Site details

Aidonia: Cem

PK	C1298
TITLE	Aidonia: Cem
WGS84	37.840369° N, 22.583083° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.840369, 22.583083
LON/LAT	22.583083, 37.840369

DMS

37° 50' 25.3284" N

22° 34' 59.0988" E

W3W	pinned, comment, tactless
UTM	34 S, 639296, 4189285
EGSA87	375177, 4188762

Elevation m	365
Elevation feet	1197.5
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AR[2002], 21
2.    Cem.   Demakopoulou [1998], 21
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Krystalli-Votsi [1998], 22    'Our excavation, in spite of the extensive looting, provided the immediate impression that this was a very important Mycenaean cemetery.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[2002]: 21, ' ... most important Myc site of the valley is Aidonia, ... '

2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Krystalli-Votsi [1998]: 24, 'It should here be mentioned that the cemetery most probably began to be used in the 16th century BC; ...'

3. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Krystalli-Votsi [1998]: 27, '...enriched ... the corpus of Creto-Mycenaean rings dating to ca. 1500 BC.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Demakopoulou [1998]: 47,

5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Demakopoulou [1998]: 40,

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Demakopoulou [1998]: 42,

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Demakopoulou [1998]: 41,

NOTE

1. The Mycenaean Atlas Project thanks Dr. Hajo Becker for the use of his photograph as well as the use of his map of the Aidonia complex. The additions to the map are his own work.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2002]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (49) 2002., 'Phleious', pg. 21. Online here. Online here.

2. Demakopoulou [1998]: Demakopoulou, Katie. The Aidonia Treasure: Seals and Jewellery of the Aegean Late Bronze Age. Archaeological Receipts Fund, 1998, '',

3. Krystalli-Votsi [1998]: Krystalli-Votsi, K.. ‘The Excavation of the Mycenaean Cemetery at Aidonia’, Demakopoulou [1998], pp. 21-30, 'The Excavation of the Mycenaean Cemetery at Aidonia', pg. 21.

PHOTOS AND IMAGES

Chamber Tomb no. 8, Aidonia
Dr. Hajo Becker asserts his rights to this photograph under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Map of Aidonia cemetery
Dr. Hajo Becker asserts his rights to this map under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).