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Megali Spilia: Cem

PKC5285
TITLEMegali Spilia: Cem
WGS84 36.541643° N, 22.987889° E
Accuracy 200 m.

LAT/LON 36.541643, 22.987889
LON/LAT 22.987889, 36.541643

DMS 36° 32' 29.9148" N,22° 59' 16.4004" E

W3Wgemstone, ordain, plodding
UTM34 S, 677941, 4045866
EGSA87 409258, 4044215

Elevation m49
Elevation feet 160.8
RegionLaconia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Tomb.   Zavvou [2012], 21    '...to the discovery of two EH graves and parts of two more on the western side of the village behind 'Papoulis' old house'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Zavvou [2012]: 21, '...discovery of two EH graves...'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Zavvou [2012]: 21, 'The vase is burnished, has a thick red slip and may be dated to the EH I period.'

NOTE

1.  Dr. Zavvou suggests that these finds indicate a small EH settlement in the area. I do not myself know the location of 'Papoulis' old house'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Zavvou [2012]:  Zavvou, Eleni. ‘Early Helladic Laconia after the time of H. Waterhouse and R. Hope Simpson’, Pharos (18:1), 1-37, 2012., 'Megali Spilia', pg. 21. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5285 is at 36.52354° N, 22.99734° E, a straight-line distance of 2 km and 185 m.