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Prosymna: Cem 4

PK	C838
TITLE	Prosymna: Cem 4
WGS84	37.694597° N, 22.775386° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.694597, 22.775386
LON/LAT	22.775386, 37.694597

DMS

37° 41' 40.5492" N

22° 46' 31.3896" E

W3W	condense, calorie, lacquered
UTM	34 S, 656525, 4173414
EGSA87	391886, 4172349

Elevation m	144
Elevation feet	472.4
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Cavanagh and Mee [1998], 198    'Prosymna: Chamber tombs according to date of construction'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 18    'A large cemetery of Mycenaean chamber tombs extends over the slopes to north and northwest of the sanctuary hill.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'The earliest tombs (Nos. 25, 26, and 52) are of the LH I period, and the latest of the LH IIIB period, ...'
    b.    Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: 198,

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'The earliest tombs (Nos. 25, 26, and 52) are of the LH I period, and the latest of the LH IIIB period, ...'
    b.    Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: 198,

NOTES

1. The detailed map in Cavanaugh and Mee [1998] 198, fig. 5.5 shows this as two chamber tombs, LH II and LH IIIB.

2. Together with C834, C835, C836, C837, C839, and C6555.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., '', pg. 198.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 6 Prosymna: The Ancient Argive Heraion, 2. The Chamber Tombs', pg. 18. Online here.