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Kerameikos Tumulus

PKC1818
TITLEKerameikos Tumulus
WGS84 37.978288° N, 23.717499° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.978288, 23.717499
LON/LAT 23.717499, 37.978288

DMS 37° 58' 41.8368" N,23° 43' 2.9964" E

W3Wmedium, acute, kickers
UTM34 S, 738681.44, 4206890.5
EGSA87 475041, 4203156

Elevation m59
Elevation feet 193.6
RegionAttica





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Mountjoy [1995], 47    'They show settlement continued in this area from LHIIIA2.'
2.    Sherds.   Mountjoy [1995], 47    '...in the Kerameikos area LHIIIB sherds have been found in the fill of the later Tumulus.'
3.    Tumulus.   Mountjoy [1995], 47    ' ... the fill of the later tumulus.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 47, 'They show settlement continued in this area from LHIIIA2.'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 47, ' ... in the Kerameikos area LHIIIB sherds have been found ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Mountjoy [1995]:  Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'The North Lower Town', pg. 47.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1818 is at 37.94323° N, 23.68063° E, a straight-line distance of 5 km and 70 m.