Site details

Marathon EH Cem: Tsepi

PK	C5023
TITLE	Marathon EH Cem: Tsepi
WGS84	38.128754° N, 23.96633° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.128754, 23.96633
LON/LAT	23.96633, 38.128754

DMS

38° 7' 43.5144" N

23° 57' 58.788" E

W3W	deluded, chopper, gasp
UTM	34 S, 760008, 4224258
EGSA87	496900, 4219814

Elevation m	16
Elevation feet	52.5
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Kapetanios [2010], 11    '...the cemetery at Tsepi.'
2.    Cem.   Prevedorou [2015], 132    'The EH cemetery of Tsepi is located at the western end of the Marathon plain in eastern coastal Attica, ...'
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 219    ' ..., a large cemetery of rectangular built graves, arranged in orderly rows, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 218, 'EB (II?)'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Kapetanios [2010]: 30, fig. 41. Chronological Table.', '...the beginning of the continuous use of the cemetery is set at the end of the Neolithic Age, close to the transition to the Early Bronze Age (EH /Early Cycladic I, ...) ...'
    b.    Prevedorou [2015]: 168, 'The cemetery dates mainly to the EH I period (ca. 3100-2500).'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Kapetanios [2010]: 30, fig. 41. Chronological Table.', '...and its end, just before the so-called mature phase of this period (EH / Early Cycladic II, ...).'

NOTES

1. A good diagram of the layout of this cemetery is in Cavanagh and Mee [1998] 172, Fig. 3.4.

2. For more see Alram-Stern [2004] pp. 550-553.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Alram-Stern [2004]: Alram-Stern, Eva. Die ägäische Frühzeit: 2. Serie: Forschungsbericht 1975-2002. 2. Band: Teil 1 und Teil 2: Die Frühbronzezeit in Griechenland mit Ausnahme von Kreta. VÖAW, '', Online here.

2. 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., '',

3. Kapetanios [2010]: Kapetanios, A.. The Early Helladic cemetery at Tsepi; The site and the archaeological excavations. New Shelter for the Early Helladic Cemetery. Tsepi Marathon Project 2003-2009. Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, F.M.F.A.P., Marathon Scientific Commitee, Athens 2010., pp. 10-35., '', pg. 11. Online here.

4. Prevedorou [2015]: Prevedorou, Eleni Anna. The Role of Kin Relations and Residential Mobility During the Transition from Final Neolithic to Early Bronze Age in Attica, Greece. A Dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Arizona State University, August 2015., 'The Cemetery of Tsepi', pg. 132. Online here.

5. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'F 50 Marathon: Tsepi', pg. 218. Online here.