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Kotroni Built Tombs (Sykokis Property)

PKC1115
TITLEKotroni Built Tombs (Sykokis Property)
WGS84 37.157167° N, 22.721054° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 37.157167, 22.721054
LON/LAT 22.721054, 37.157167

DMS 37° 9' 25.8012" N,22° 43' 15.7944" E

W3Woutpaces, emigrate, shopping
UTM34 S, 652823, 4113694
EGSA87 386287, 4112785

Elevation m813
Elevation feet 2667.3
RegionLaconia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Waterhouse [1956], 171    'Tombs, pottery'
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 124    Two groups of small elliptical built tombs were found, to the SE of the village ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 74    ' ... aus einem Kammergrab hier, ... '
4.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 124    'A group of LH IIA-IIIA1 vases, including late LM IB cups, is reported to have come from the former, ... '
5.    Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 110    'Two groups of small elliptical built tombs were found, ...'
6.    Tomb.   Laconia II, 132    "...'tombs on the property of P. Sykokis';...'"


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Waterhouse [1956]: 171, 'Sherds, celts'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Waterhouse [1956]: 171, 'Tholoi and vases'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 74, 'Es sind hier dies Tassen, Alabastra und kleine Kannen, die in SH I - II zu datieren sind.'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Waterhouse [1956]: 171, 'Tholoi and vases'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 74, 'Es sind hier dies Tassen, Alabastra und kleine Kannen, die in SH I - II zu datieren sind.'

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'EH II MH? LH IIA-IIIB', 'A group of LH IIA - IIIA1 vases, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, 'A group of LH IIA-IIIA1 vases, ... '

5. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'A group of ... vases, including late LM IB cups, is reported ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, ' ..., including late LM IB cups, ... '

6. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'EH II MH? LH IIA-IIIB', 'A group of LH IIA - IIIA1 vases, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, 'A group of LH IIA-IIIA1 vases, ... '

7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Waterhouse [1956]: 171, 'L.H. III'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 74, ' ... ein Grab mit einem Kylix aus IIIB hier ausgegraben ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, ' ... in fact LH III pottery was found in a tomb.'

8. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'EH II MH? LH IIA-IIIB', 'A group of LH IIA - IIIA1 vases, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, 'A group of LH IIA-IIIA1 vases, ... '

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 134, '.. none (sherds, RHC) earlier than L.H. IIIB.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Palaiokhori', pg. 74.

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 51 Palaiochori: Kotroni', pg. 110. Online here.

3.  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 62 Palaiochori: Kotroni etc.', pg. 124. Online here.

4.  Waterhouse [1956]:  Waterhouse, Helen. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: A Note’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (51) 168-171. 1956., 'Palaiokhori', pg. 171. Online here.

5.  Laconia II:  Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Palaiokhori', pg. 132. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1115 is at 37.14413° N, 22.89158° E, a straight-line distance of 15 km and 200 m.