Site details

Mazarakata

PK	C580
TITLE	Mazarakata
WGS84	38.130046° N, 20.544399° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.130046, 20.544399
LON/LAT	20.544399, 38.130046

DMS

38° 7' 48.1656" N

20° 32' 39.8364" E

W3W	incidentally, appear, promising
UTM	34 S, 460070, 4220342
EGSA87	196950, 4225600

Elevation m	161
Elevation feet	528.2
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Kephalonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1123
2.    Artifacts.   PAE[1912], 247
3.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 157    'A ruined tholos tomb and sixteen chamber tombs, including eight of the 'cave dormitory' type, were excavated here.'
4.    Cem.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 41    'The largest Mycenaean cemetery on the island ... lies about 0.5 km west of present-day Mazarakata.'
5.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 188    'A large chamber tomb cemetery ... '
6.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 188    'The pottery has a wide range, ... '
7.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 259    'Une tombe à tholos, a été découverte en 1881 près du village de Mazarakata ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1123,

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 41, 'Overall the period of use of the cemetery was a long one. Its beginnings must fall within the LH IIIA2 phase and there are several vases of LH IIIC style ... which brings its use down to the mid 11th century.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 188, 'LH IIIA2 - ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 41, 'Overall the period of use of the cemetery was a long one. Its beginnings must fall within the LH IIIA2 phase and there are several vases of LH IIIC style ... which brings its use down to the mid 11th century.'
    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1123,
    d.    PAE[1912]: 247,
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 188, 'LH IIIA2 - ... '

4. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 41, 'Overall the period of use of the cemetery was a long one. Its beginnings must fall within the LH IIIA2 phase and there are several vases of LH IIIC style ... which brings its use down to the mid 11th century.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 41, 'Overall the period of use of the cemetery was a long one. Its beginnings must fall within the LH IIIA2 phase and there are several vases of LH IIIC style ... which brings its use down to the mid 11th century.'
    c.    Pelon [1976]: 259, 'Aucun élément ne permet de dater cette tholos, sinon, par analogie, la céramique des tombes à chambre voisines qui appartient à l/'HR IIIC.'
    d.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1123,
    e.    PAE[1912]: 247,
    f.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 188, ' ... pottery has a wide range, that from some tombs extending late into LH IIIC; ... '

NOTE

1. 'A large Mycenaean chamber tomb cemetery ... '

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1912]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1912., '', pg. 247.

2. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '52. Mazarakata', pg. 259. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 17 Mazarakata', pg. 157. 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 24 Kephallenia: Mazarakata', pg. 188. Online here.

5. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Mazarakata (25)', pg. 41. Online here.

6. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1123.