Part II: The Architecture of the Palace of Nestor

Title

Part II: The Architecture of the Palace of Nestor

Creator

Michael C. Nelson

editor

Frederick Cooper
Diane Fortenberry

Is Part Of

The Minnesota Pylos Project, 1990-1998

Publisher

Oxford
BAR Publishing

Date

2017

pages

283-418

Linked resources

  • North column base, cut from a single block of stone...

  • Circular column...

  • Anta partially concealed later walls; original construction is unknown...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then polished smooth...

  • Anta block concealed by later walls; original construction unknown...

  • Vertical chases that span the thickness of the wall...

  • Vertical chase spanning the thickness of the wall ; never fully excavated s...

  • Circular imprint in plaster floor...

  • Four chases ; each span the thickness of the wall...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then polished smooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smoooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All faces of the anta were chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All ashlar faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All surfaces chiseled and ground smooth and flat...

  • Two ashlar courses preserved; two mortises on top of second course...

  • Two preserved courses of ashlar with two mortises on the upper faces of two...

  • Front face chiseled flat and then ground smooth; all joint faces chiseled...

  • On course of ashlar preserved with mortises on the upper surface of each bl...