Site details

Kleidi/Klidhi/Klidi

PK	C796
TITLE	Kleidi∕Klidhi∕Klidi
WGS84	38.272077° N, 23.575813° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.272077, 23.575813
LON/LAT	23.575813, 38.272077

DMS

38° 16' 19.4772" N

23° 34' 32.9268" E

W3W	retrieves, adopters, handier
UTM	34 S, 725329, 4239142
EGSA87	462746, 4235801

Elevation m	205
Elevation feet	672.6
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Farinetti [2011 AI14], 8    '...several A-C-H burial focuses, and probably R also as well as Mycenaean,...'
2.    Cem.   Fossey [1988], 53    'There is quite a concentration of tombs ... especially around the village of Kleidheti ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 222    'LH chamber tombs were found at the SE edge of the village; ... '
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 53    'Mycenaean chamber tombs were found at the southeast edge of the village. Five LH III vases were recovered from one excavated tomb.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 53, '...Grey Minyan and Matt-painted),..'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 8, Specifically component TA_31
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 53, 'These tombs represent the Mycenaean, Classical, and Roman periods; ...', 'Legal excavations have revealed Mycenaean and Hellenistic tombs near Kleidhéti ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 222, 'LH chamber tombs were found ... '

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'LH III(A2-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 222, 'LH III(A2 - B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'LH III(A2-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 222, 'LH III(A2 - B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Farinetti [2011 AI14]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.14; The Tanagra plain and Eastern Boeotia. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '16 - 26. Kleidi burials: Components TA_30 (16); TA_36 (17); TA_34 (18); TA_35 (19) ; TA_32 (20); TA_37 and TA_38 (21); TA_31 (22); TA_33 (23)', pg. 8. Specifically Component TA_31

2. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '3. Kleidheti (mod. Kleidhi)', pg. 52.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 50 Klidhi', pg. 53. Online here.

4. 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., 'F 61 Klidhi', pg. 222. Online here.