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Kritharia: Cem

PKC1629
TITLEKritharia: Cem
WGS84 38.712458° N, 22.878463° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 38.712458, 22.878463
LON/LAT 22.878463, 38.712458

DMS 38° 42' 44.8488" N,22° 52' 42.4668" E

W3Wwildcard, acting, phenomenal
UTM34 S, 663322, 4286543
EGSA87 402342, 4285178

Elevation m441
Elevation feet 1446.9
RegionLocris
SubregionOpuntia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 263    ' ..., including a jar with semicircles on the shoulder, pins and fibulae, and iron rings.'
2.    Cem.   Pascual and Papakonstantinou [2013], 11    ' ..., several chamber tombs belonging to a necropolis ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 81    'The chamber tomb cemetery at Kritharia, on a slope at the south west edge of Agnandi, was in use from the LH IIIA to LH IIIC periods or even later to judge from the finds described, ...'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 263    'The chamber tomb cemetery at Kritharia ... was in use from LH IIIA until LH IIIC or even later, ... '
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Kramer-Hajos [2008], 71    'A necropolis of undisturbed Mycenaean chamber tombs ...'
6.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1971], 708    'une nécropole de tombes à chambre, ...'
7.    Chamber Tomb.   Pascual and Papakonstantinou [2013], 11    ' ..., several chamber tombs belonging to a necropolis ... '
8.    Tomb.   AD[1970], 235    
9.    Wall.   Pascual and Papakonstantinou [2013], 11    ' ... traces of dry-built fortification walls ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1970]: 235,

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 81, '...was in use from the LH IIIA to LH IIIC periods or even later to judge from the finds described, ...'
    b.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 71, '...dating to the LH IIIA and LH IIIC-SM periods and extending into the PG...'
    c.    BCH [1971]: 708, '..., en usage du HR III A jusqu'au Protogéométrique.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 263, ' ... was in use from LH IIIA until LH IIIC or even later, ... '
    e.    Pascual and Papakonstantinou [2013]: 11, ' ... between the LH III A and the Proto-Geometric (including at least LH III A, LH III C, ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 81, '...was in use from the LH IIIA to LH IIIC periods or even later to judge from the finds described, ...'
    b.    BCH [1971]: 708, '...d'amphorisques à étrier (HR III C), ...', '...un cratère décoré du HR III B-C, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 263, ' ... was in use from LH IIIA until LH IIIC or even later, ... '

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 81, '...was in use from the LH IIIA to LH IIIC periods or even later to judge from the finds described, ...'
    b.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 71, '...dating to the LH IIIA and LH IIIC-SM periods and extending into the PG...'
    c.    BCH [1971]: 708, '...d'amphorisques à étrier (HR III C), ...', '...un cratère décoré du HR III B-C, ...'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 263, ' ... was in use from LH IIIA until LH IIIC or even later, ... '
    e.    Pascual and Papakonstantinou [2013]: 11, ' ... between the LH III A and the Proto-Geometric (including at least LH III A, LH III C, ... '

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AD[1970]: 235,
    b.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 71, '...dating to the LH IIIA and LH IIIC-SM periods and extending into the PG...'
    c.    BCH [1971]: 708, '..., en usage du HR III A jusqu'au Protogéométrique.'
    d.    Pascual and Papakonstantinou [2013]: 11, ' ... and Proto-Geometric ... '

6. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 71, '...dating to the LH IIIA and LH IIIC-SM periods and extending into the PG...'
    b.    Pascual and Papakonstantinou [2013]: 11, ' ..., Sub-Mycenaean ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1970]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 25, '', pg. 235.

2.  BCH [1971]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 95. 1971 , 'Agnandi.', pg. 708. Online here.

3.  Pascual and Papakonstantinou [2013]:   Pascual, Jose and Maria-Foteini Papakonstantinou. ‘The Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Fourteenth Ephorate Epicnemidian Locris Project FINAL REPORT’, Teiresias (43:1) pp. 1-14, '26. Agnanti', pg. 11. Online here.

4.  Kramer-Hajos [2008]:  Kramer-Hajos, Margaretha. Beyond the Palace: Mycenaean East Lokris. BAR International Series. No. 1781. 2008., 'Agnanti-Dimitrakis (Agnanti) and Agnanti-Kastri', pg. 71. At paragraph starting 'A necropolis of undisturbed Mycenaean chamber tombs ...'

5.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 69 Agnandi: Kastri and Kritharia', pg. 81. 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., 'G 74 Agnandi: Kastri and Kritharia', pg. 263. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1629 is at 38.75383° N, 22.86761° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 701 m.