Site details

Achladeri: PG Tomb

PK	C7616
TITLE	Achladeri: PG Tomb
WGS84	39.153745° N, 26.278297° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	39.153745, 26.278297
LON/LAT	26.278297, 39.153745

DMS

39° 9' 13.482" N

26° 16' 41.8692" E

W3W	biding, geological, dinghies
UTM	35 S, 437641.6, 4334086.04
EGSA87	696717, 4336023

Elevation m	10
Elevation feet	32.8
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Lesbos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Spencer [1995], 281    ' ..., inside which were also found two parts of an iron spearhead, ... '
2.    Cem.   Spencer [1995], 281    ' ..., where Koldewey noted other ancient graves and sarcophagi, concluding that here was the necropolis of an ancient settlement ... '
3.    Cem.   Koldewey [1890], 28    'Die antike Nekropole liegt am Füße des gegenüberliegenden Hügels "Giniatu" nach der Farm dess Herrn Bernardakis, der sogenannten "Achladeri", zu.'
4.    Pottery.   Spencer [1995], 281    'The burial consists of a child deposited in a Protogeometric hydria, ... '
5.    Tomb.   Spencer [1995], 281     ... approximately 600 m SW of the acropolis (of Pyrrha, rhc) a Protogeometric tomb was uncovered near Achladeri.'
6.    Wall.   Koldewey [1890],     'Es kommen hier mehrfach Reste von guten verklammerten und verdübelten Quadermauern vor, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995]: 281, 'The other find of Protogeometric date is the burial sw of the acropolis at the N foot of the hill named Geniotos, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Koldewey [1890]: Koldewey, Robert. Die Antiken Baureste des Insel Lesbos. Kommissions-Verlag von Georg Reimer, Berlin, '', pg. 28. Online here.

2. Spencer [1995]: Spencer, Nigel. ‘Early Lesbos between East and West: A 'Grey Area' of Aegean Archaeology’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (90) 269-306. 1995., '(b) Pyrrha', pg. 281. Online here.