Site details

Nidri: Familiengrab F

PK	C621
TITLE	Nidri: Familiengrab F
WGS84	38.701575° N, 20.701823° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.701575, 20.701823
LON/LAT	20.701823, 38.701575

DMS

38° 42' 5.67" N

20° 42' 6.5628" E

W3W	traipsed, module, mash
UTM	34 S, 474072, 4283703
EGSA87	213024, 4288538

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Lefkada

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 184    ' ..., provided with pottery and some metal goods that have clear MH parallels for the most part.'
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 184    'The F and S tumuli each held about a dozen burials in cists, ... '
3.    Cem.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 19    'Within the rectangular peribolos wall there were eight graves, and another two were in an 'annex' off its southwestern corner.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 19, 'The date of the tumulus may not be earlier than late MBA,...'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 184, ' ... that have clear MH parallels for the most part.'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 19, '... and the 'shoed spearhead' (D88/1) and the short dagger (D88/2) could even suggest a date at the very beginning of the LBA.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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 10 Leukas: The Nidhri Plain', pg. 184. Online here.

2. 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. , 'Steno (13); C. Familiengrab F:', pg. 19. Online here.