Site details
Ano Engliano: Griffin Warrior Grave
| PK | C5839 |
| TITLE | Ano Engliano: Griffin Warrior Grave |
| WGS84 | 37.028274° N, 21.695932° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.028274, 21.695932 |
| LON/LAT | 21.695932, 37.028274 |
| DMS | 37° 1' 41.7864" N | , | 21° 41' 45.3552" E |
| W3W | motel, plans, emitter |
| UTM | 34 S, 561899, 4098235 |
| EGSA87 | 294904, 4100203 |
| Elevation m | 189 |
| Elevation feet | 620.1 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb
TYPE
1. Tomb. Marchant [2017],PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Marchant [2017]: , 'This era, extending until the construction of palaces at Pylos, Mycenae and elsewhere, is known as the "shaft grave period" ...', 'But excavations of the graves surrounding soil in the summer of 2016 turned up pottery sherds that point to an archaeological period roughly corresponding to 1500-1450 B.C. So the warrior lived at the very end of the shaft grave period, ...'
NOTE
1. Good photos along with brief descriptions are at the project website here.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Marchant [2017]: Marchant, Jo. ‘This 3,500-Year-Old Greek Tomb Upended What We Thought We Knew About the Roots of Western Civilization’, Smithsonian Magazine, np, 2017., '', 'A popular and semi-scholarly account but with good illustrations.'
Online here.