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Mycenae: The West House

PK	C6590
TITLE	Mycenae: The West House
WGS84	37.72982078° N, 22.75460544° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.72982078, 22.75460544
LON/LAT	22.75460544, 37.72982078

DMS

37° 43' 47.3548" N

22° 45' 16.5796" E

W3W	passive, reviewers, cameras
UTM	34 S, 654619, 4177288
EGSA87	390106, 4176281

Elevation m	218
Elevation feet	715.2
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE House

TYPE

1.    Building.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 34    'The oldest, the West House, gives many indications of having been an ordinary house, including a kitchen ... '
2.    House.   Iakovidis et al. [2003], 53    Part of the West House Group - 'Group of four major buildings running N-S, South of GCB and the Tomb of Clytemnestra just to E of the modern road ... '
3.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 34    ' ... and a great deal of pottery; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 53, 'The pottery dating is given in BSA 60, 185-193 and 62, 151-178.'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 34, ' ... the contents of the terraces indicate that they succeeded equally substantial LH IIIA2 buildings, ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 34, 'The surviving buildings are of LH IIIB date, but ... '

NOTE

1. Additional: Tournavitou [2006].

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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., 'The West House', pg. 53.

2. 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., 'A 1 Mycenae', pg. 28. Online here.

3. Tournavitou [2006]: Tournavitou, Iphiyenia. ‘A Mycenaean Building Reconsidered: The Case of the West House at Mycenae’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (101) 217-267. 2006., '', Online here.