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Lechaion: Chamber Tomb

PK	C6797
TITLE	Lechaion: Chamber Tomb
WGS84	37.93244° N, 22.877031° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.93244, 22.877031
LON/LAT	22.877031, 37.93244

DMS

37° 55' 56.784" N

22° 52' 37.3116" E

W3W	qualifications, garages, everything
UTM	34 S, 664956.66, 4199980.5
EGSA87	401165, 4198626

Elevation m	8
Elevation feet	26.2
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 55    'Westlich davon (i.e. of Lechaion, rhc) grub Charitonidis 1953 eine Kammergrab aus, ... '
2.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1954], 112    'La "tombe à chambre" mycénienne découverte en 1951 à l'Ouest de l'ancien port de Léchaion, ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981],     'A Mycenaean chamber tomb excavated in the vicinity of ancient Lechaion [BCH 78 (1954) 112] may be associated either with Ayios Gerasimos or Korakou.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Morgan [1999], 469    'A LH IIIA2/B1 chamber tomb on a hill ca. 2.5 km west of Lechaion may relate to this settlement (i.e. to Agios Gerasimos, rhc) or to a separate settlement in the Lechaion area: it contained four vases (Corinth Museum CP 2057-2059, 2224).'
5.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 469    ' ... it contained four vases (Corinth Museum CP 2057-2059, 2224).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH [1954]: 112, ' ... mycénienne ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'A Mycenaean chamber tomb excavated in the vicinity ... '
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'A Mycenaean chamber tomb excavated in the vicinity of ancient Lechaion ... '

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'A LH IIIA2/B1 chamber tomb on a hill ca. 2.5 km west of Lechaion may relate to this settlement (i.e. to Agios Gerasimos, rhc) or to a separate settlement in the Lechaion area: ... '

3. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'A LH IIIA2/B1 chamber tomb on a hill ca. 2.5 km west of Lechaion may relate to this settlement (i.e. to Agios Gerasimos, rhc) or to a separate settlement in the Lechaion area: ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1954]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 78,1954., 'Péloponnèse', pg. 112. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Lechaion', pg. 55.

3. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '5 Ag. Gerasimos', pg. 469.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 53 Ayios Gerasimos', pg. 33. Online here.