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Krokeai: Karneas

PKC1002
TITLEKrokeai: Karneas
WGS84 36.878793° N, 22.548039° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 36.878793, 22.548039
LON/LAT 22.548039, 36.878793

DMS 36° 52' 43.6548" N,22° 32' 52.9404" E

W3Wwiki, abbreviated, derogatory
UTM34 S, 637961, 4082545
EGSA87 370452, 4082123

Elevation m305
Elevation feet 1000.7
RegionLaconia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cist Tomb.   Boyd [2001], 209    'an LHII-III cist grave.'
2.    Shaft Grave.   Laconia I, 105    '..plundered Mycenaean tomb: a large shaft-grave, ...'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 112    'On the top surface ... several LH III sherds were found.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 105    '...several LH III sherds were found.'
5.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 94    'Hier sind viele SH III-Scherben, hauptsächtlich von Skyphoi und Schalen, ... '
6.    Tomb.   Banou [1996], 47    'Am westlichen Hang des etwa 300 m südöstlich des modernen Dorfes Krokees liegenden und den Name Karneas tragenden Hügels hatte Christou 1956 ein Kammergrab ausgegraben, das total leer gefunden worden war.'
7.    Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 105    'A large rectangular stone built grave was found on the southwest flank, and its contents included LH II-III pottery.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 105, '...Mycenaean...', 'The settlement must have been also on the same hill, where there are abundant L.H. III sherds ...'

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 105, 'LH II-IIIB ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'LH II-IIIB C H'
    c.    Boyd [2001]: 209, 'pottery from the tomb is said to be LHII-III'
    d.    Banou [1996]: 47, 'Scherben, die bei dem Grab aufgesammelt worden waren, waren im SH II datiert worden.'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 94, 'Christou grub ein ausgeplündertes Schachtgrab mit 4 Bestattungen und Keramik aus SH II - III aus.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 209, 'pottery from the tomb is said to be LHII-III', 'LHIII sherds are known from elsewhere on the hill.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 105, ' ..., several LH III sherds were found.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 94, ' ... SH III-Scherben, ... '
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 94, 'Christou grub ein ausgeplündertes Schachtgrab mit 4 Bestattungen und Keramik aus SH II - III aus.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 105, 'LH II-IIIB ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'LH II-IIIB C H'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 105, 'LH II-IIIB ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'LH II-IIIB C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Karneas', pg. 94.

2.  Banou [1996]:  Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '19. Krokees: Karneas', pg. 47.

3.  Boyd [2001]:  Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '62: Krokees', pg. 209. Online here.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 13 Krokeai: Karneas', pg. 105. Online here.

5.  Simpson and Dickinson [1979]:  Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'C 14 Krokeai: Karneas', pg. 112. Online here.

6.  Laconia I:  Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'Karneas, Krokeai', pg. 103. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1002 is at 36.79481° N, 22.60026° E, a straight-line distance of 10 km and 442 m.