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Lithares

PKC774
TITLELithares
WGS84 38.386226° N, 23.297283° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 38.386226, 23.297283
LON/LAT 23.297283, 38.386226

DMS 38° 23' 10.4136" N,23° 17' 50.2188" E

W3Wpounds, taillights, embalmed
UTM34 S, 700645, 4251168
EGSA87 438479, 4248615

Elevation m90
Elevation feet 295.3
RegionBoeotia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Farinetti [2011 AI12], 12    'burial place', 'Lithares N&W'
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 248    'The cemetery was situated on a slope to the W; ...', i.e. of the hab, C827.
3.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 72    'The cemetery, on a slope to the west, consists of small rock-cut chamber-tombs, one of which contained much Middle Helladic pottery.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 12, 'Prehistoric burial places are also known (component T_66: EH cist and circular graves ...)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 248,

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 12, '...one of which is MH...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 72, '...one of which contained much Middle Helladic pottery.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 12, 'LH tombs are reported by one of the earliest visitors of the site ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Farinetti [2011 AI12]:  Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.12; The Theban plain and the area of the lakes: Thebaïs. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '27/28. Lithares: Components T_60 to T_68 (27), and T_69 (28)', pg. 11. Specifically Components T_61, T_62, T_63, T_66, T_67, and T_68

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 28 Pyri: Lithares', pg. 72. Online here.

3.  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., 'G 30 Lithares', pg. 248. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C774 is at 38.49728° N, 23.33288° E, a straight-line distance of 12 km and 746 m.