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Ilioupolis/Kara

PKC5052
TITLEIlioupolis∕Kara
WGS84 37.930173° N, 23.762682° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 37.930173, 23.762682
LON/LAT 23.762682, 37.930173

DMS 37° 55' 48.6228" N,23° 45' 45.6552" E

W3Wmanager, pays, result
UTM34 S, 742809, 4201668
EGSA87 478995, 4197807

Elevation m219
Elevation feet 718.5
RegionAttica





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Privitera [2013], 100    '... un gruppo di tombe a camera...'
2.    Pottery.   Stubbings [1947], 8    'Mr. T.J. Dunbabin has drawn my attention to two L.H. III pots from Kara on the west slope of Hymettos, now in the Ashmolean Museum (no. AE 312).'
3.    Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 103    'Wahrscheinlich aus einem Grab in dieser Gegend stammen 2 Vasen in dem Ashmolean Museum, eine Tasse und eine Bügelkanne, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1947]: 8, ' ... two L.H. III pots from Kara ... '

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 100, 'Parte dei corredi, comprendente ceramica del TE IIIA2-B, è pervenuta ai musei di Amsterdam e Oxford (Crouwel 1973).'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 100, 'Parte dei corredi, comprendente ceramica del TE IIIA2-B, è pervenuta ai musei di Amsterdam e Oxford (Crouwel 1973).'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 103, ' ..., die beide in IIIB zu datieren sind.'

NOTE

1.  The exact location is not known to me. Privitera [2013], 100 says 'Alle estreme pendici sud-ovest dell'Imetto, ..., presso Kara, corrispondente all'attuale Ilioupoli.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kara', pg. 103.

2.  Privitera [2013]:  Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '6. Ilioupoli (Kara)', pg. 100.

3.  Stubbings [1947]:  Stubbings, F.H.. ‘The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol 42, pp. 1-75, 1947., 'Minor Sites.', pg. 8. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5052 is at 37.90438° N, 23.71819° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 849 m.