Mandhriko: Melissaki
| PK | C1378 |
| TITLE | Mandhriko: Melissaki |
| WGS84 | 36.289924° N, 27.860592° E |
| Accuracy | 200 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.289924, 27.860592 |
| LON/LAT | 27.860592, 36.289924 |
| DMS | 36° 17' 23.7264" N | , | 27° 51' 38.1312" E |
| W3W | bandaged, cocktails, zing |
| UTM | 35 S, 577279, 4016450 |
| EGSA87 | 846600, 4022738 |
| Elevation m | 71 |
| Elevation feet | 232.9 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Rhodes |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 144 'On the hill Melissaki, to north-east of the village of Mandhriko, a Mycenaean chamber tomb with dromos was discovered, ...'2. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 352 'On the hill of Melissaki, to NE of Mandhriko, a LH chamber tomb with dromos was discovered, ... '
3. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 196 '..a chamber tomb with dromos was discovered, from which came two Mycenaean vases.'
4. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 352 ' ..., from which came two LH III vases.'
5. Tomb. Georgiadis [2003], 37 '... the tomb, ..., was not located...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 144, '..., a Mycenaean chamber tomb with dromos ...'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 352, ' ..., a LH chamber tomb with dromos was discovered, ... '
2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 196, 'LH III(A2-B) H'
b. Georgiadis [2003]: 37, '..., used during LH IIIA2, ...'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 352, ' ..., from which came two LH III vases.', 'LH III(A2-B) H'
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 196, 'LH III(A2-B) H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 352, ' ..., from which came two LH III vases.', 'LH III(A2-B) H'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Georgiadis [2003]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period; Islands, landscape, death and ancestors. BAR International Series 1196. 2003., '', pg. 37.
'At Mandriko ... the site of Melissaki was identified by local informants, as Melissakia, but the tomb, ..., was not located ...'
Online here.
2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Mandhriko: Melissaki', pg. 196.
Online here.
3. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., 'Mandhriko: Melissaki', pg. 144.
Online here.
4. 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., 'Mandhriko: Melissaki', pg. 352.
Online here.