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Vrana: Marathon: Mycenaean Tumuli

PK	C1522
TITLE	Vrana: Marathon: Mycenaean Tumuli
WGS84	38.122252° N, 23.946382° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.122252, 23.946382
LON/LAT	23.946382, 38.122252

DMS

38° 7' 20.1072" N

23° 56' 46.9752" E

W3W	prank, tempests, frustration
UTM	34 S, 758282, 4223481
EGSA87	495151, 4219093

Elevation m	47
Elevation feet	154.2
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   PAE[1970], 16
2.    Tumulus.   Phialon [2011], 80    'À l'ouest du site antique, quatre tumuli funéraires comprennent des tombes de l'Âge du Bronze. Les traces de trois autres tumuli ont aussi été relevées.'
3.    Tumulus.   Simpson [1981], 51    'Below the acropolis, at the head of the Vrana valley, is a group of four tumuli ...'
4.    Tumulus.   Privitera [2013], 152    '... un gruppo di sette tumuli ...'
5.    Tumulus.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 218    ' ..., at the head of the Vrana valley, is a group of tumuli.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, 'The earliest, tumulus I, is of the Middle Helladic period.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 218, ' ..., datable to middle or late MH, surrounded by other MH burials in built graves or cists.'
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 80, Tumulus I: ' ... l'un en usage à l'HM ... '

2. Middle Helladic II: (1900 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 153, '...tutte datate tra il ME II e il ME III.'

3. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 153, '...tutte datate tra il ME II e il ME III.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, 'The other tumuli are Mycenaean.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 218, 'The others, of LH date, contained complex stone structures, resembling houses in plan, ... '
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 80, 'Le tumulus II était probablement en usage au début de l'HR, ... '

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 153, Possible build date for tumulus II: 'risalendo probabilmente alla fine del ME o al TE I ...'

6. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 80, Tumulus IV: ' ... et l'autre à l'HR III A1.'

7. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, 'The latest, Tumulus IV, continued in use at least until the LH IIIA2 period.' (See C5079 for Tumulus IV.)

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1970]: 16,
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 153, For tumulus III: 'un amphoriskos del TE IIIB...'
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 80, ' ..., alors que le tumulus III a sans doute été utilisé à l'HR III B.'

NOTES

1. See Privitera [2013] fig. 96, p. 153 for a detailed diagram of the layout of the several tumuli.

2. See Cavanaugh and Mee [1998] 199, Fig. 5.7 for a plan of tumulus 2.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1970]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1970., '', pg. 15.

2. Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., 'Fig. 5.7', pg. 199.

3. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.3.19. Marathon-Vrana ... Attique', pg. 80.

4. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '37. Maratona - Vrana', pg. 152. '...ci si limiterà a fare riferimento al suo parziale riuso nel corso del TE.'

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 41 Marathon: Agriliki and Vrana', pg. 51. 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., 'F 49 Marathon: Vrana: Agriliki', pg. 218. Online here.