Site details

Prosymna: Cem 5

PK	C839
TITLE	Prosymna: Cem 5
WGS84	37.695642° N, 22.772454° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.695642, 22.772454
LON/LAT	22.772454, 37.695642

DMS

37° 41' 44.3112" N

22° 46' 20.8344" E

W3W	distinctly, lasting, flouted
UTM	34 S, 656264, 4173525
EGSA87	391629, 4172468

Elevation m	129
Elevation feet	423.2
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 I: (1700 BC - 1635 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. 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,

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 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 LH I, LH II, and LH IIIA chamber tombs.

2. Together with C834, C835, C836, C837, C838, 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.