Gold grave goods at Grave Circles A and B

For Sinclair Hood, these objects (specifically those from Circle A) "raise in an acute form the related questions of how to distinguish mainland from Cretan work, and the significance of any distinction that may exist".

[2] There were 7 skulls found in Grave Circle B that, when facially reconstructed, had several similarities between them that led scholars to believe the faces were related.

All of these decorative gold grave goods were meant to be a sort of "status uniform" to distinguish their place in the community.

The dagger also contained certain aspects like the hunters wearing tall oxhide shields that were common in Greek frescoes.

[7] Another object found in shaft grave IV is a bull's head rhyton with gold horns and embellishments.

[9] It has been estimated that Circle A contained about 15 kilos of gold in total (not all of high purity); a considerable quantity, but a good deal less than in just the inner coffin of Tutankhamun.

[10] The family groups that attributed to these graves made sure that those who died carried their status with them into death, and the use of gold was so ostentatious it brought even more attention to them.