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Elis: Ancient Theater

PK	C567
TITLE	Elis: Ancient Theater
WGS84	37.893379° N, 21.375402° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.893379, 21.375402
LON/LAT	21.375402, 37.893379

DMS

37° 53' 36.1644" N

21° 22' 31.4472" E

W3W	bookcases, aero, microphones
UTM	34 S, 533007.01, 4194051.72
EGSA87	269064, 4196945

Elevation m	39
Elevation feet	128
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   PAE[1967], 20
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 195    ' ... and contain bronze objects as well as pottery, including two fine swords; ... '
3.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 9
4.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 195    ' ..., and in the area of the theatre an EH II cist-grave and fourteen pit-graves, ... '
5.    Pit Grave.   Simpson [1981], 153    ' ..., and in the area of the theatre 14 pit-graves, probably survivors from a much larger cemetery, have been excavated. The pit-graves have been assigned to the SMyc phase ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 195, ' ..., and in the area of the theatre an EH II cist-grave ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1967]: 20,

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    PAE[1967]: 20,
    c.    Eder [2001]: 46, 'Abb. 20. Die Gräber, von Elis: Beisetzungen, Beigaben, Datierung', 'PG'

4. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    PAE[1967]: 20,
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 153, '... and in the area of the theatre 14 pit-graves, probably survivors from a much larger cemetery have been excavated. The pit-graves have been assigned to the SMyc phase ...'
    c.    Eder [2001]: 46, 'Abb. 20. Die Gräber, von Elis: Beisetzungen, Beigaben, Datierung', 'SubM'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 195, 'The pit-graves are assigned to the SMyc. phase (cf. most recently V. R Desborough, The Greek Dark Ages (1972) 74) ... '

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1967]: 20,

NOTE

1. For the location of the graves relative to the theater see Eder [2001] 11, Abb. 4.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1967]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1967., '', pg. 20.

2. Eder [2001]: Eder, Birgitta. Die submykenischen und protogeometrischen Gräber von Elis. Athens, 2001, '', pg. 9. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 3 Ancient Elis', pg. 153. Online here.

4. 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., 'E 45 Ancient Elis', pg. 195. Online here.