Editing Mycenae (section)

====Late Helladic I (LHI; c. 1550–c. 1450 BC)====
Outside the partial circuit wall, [[Grave Circle B, Mycenae|Grave Circle B]], named for its enclosing wall, contained ten cist graves in Middle Helladic style and several shaft graves, sunk more deeply, with interments resting in cists. Richer grave goods mark the burials as possibly regal. Mounds over the top contained broken drinking vessels and bones from a repast, testifying to a more than ordinary farewell.<ref>{{harvnb|Velikovsky|1999|loc=Edwin M. Schorr, [http://www.varchive.org/schorr/use.htm "Applying the Revised Chronology: Later Use of Grave Circles"]}}.</ref> [[Stele|Stelae]] surmounted the mounds.<ref>{{harvnb|Komita|1982|pp=59–60}}.</ref>

A walled enclosure, [[Grave Circle A, Mycenae|Grave Circle A]], included six more shaft graves, with nine female, eight male, and two juvenile interments. Grave goods were more costly than in Circle B. The presence of engraved and inlaid [[Bronze Age sword|sword]]s and [[dagger]]s, with spear points and arrowheads, leaves little doubt that warrior [[Paramount chief|chieftain]]s and their families were buried here. Some art objects obtained from the graves are the [[Silver Siege Rhyton]], the [[Mask of Agamemnon]], the [[Nestor's Cup (Mycenae)|Cup of Nestor]] and weapons both [[votive]] and practical. The chemical compositions of the silver objects indicate that the silver was sourced from several locations.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.11141/ia.56.9|title=Sending Laurion Back to the Future: Bronze Age Silver and the Source of Confusion|last1=Wood|first1=J. R.|last2=Hsu|first2=Y-T.|last3=Bell|first3=C.|journal=[[Internet Archaeology]]|year=2021|volume=56| issue=9 | s2cid=236973111 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

[[File:Replicas of Mycenaean swords and cups.jpg|thumb|Museum replicas of Mycenaean swords and cups]]