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Chamber Tombs

PKC6550
TITLEChamber Tombs
WGS84 37.750974° N, 23.425473° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 37.750974, 23.425473
LON/LAT 23.425473, 37.750974

DMS 37° 45' 3.5064" N,23° 25' 31.7028" E

W3Whuddling, swooshed, spans
UTM34 S, 713684, 4180956
EGSA87 449239, 4178053

Elevation m19
Elevation feet 62.3
RegionSaronic
SubregionAigina





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 114    'Nekropolen mit Schacht- und Kammergräbern sind auf dem Windmühlen-Hügel ausgegraben worden.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Higgins [1957], 42    'Keramopoullos in 1904 undertook an excavation in the vineyard on Windmill Hill and uncovered four Mycenaean chamber-tombs, three intact and one rifled, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 114, 'Die ersteren Gräber enthielten Keramik aus SH I und II.'

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 114, 'Die ersteren Gräber enthielten Keramik aus SH I und II.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Higgins [1957]: 42, ' ... of L.H. IIIB date (thirteenth century B.C.).'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 115, 'Diese Vasen dürften alle in IIIB datiert werden konnen, ... '

NOTES

1.  For placement cf. Higgins [1957] 43, fig. 1.

2.  ... and see Keramopoullos, AE 1910, pp. 178 and 183.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Aegina', pg. 114.

2.  Higgins [1957]:  Higgins, R.A.. ‘The Aegina Treasure Reconsidered’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (52) 42-57. 1957., '', pg. 42. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6550 is at 37.75148° N, 23.42349° E, a straight-line distance of 183.2 m.