Site details

Kokla:Cem

PK	C1708
TITLE	Kokla:Cem
WGS84	37.613863° N, 22.691104° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.613863, 22.691104
LON/LAT	22.691104, 37.613863

DMS

37° 36' 49.9068" N

22° 41' 27.9744" E

W3W	transistor, trawls, taunted
UTM	34 S, 649255, 4164318
EGSA87	384331, 4163491

Elevation m	73
Elevation feet	239.5
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AD[1981], 94
2.    Tholos.   Kontorli-Papadopoulou [1995], 120    'The total absence of human skeletal remains in the tholos tomb at Kokla ...'
3.    Tholos.   Cavanagh and Mee [1998], 81    'Tholos Tombs'
4.    Tholos.   Dirlik [2012], 69
5.    Tholos.   BCH [1983], 761    'La poursuite de la fouille par le Service archéologique, en 1982, a montré que la grande tombe à tholos découverte l'année précédente - et dans laquelle on n'a curieusement pas retrouvé la moindre trace de squelette - faisait partie d'une nécropole mycénienne : six nouvelles tombes à chambre; toutes intactes, ont été fouillées.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IB: (1660 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    BCH [1983]: 761, '...qui s'échelonnent entre le xvi eme et le xiii eme siecle av. J.-C.'

2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Kontorli-Papadopoulou [1995]: 120, '...but that around the end of the 15th century BC it was closed ... being ready again for new burials, ...'
    b.    BCH [1983]: 761, '...qui s'échelonnent entre le xvi eme et le xiii eme siecle av. J.-C.'

3. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Dirlik [2012]: 69, 'Dating. LH IIB-IIIA/1 Cavanagh & Mee 1998, 58. LH IIB Mountjoy 1993, 11. LH IIIA/1 Demakopoulou 1990, 119.'
    b.    Kontorli-Papadopoulou [1995]: 120, '...but that around the end of the 15th century BC it was closed ... being ready again for new burials, ...'
    c.    BCH [1983]: 761, '...qui s'échelonnent entre le xvi eme et le xiii eme siecle av. J.-C.'
    d.    Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: 81, '183 Kokla LH IIB-IIIA1 ... '

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1981]: 94,

5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Dirlik [2012]: 69, 'Dating. LH IIB-IIIA/1 Cavanagh & Mee 1998, 58. LH IIB Mountjoy 1993, 11. LH IIIA/1 Demakopoulou 1990, 119.'
    b.    BCH [1983]: 761, '...qui s'échelonnent entre le xvi eme et le xiii eme siecle av. J.-C.'
    c.    Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: 81, '183 Kokla LH IIB-IIIA1 ... '

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    BCH [1983]: 761, '...qui s'échelonnent entre le xvi eme et le xiii eme siecle av. J.-C.'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1981]: 94,

NOTES

1. For additional bibliography see these items:

H.W. Catling [1982]&comma, 'Archaeology in Greece 1982-83', Archaeological Reports (29), 1982-1983, 3-62.
K. Demakopoulou [1990]: 'The burial ritual in the tholos tomb at Kokla, Argolis.' In Celebrations of death and divinity in the Bronze Age Argolid. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 11-13 June, 1988, ed. by R. Hägg & G.C. Nordquist (Acta Ath- 4°, 40), Stockholm 1990 113-123.
P.A. Mountjoy [1993], Mycenaean pottery. An Introduction, Oxford.

2. See the detailed diagram of Kokla in Cavanaugh and Mee [1998] 219, fig. 6.6.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1981]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 36, '', pg. 94.

2. BCH [1983]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 107, 1983., 'Kokla', pg. 761. Online here.

3. 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., '', pg. 219.

4. Dirlik [2012]: Dirlik, N.. The Tholos Tombs of Mycenaean Greece. Thesis for degree of Master of Arts. Uppsalsa University. Uppsala, Sweden., 2012, 'Catalogue No.15 (ARG15)', pg. 69. Online here.

5. Kontorli-Papadopoulou [1995]: Kontorli-Papadopoulou, Litsa. ‘Mycenaean tholos tombs: Some thoughts on burial customs and rites’, Morris [1995], pp. 111-122. 1995., '', pg. 120. Online here.