Site details

Chamber Tomb Cem

PK	C7121
TITLE	Chamber Tomb Cem
WGS84	37.732245° N, 22.78965° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.732245, 22.78965
LON/LAT	22.78965, 37.732245

DMS

37° 43' 56.082" N

22° 47' 22.74" E

W3W	equestrian, livened, evaporating
UTM	34 S, 657702.56, 4177615.25
EGSA87	393198, 4176509

Elevation m	406
Elevation feet	1332
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 39    ' ..., in the slopes of the western hills on the W side of the valley, is a chamber tomb cemetery, of which several tombs were excavated; ... '
2.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 39    ' ... their contents consisted largely of LH IIA - IIIB pottery.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 39, ' ... their contents consisted largely of LH IIA - IIIB pottery.'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 39, ' ... their contents consisted largely of LH IIA - IIIB pottery.'

3. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 39, 'A pit in one of them produced a fine group of MG I vases.'

NOTE

1. The Swedish Institute has published a short description of their work online here. This location is named 'Findspot 14' and they say this: "Following this period, the material indicates an activity peak between LH IIIA2 late (c. 1370–1300 BC) and LH IIIB (c. 1300–1190 BC) with a distinct shift in the site pattern towards the west side of the valley. Of the settlements Findspot 14 was the largest site by far, measuring 6 ha. In comparison, the second largest one is only 0.4 ha (Findspot 44). The graves are dominated by chamber tombs, many of which have been destroyed by modern agricultural activity." The position given here was interpolated from their map, Figure 10, Findspot 14.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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 5 Berbati: Mastos', pg. 39. Online here.