The phenomenon of hoarding is a special aspect of economic, social or political life throughout the European continent, generally divided into utilitarian assemblages and votive deposits. To a lesser extent, it is located at the Helladic area in the third phase of the Late Bronze Age, almost parallel to the establishment of the Mycenaean palatial civilization. To date, only twenty-three hoards of metal objects have been identified from the core or the periphery of the Mycenaean world. Although in most cases there is a lack of data from the context or the conditions of unearthing Helladic hoards, few deposits are recognized as possible collective offerings to the aquatic or supernatural element. Mainly though, they are located in a domestic or public space, which is usually controlled by the administrating bodies of the Mycenaean authority. The brief examination of the Helladic hoards leads to few interesting conclusions, regarding their contents and their possible character or their chronological order, before and after the gradual decline of the Mycenaean civilization in 1200 BC.
