Site details

Lardos: Troullo Vouno

PK	C1397
TITLE	Lardos: Troullo Vouno
WGS84	36.095691° N, 28.014355° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.095691, 28.014355
LON/LAT	28.014355, 36.095691

DMS

36° 5' 44.4876" N

28° 0' 51.678" E

W3W	scale, soulful, earl
UTM	35 S, 591312, 3995038
EGSA87	861310, 4001740

Elevation m	30
Elevation feet	98.4
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Rhodes

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Maiuri [1923], 253    'Importante ed estesa necropoli micenea sulle alture a nord del villaggio ...'
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 150    'A large and extensive Mycenaean and later cemetery to north of Lardos ...'
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 355    'An extensive LH and later cemetery to N of Lardos ... '
4.    Cem.   Georgiadis [2003], 39    'At Lardos (B41) the cemetery was located on the west slope of the hill, on top of which the local school is situated ... '
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 198    'On these slopes rock-cut shafts and the remains of one chamber tomb are visible.'
6.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 355    'The seven vases recovered ... including an interesting "ostrich-egg" rhyton ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Maiuri [1923]: 253, '...micenea...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, 'An extensive LH and later cemetery ... '

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ... several in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 198, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 151, '... interesting 'ostrich-egg' Rhyton dated L.H. IIIA 2, ...'
    c.    Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ... several in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, ' ... including an interesting "ostrich-egg" rhyton dated LH IIIA2, ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 198, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 151, '..., appear to give a range of L.H. IIIA 2 to L.H. IIIC 1 (inclusive) for the use of the cemetery.'
    c.    Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ... several in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, 'The seven vases recovered ..., appear to range from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 198, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ... several in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, 'The seven vases recovered ..., appear to range from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'

6. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 151, '..., appear to give a range of L.H. IIIA 2 to L.H. IIIC 1 (inclusive) for the use of the cemetery.'

NOTE

1. Marker placement based on the photograph in Georgiadis [2003] 291, Fig. 5.46.

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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. 39. Online here.

2. Maiuri [1923]: Maiuri, A.. ‘Jalisos - Scavi della Missione Archeologica Italiana a Rodi (Parte I e II)’, Annuario 06-07 (1923-1924), pp. 83-340., 'Lartos.', pg. 253. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Lardos: Troullo Vouno', pg. 198. Online here.

4. 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., 'Lardos', pg. 150. 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., 'Lardos: Troullo Vouno', pg. 355. Online here.