Paionias Toumba
| PK | C1663 |
| TITLE | Paionias Toumba |
| WGS84 | 40.945242° N, 22.542819° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 40.945242, 22.542819 |
| LON/LAT | 22.542819, 40.945242 |
| DMS | 40° 56' 42.8712" N | , | 22° 32' 34.1484" E |
| W3W | prepares, grammars, huggable |
| UTM | 34 T, 629863, 4533824 |
| EGSA87 | 377196, 4533415 |
| Elevation m | 66 |
| Elevation feet | 216.5 |
| Region | Macedonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Cem. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015], 'Type: Necropolis', 'The excavations yielded 7 graves among which 5 pithos burials and 2 pit graves.'2. Chamber Tomb. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 102 'Ph. Petsas explored a large one-chambered Macedonian tomb at Toumba, ... '
3. Chamber Tomb. BCH [1955], 276 ' ... un tumulus à chambre ... '
4. Mound. French [1967], 35 'Topography: site, a toumba, on an isolated knoll; ... '
5. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 182 'Only one Mycenaean sherd was found with the local LB surface sherds.'
6. Sherds. French [1967], 67 'MB - Red b: 9-10'
7. Sherds. AR[1954], 14 'Petsas has noted Mycenaean sherds here, and at a site near Toúmba, in the district of Kilkís.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'MB LB LH III(A2-B)'
b. French [1967]: 67, 'MB - Red b: 9-10'
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. AR[1954]: 14, ' ... Mycenaean sherds ... '
3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'MB LB LH III(A2-B)'
b. French [1967]: 67, 'LB - Brown b: 2-7; ... '
4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'MB LB LH III(A2-B)'
5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'MB LB LH III(A2-B)'
6. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. French [1967]: 67, 'IA & later - 20-28'
7. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EA to EA'
8. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 102, 'The tomb probably dates from the 4th century B.C. but it was reused c. 400 A.D.'
b. BCH [1955]: 276, ' ... datent la tombe du ive siècle av. J.-C.'
NOTES
1. The informational sign in front of the mound reads 'Toumba Paionias'.
2. The relevant Aristeia Project page is here.
3. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AR[1954]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (1) 1954., 'During the building of the new railway from Kozani ... ', pg. 14.
Online here.
2. BCH [1955]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 79, 1955., 'Toumba ... ', pg. 276.
Online here.
3. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Toumba Paionias A 10', pg. 35.
4. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Toumba (Kilkis)', pg. 102.
5. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Toumba Paionias', Online here.
6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 49 Toumba Paionias', pg. 182.
DH French, CM No. A 10
Online here.