Abstract Tholos A at Apesokari (south-central Crete, Greece) was constructed on a sloping ledge of bedrock, overlooking the Mesara Plain below. Such an inconvenient topographic setting makes Tholos A an unusual example in the corpus of Minoan circular tombs, which were more commonly built on flatter ground. The builders seem to have cared greatly about placing Tholos A precisely at this location, even at the risk of jeopardizing the stability of its circular chamber. Furthermore, due to limited space availability, the annex rooms of Tholos A had to be built at a higher level on the bedrock, resulting in an architectural configuration unparalleled in other circular tombs. This paper addresses the question of why this particular location was chosen for the construction of Tholos A. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are used to examine the possibility that concerns related to visibility, intervisibility or invisibility may have played a role in the decision to build Tholos A at this particular spot. Five potential scenarios are formulated and tested to assess whether the tomb may have been placed with the intention of maximizing its visibility and ensuring (or, to the contrary, preventing) intervisibility with specific features in the local landscape.

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青铜时代Apesokari（克里特岛）的可见性，可互见性和不可见性模式

摘要位于Apesokari（希腊中南部，克里特岛）的Tholos A建在倾斜的基岩壁架上，俯瞰下面的Mesara平原。这种不便的地形环境使Tholos成为Minoan圆形坟墓文物的一个不寻常的例子，圆形坟墓通常建在平坦的地面上。建造者似乎非常关心将Tholos A精确地放置在这个位置，即使有危害其圆形腔室稳定性的风险。此外，由于可用空间有限，Tholos A的附属房间必须在基岩的较高楼层上建造，从而导致其他圆形陵墓无法比拟的建筑构造。本文解决了为什么选择这个特殊位置建造Tholos A的问题。地理信息系统（GIS）用于检查与可见性，互见性或不可见性有关的担忧可能在此特定地点建造Tholos A的决定中发挥了作用。制定并测试了五个可能的方案，以评估墓葬是否已被放置，以最大程度地提高墓碑的知名度并确保（或相反，防止）该墓穴与当地景观的特殊性。