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Analipsis: Cem

PKC1121
TITLEAnalipsis: Cem
WGS84 37.331423° N, 22.442701° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 37.331423, 22.442701
LON/LAT 22.442701, 37.331423

DMS 37° 19' 53.1228" N,22° 26' 33.7236" E

W3Wvarying, wreckage, darkroom
UTM34 S, 627810, 4132615
EGSA87 361887, 4132488

Elevation m907
Elevation feet 2975.7
RegionArcadia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AR[1956], 12    'Finds from them included bronze swords, many steatite spindle whorls, three terra-cotta figurines and a solitary sealstone of jasper engraved with a running bull.'
2.    Cem.   AR[1956], 12    'K. Rhomaios (A.S.) reports the discovery of a further group of six small Mycenaean tholos tombs on the ridge where the important tholos tomb was found last year at this site ... '
3.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 96    'Hope Simpson found some obsidian chips on the site.'
4.    Tholos.   Laconia II, 130    'Of great interest are the eight miniature Mycenaean tholos tombs (about 3 metres in diameter) discovered in 1956 and 1957 on the same hill.'
5.    Tholos.   AR[1957], 10    ' ... two other small Mycenaean tholoi (each only three metres in diameter) have been added to the six similar tombs discovered there in 1956.'
6.    Tholos.   Howell [1970], 95    'To the west of the Analipsis hill is another, lower hil, on which Romaios excavated a large tholos tomb and eight small ones; ...'
7.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 74    'Auf und bei einem benachbarten Hügel wurden 9 Tholosgräber ausgegraben.'
8.    Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 110    'A large number of tombs was found on the lower hill adjoining the site on the west.'
9.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 123    'A large number of tombs was found on a lower hill adjoining the site on the W.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1956]: 12, ' ... a further group of six small Mycenaean tholos tombs ... '
    b.    AR[1957]: 10, ' ... two other small Mycenaean tholoi ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, ' ... eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained pottery of a LH I-IIIB range.'
    b.    Howell [1970]: 96, 'The excavators date the large tholos to L.H. I-II, though Schachermeyr claims to have seen a L.H. IIIB kylix foot from the tomb.', 'The material from the smaller tholos tombs has been dated by Schachermeyr from L.H. I to L.H. IIIB ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 75, From the table on p. 75, top.
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, 'One large tholos (d. 8.65 m.) contained goods of LH IIA-B date, and eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained a LH I-IIIB range of pottery and goods.'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, ' ... eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained pottery of a LH I-IIIB range.'
    b.    Howell [1970]: 96, 'The excavators date the large tholos to L.H. I-II, though Schachermeyr claims to have seen a L.H. IIIB kylix foot from the tomb.', 'The material from the smaller tholos tombs has been dated by Schachermeyr from L.H. I to L.H. IIIB ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 75, From the table on p. 75, top.

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, 'One large tholos (d. 8.65 m.) contained goods of LH IIA-B date, and eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained a LH I-IIIB range of pottery and goods.'

5. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, 'One large tholos (d. 8.65 m.) contained goods of LH IIA-B date, and eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained a LH I-IIIB range of pottery and goods.'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 130, 'The figurines are presumably L.H. III, ...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 75, From the table on p. 75, top.

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, ' ... eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained pottery of a LH I-IIIB range.'
    b.    Howell [1970]: 96, 'The excavators date the large tholos to L.H. I-II, though Schachermeyr claims to have seen a L.H. IIIB kylix foot from the tomb.', 'The material from the smaller tholos tombs has been dated by Schachermeyr from L.H. I to L.H. IIIB ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 75, From the table on p. 75, top.
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, 'One large tholos (d. 8.65 m.) contained goods of LH IIA-B date, and eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained a LH I-IIIB range of pottery and goods.'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, ' ... eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained pottery of a LH I-IIIB range.'
    b.    Howell [1970]: 96, 'The excavators date the large tholos to L.H. I-II, though Schachermeyr claims to have seen a L.H. IIIB kylix foot from the tomb.', 'The material from the smaller tholos tombs has been dated by Schachermeyr from L.H. I to L.H. IIIB ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 75, From the table on p. 75, top.
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, 'One large tholos (d. 8.65 m.) contained goods of LH IIA-B date, and eight small built tombs imitating tholoi are reported to have contained a LH I-IIIB range of pottery and goods.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AR[1957]:  Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (4) 1957., 'Vourvoura.', pg. 10. Online here.

2.  AR[1956]:  Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (3) 1956., 'Vourvoura', pg. 12. Online here.

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

4.  Howell [1970]:  Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '36. Vouvoura-Analipsis', pg. 95. Online here.

5.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 48 Vourvoura: Analipsis', pg. 110. Online here.

6.  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 58 Vourvoura: Analipsis', pg. 123. Online here.

7.  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, 'Analipsis (Vourvoura)', pg. 130. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1121 is at 37.39285° N, 22.75341° E, a straight-line distance of 28 km and 328 m.