HOLOCENE FAULT SCARPS AT MYCENAE !GREECE" AND POSSIBLE CULTURAL TIES

Abstract

#e upper citadel at Mycenae is the upthrown block or horst between two active normal faults, both represented by prominent
scarps. #e northeastern fault is thought to have moved during Mycenaean times (in this case between about 1650 and 1300 BC).
On the southwest side, the more famous Lion Gate fault zone and its fault scarps are involved in the archaeology of at least three
features: the gate itself, Grave Circle A, and the Temple Complex, the latter built across one of these scarps. One outcrop exposure
of this scarp has been thought to have had cultic signi$cance, to which we can now add that the scarp apparently provided the fo-
cus for a curious arrangement of adjacent cultic paraphernalia, resulting in an intriguing puzzle of original intent and perception.