrists and ankles of skeletons

Wearing clothes

This is an assumption as the natural fibres have decayed over time

Drink offerings

As the worship of the gods, shown as cups have been found at the entrance to some tholos tombs

Eating a meal

Seen through the evidence of animal bones and seashells found in tombs

Gifts

Assumed in some tombs/graves as these items have since been stolen, but also shown through burial objects in non-looted tombs

Sacrifice

Archaeologists are unsure if this was a frequent practice as the remains of two horses have been found at Dendra but nowhere else

Tombs were reused

Evidence of tombs being redug so the body could be interred alongside new grave goods (which makes it hard to estimate the age of these artefacts)

Steles

Sometimes grave markers (steles) were placed on top of a grave/the raised mound of earth

Caskets

Several caskets have been found which are made from clay and depict a funeral procession of women (some in elaborate dresses or feathered caps) - but these aren’t common so may not reflect all Mycenaean burials