Site details

Markopoulo: Ligori

PK	C1569
TITLE	Markopoulo: Ligori
WGS84	37.892687° N, 23.993084° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.892687, 23.993084
LON/LAT	23.993084, 37.892687

DMS

37° 53' 33.6732" N

23° 59' 35.1024" E

W3W	barged, flooding, milkmaid
UTM	34 S, 763196.92, 4198132.97
EGSA87	499243, 4193621

Elevation m	38
Elevation feet	124.7
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Stubbings [1947], 6    'A third cemetery was discovered on the road from Porto Raphti to Markopoulo, at a site called Ligori; ...'
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 211    'A cemetery of rather small chamber tombs here ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 49    'Stais excavated ten rather small chamber tombs at Ligori, which apparently lies about half-way on the road from Markopoulo to Porto Rafti.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 107    '...grub Kyparissis 1927 ein Kammergrab aus, vermutlich in derselben Nekropole, wo Stais 1895 10 Gräber ausgegraben hatte.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Privitera [2013], 141    '...alcune tombe a camera, ...'
6.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 211    ' ... held LH IIIB (and possibly LH IIIA2) vases but more LH IIIC.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1947]: 6, '...a number of Mycenaean chamber-tombs were excavated by Staïs at four other Attic sites.'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 141, 'In questo caso, il periodo d'uso sembra sia stato più lungo tra il TE IIIA2 e il TE IIIC middle.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 211, ' ... held LH IIIB (and possibly LH IIIA2) vases ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 49, 'LH IIIB-C'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 107, 'Die Vasen sind in IIIB und IIIC zu datieren, die letztere Periode scheint aber in dieser Nekropole stärker vertreten zu sein.'
    c.    Privitera [2013]: 141, 'Stais fece complessivamente riferimento a venti vase, sedici dei quali sono state pubblicati e datati al TE IIIB - TE IIIC early...'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 211, ' ... held LH IIIB (and possibly LH IIIA2) vases ... '

4. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 141, '...una amfora a staffa globulare di roduzione cretese, ...; essa e datata al Tardo Minoico IIIC da Kanta (1980, 300), ...'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 49, 'LH IIIB-C'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 107, 'Die Vasen sind in IIIB und IIIC zu datieren, die letztere Periode scheint aber in dieser Nekropole stärker vertreten zu sein.'
    c.    Privitera [2013]: 141, 'Stais fece complessivamente riferimento a venti vase, sedici dei quali sono state pubblicati e datati al TE IIIB - TE IIIC early...'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 211, ' ... but more LH IIIC.'

NOTE

1. Notionally placed on Odos Ligori which conforms to Privitera [2013] 140 '28. Porto Rafti - Ligori' that the site is 'a ca 1,2 km a ovest della costa.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ligori', pg. 107.

2. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '28. Porto Rafti - Ligori', pg. 140.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 29 Markopoulo: Ligori etc.', pg. 49. 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., 'F 32 Markopoulo: Ligori', pg. 211. Online here.

5. Stubbings [1947]: Stubbings, F.H.. ‘The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol 42, pp. 1-75, 1947., ''Brauron, Kopreza, Ligoria, Steiria.'', pg. 6. Online here.