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Palaia Epidauros: Cem

PK	C861
TITLE	Palaia Epidauros: Cem
WGS84	37.635163° N, 23.152486° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.635163, 23.152486
LON/LAT	23.152486, 37.635163

DMS

37° 38' 6.5868" N

23° 9' 8.9496" E

W3W	fastens, chartered, slows
UTM	34 S, 689926, 4167516
EGSA87	425074, 4165387

Elevation m	32
Elevation feet	105
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1974], 70
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 51    'An einem Berghang, links von der vom Askleipios-Heiligtum kommenden Strasse, hat Stais 1888 7 Kammergräber augegraben (sic).'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1990], 24    'A ChT with collapsed roof, discovered in the area, was part of a row of five such tombs, all Myc.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 29    'Seven Mycenaean chamber tombs were excavated on the southwest edge of Palaia Epidhavros on a slope to the west of the road and about a kilometre to northwest of the acropolis.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 29, 'Their contents were of the LH IIIA2-B period except for one Close Style stirrup-jar ...'
    b.    AR[1990]: 24, '...(LH IIIA2/B1)...'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 29, 'Their contents were of the LH IIIA2-B period except for one Close Style stirrup-jar ...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 52, '...einige Pyxides, ein Askos und ein Kylixfragment, die sämtliche in IIIB zu datieren sein dürften.'

3. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    AR[1990]: 24, '...(LH IIIA2/B1)...'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 52, 'Eine Bügelkanne mit Bügelknopf und Oktopodenmuster im Close Stil gehört aber in IIIC.'
    b.    AD[1974]: 70,

NOTE

1. Additional Biblio: AD 37 Chr 87-89

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1974]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 29, '', pg. 70.

2. AR[1990]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (37) 1990-1991., 'Palaia Epidauros', pg. 24. Online here.

3. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Palaia Epidauros', pg. 51.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 31 Palaia Epidhavros: Panayia (Ancient Epidauros)', pg. 29. Online here.