Site details

Sparta: Psychiko: Cem

PK	C1959
TITLE	Sparta: Psychiko: Cem
WGS84	37.069285° N, 22.44149° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.069285, 22.44149
LON/LAT	22.44149, 37.069285

DMS

37° 4' 9.426" N

22° 26' 29.364" E

W3W	clusters, delay, recovery
UTM	34 S, 628145, 4103530
EGSA87	361302, 4103406

Elevation m	185
Elevation feet	607
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BCH Online, 1938    ' ... a plainware kyathos, a small prochous, a cut-away-necked prochous, a terracotta boat model, and a zoomorphic askos, plus an amethyst bead, a cornelian bead and worked tusk from a boar's tusk helmet.'
2.    cem.   Zavvou and Themos [2009], 111    'The continuation of the excavation showed that other burials existed in the area which can be dated to the MH period.'
3.    Settlement.   Zavvou and Themos [2009], 111    'The excavation finds indicate the existence of a settlement of the MH and Early Mycenaean periods in the area.'
4.    Tomb.   AR[2012], 28    ' ... corbelled tomb, containing secondary burials next to the so-called Altar of Psyche at Sparta ... '
5.    Tomb.   BCH Online, 1938    ' ... a rectangular built tomb found in rescue excavation in 1999 on the property of the Sparta Gymnastic Club ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Zavvou and Themos [2009]: 111, '...a settlement of the MH and Early Mycenaean periods in the area.'
    b.    AR[2012]: 28, ' ... late Middle Helladic to Late Helladic I corbelled tomb, ... '
    c.    BCH Online: 1938, ' ... is dated on the basis of its form and offerings to the transition from Middle Helladic to Late Helladic I.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Zavvou and Themos [2009]: 111, '...a settlement of the MH and Early Mycenaean periods in the area.'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Zavvou and Themos [2009]: 111, 'The built tomb of the Early Mycenaean period withits important finds must have belonged to members of a prominent family,...'
    b.    AR[2012]: 28, ' ... late Middle Helladic to Late Helladic I corbelled tomb, ... '
    c.    BCH Online: 1938, ' ... is dated on the basis of its form and offerings to the transition from Middle Helladic to Late Helladic I.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2012]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (59) 2012., '', pg. 28. Online here.

2. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'SPARTA - Psychiko - 1999', no. 1938. Online here.

3. Cavanaugh, et al. [2009]: Cavanaugh, Helen, William Cavanagh, and James Roy (eds.). Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese. Proceedings of the conference held at Sparta 23-25 April 2009. The University of Nottingham, Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies. CSPS Online Publication 2. Prepared by Sam Farnham. 2009., '',

4. Zavvou and Themos [2009]: Zavvou, E. and A Themos. ‘Sparta from Prehistoric to Early Christian Times: Observations from the excavations of 1994-2005’, Cavanagh et al. [2009], pp. 105-122, '', pg. 111. Online here.