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Going on from here and turning to the right, you come to the ruins of Tiryns. ... The wall, which is the only part of the ruins still remaining, is a work of the
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The walls are usually founded in extremely shallow beddings carved out of the bedrock. "Cyclopean", the term normally applied to the masonry style characteristic of
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these boulders, smaller chunks of limestone fill the interstices. The exterior faces of the large boulders may be roughly hammer-dressed, but the boulders themselves are never carefully cut blocks. Very large boulders are typical of the
Mycenaean walls at
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The entrance of a Mycenaean citadel in the Bronze Age,
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A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method
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580:"The Cyclopean Wall Rajgir"
562:Fletcher, Banister (1905).
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2428:Oldest extant buildings
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782:Giuseppe Lugli (1957).
753:10.3406/cchyp.2011.1102
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2835:Mound Builders culture
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817:Description of Mycenae
685:Neer, Richard (2012).
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1393:Neolithic Revolution
910:Massive precut stone
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168:Stone wall, Ireland.
57:mortar or no use of
3108:Prehistoric warfare
1854:Magdalenian culture
1817:Levallois technique
1748:Earliest toolmaking
1106:Stonemason's hammer
1071:Ceramic tile cutter
349:Difference between
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234:, and the walls of
148:Harry Thurston Peck
125:Acropolis of Athens
102:Current definitions
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766:Frank, T.
527:Dry stone
466:Terracina
407:Nitovikla
380:Lion Gate
355:Lion Gate
315:Pausanias
259:Walls at
240:Lion Gate
211:Lion Gate
133:limestone
96:Aristotle
51:clearance
44:limestone
40:Mycenaean
38:found in
36:stonework
25:Lion Gate
3189:Cyclopes
2756:Rock art
2719:painting
2692:Geoglyph
2517:timeline
2497:Beadwork
2237:Mehrgarh
2232:Mudbrick
2140:megalith
2015:Fire-saw
1837:debitage
1832:analysis
1800:Hand axe
1780:Cupstone
1358:Glossary
1319:Timeline
1183:Products
1137:Knapping
930:Slipform
670:Cyclōpes
521:See also
510:Rājagṛha
502:Mallorca
490:Sardinia
340:(2.25.8)
335:(2.16.5)
191:in 1902.
89:Pliny's
85:Cyclopes
47:boulders
3184:Mycenae
3159:Masonry
3113:Symbols
2724:pigment
2610:Weaving
2573:Cardium
2568:Pottery
2563:Mirrors
2551:Jewelry
2492:Baskets
2472:culture
2324:Cistern
2130:Pyramid
2072:Weapons
2050:Scraper
2040:Racloir
2000:Cleaver
1988:Chopper
1894:Uniface
1805:Grooves
1795:Hafting
1753:Oldowan
1712:Systems
1663:Cascade
1626:woomera
1616:harpoon
1589:history
1555:Hunting
1535:Pottery
1476:Cooking
1385:Farming
1351:history
1324:Outline
1127:Flaming
991:Granite
935:Snecked
900:Masonry
885:Carving
672:at the
649:, 1898.
603:Pliny,
498:Menorca
494:Talaiot
486:Nuraghe
403:Larnaca
359:Mycenae
327:Proetus
261:Ramnous
236:Mycenae
232:Argolis
228:Boeotia
215:Mycenae
109:Mycenae
70:Mycenae
3179:Tiryns
3091:flutes
2886:Dolmen
2810:Burial
2620:winery
2593:Linear
2423:Midden
2401:Cursus
2394:Goseck
2254:Pueblo
2205:Dugout
2190:Burdei
1869:Mining
1693:Lamoka
1688:Folsom
1668:Clovis
1525:Metate
1503:Hearth
1471:Basket
1445:Sickle
1210:Mosaic
1190:Castle
1162:Veneer
1091:Trowel
1076:Chisel
1023:Mortar
1011:Marble
986:Gabion
920:Rubble
875:Ashlar
718:
693:
515:Rajgir
478:Sicily
474:Alatri
450:Circeo
446:Boiano
442:Alatri
438:Signia
426:Latium
411:Enkomi
399:Kition
397:, the
395:Cyprus
368:ashlar
351:ashlar
331:Tiryns
319:Tiryns
300:ashlar
282:Attica
265:Attica
238:, the
224:Phocis
189:Delphi
121:Phocis
113:Tiryns
78:Rajgir
74:Tiryns
59:mortar
3008:sites
2952:Mummy
2672:Cairn
2588:Jōmon
2539:shoes
2534:Hides
2406:Henge
2360:Broch
2222:Jacal
2077:Wheel
2025:Knife
1971:Canoe
1966:Burin
1944:Blade
1842:flake
1703:Plano
1611:baton
1601:Spear
1567:Arrow
1520:Manos
1373:Tools
1172:Wythe
1054:Tools
1040:Slate
1016:Types
996:Grout
956:Brick
868:Types
513:(now
482:Erice
434:Norba
422:Italy
213:, at
129:Midea
117:Argos
3101:gudi
2859:Cist
2788:list
2615:Wine
2544:Ötzi
2529:Glue
2502:Beds
2470:and
2468:Arts
2339:Well
2195:Cave
2125:Kiva
2055:side
2045:Rope
1993:tool
1927:bone
1917:Adze
1683:Eden
1596:Nets
1466:Fire
1430:Goad
1415:Celt
1033:List
770:MAAR
716:ISBN
691:ISBN
468:and
454:Cosa
413:and
271:and
230:and
209:The
72:and
55:clay
2210:Hut
2145:row
1976:Oar
1934:Axe
1922:Awl
749:doi
420:In
393:In
388:Gla
137:Gla
80:.
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772:3.
745:41
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