A Mycenaean building reconsidered: The case of the west house at Mycenae

Abstract

New archival information and fresh archaeological data concerning the architecture of the West House, one of the four "Ivory" houses south of Grave Circle B at Mycenae, the most controversial and perhaps the most archaeologically handicapped member of the group, which has been described as an ideal example of a developed, freestanding Mycenaean domestic unit, a spin off from the palatial model, has prompted a detailed re-interpretation/re-assessment of the evidence and has lead to a comprehensive reconstruction of the building, more than ten years after its final publication.