Site details

Hagios Vasileios: Cemetery (MHIII to LHI)

PK	C6716
TITLE	Hagios Vasileios: Cemetery (MHIII to LHI)
WGS84	36.979806° N, 22.478103° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.979806, 22.478103
LON/LAT	22.478103, 36.979806

DMS

36° 58' 47.3016" N

22° 28' 41.1708" E

W3W	abiding, saturated, cheat
UTM	34 S, 631554.63, 4093653.07
EGSA87	364398, 4093426

Elevation m	199
Elevation feet	652.9
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   BCH Online, 2322    'Just to the north of building A was an MH III - LH I cist tomb cemetery ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2322, ' ... an MH III - LH I cist tomb cemetery ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2322, ' ... an MH III - LH I cist tomb cemetery ... ', 'One child burial had an LH I cup, ... '

NOTES

1. Position is based on BCH Online 2322, fig. 1.

2. The BCH Online, Rpt. 2322, description: 'Ten tombs were found at different depths and with different orientations (east-west and north-south). Several had large cover slabs while others were uncovered: they were used for one to three burials. Similar but appreciably smaller tombs were used for child burials. Goods consisted of a few pottery vessels. One child burial held an LH I cup, and another an askos and a kantharos (Fig. 13).'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Agios Vasileios - 2010', no. 2322. Online here. Online here.