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Prosilio: Cem

PK	C5011
TITLE	Prosilio: Cem
WGS84	38.501057° N, 22.932393° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.501057, 22.932393
LON/LAT	22.932393, 38.501057

DMS

38° 30' 3.8052" N

22° 55' 56.6148" E

W3W	kinds, grapevine, spacemen
UTM	34 S, 668505, 4263180
EGSA87	406758, 4261663

Elevation m	133
Elevation feet	436.4
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BCH Online, 6170    'The assemblage includes 'tinned' clay vessels of various shapes (Fig. 5), a pair of horse bits (Fig. 6), arrows, pins, jewellery of various materials, combs, a sealstone and a signet ring.'
2.    Chamber tomb.   CAM 2017,     'an intact burial in a monumental chamber tomb of the Mycenaean palatial period, around 3,350 years ago.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH Online, 6170    'A monumental Mycenaean rock-cut chamber tomb came to light at Prosilio ... '
4.    Pottery.   BCH Online, 6170    ' ... two painted stirrup jars ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 6170, 'The construction of the tomb dates to the middle of the 14th century BC.'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    CAM 2017: , '...a monumental tomb of the palatial period, 1370-1200 BC, ...'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    CAM 2017: , '...a monumental tomb of the palatial period, 1370-1200 BC, ...'

NOTES

1. And see the intriguing photos in CAM 2017.

2. For the exact location of Prosilio see the blog post here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Prosilio - 2017', no. 6170. Online here.

2. CAM 2017: no author. University of Cambridge, September 14, 2017., 'A rare discovery will shed new light on Mycenaean funerary practices', This is from a Cambridge University on-line research news journal: CAM 2017.
Online here.