Site details

Asprokhoma W

PK	C6628
TITLE	Asprokhoma W
WGS84	37.737789° N, 22.751455° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.737789, 22.751455
LON/LAT	22.751455, 37.737789

DMS

37° 44' 16.0404" N

22° 45' 5.238" E

W3W	programmers, puddle, unspoiled
UTM	34 S, 654325, 4178167
EGSA87	389840, 4177169

Elevation m	220
Elevation feet	721.8
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Iakovidis et al. [2003], 39    'Group of eleven ChTs on E slope of Batsourorachi facing Asprokhoma rema.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1980], 13    'A group of seven LH chamber tombs was investigated during 1980, according to press reports.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 39, ' ...: Myc; ... '
    b.    AR[1980]: 13, 'A group of seven LH chamber tombs ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AR[1980]: 13, ? 'Allegedly dating to the 14th/13th cents B.C., ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AR[1980]: 13, ? 'Allegedly dating to the 14th/13th cents B.C., ... '

NOTES

1.  In Iakovidis et al. [2003] 39 as B3:03

2.  The reference in Iakovidis et al. [2003] 39 under B3:03 to Archaeological Reports 1981-2, p. 13 is mistaken.

3.  According to AR[1980], 13 the contents included gold ornaments, bronze daggers, beads of glass-paste, faience and semi-precious stones.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1980]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (27) 1980-1981., 'Mycenae-Asprochoma', pg. 13. Online here.

2. 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., 'B3:03 - Myc; Asprokhoma W ChT cemetery', pg. 39.