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Mycenae: House of the Shields

PKC6589
TITLEMycenae: House of the Shields
WGS84 37.73005065° N, 22.75486367° E
Accuracy 10 m.

LAT/LON 37.73005065, 22.75486367
LON/LAT 22.75486367, 37.73005065

DMS 37° 43' 48.1823" N,22° 45' 17.5092" E

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UTM34 S, 654642, 4177314
EGSA87 390129, 4176306

Elevation m218
Elevation feet 715.2
RegionArgolid





GENERAL SITE TYPE  House

TYPE

1.    House.   Iakovidis et al. [2003], 53    'The house consists of two parallel rooms at the S running N-S and a third room running E-W ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 53, ' .... though sherd evidence from MH on was found.'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 53, 'The fill of the East Terrace gives a date of very Early LH IIIB for the construction of the house.'
    b.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 53, 'It was destroyed by fire in Mid LH IIIB along with the others of this group.'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 53, 'Protogeometric and Geometric graves had been cut into the debris ... '

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 53, 'Protogeometric and Geometric graves had been cut into the debris ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Iakovidis et al. [2003]:  Iakovidis, Spyros, and Elizabeth B. French, Kim Shelton, Charalambos Ioannides, Anton Jansen, John Lavery. Archaeological Atlas of Mycenae. The Archaeological Society at Athens Library, no. 229. 2003., 'D4F - MH-Hell; The House of Shields', pg. 53.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6589 is at 37.59085° N, 22.77148° E, a straight-line distance of 15 km and 565 m.