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Ayios Vasilios: Zygouries: Cem

PK	C928
TITLE	Ayios Vasilios: Zygouries: Cem
WGS84	37.795282° N, 22.78361° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.795282, 22.78361
LON/LAT	22.78361, 37.795282

DMS

37° 47' 43.0152" N

22° 47' 0.996" E

W3W	resolves, limps, deducts
UTM	34 S, 657037, 4184600
EGSA87	392757, 4183511

Elevation m	235
Elevation feet	771
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 66    ' ...; the EH II graves, apparently ossuaries, contained some rich goods, ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Morgan [1999], 469    ' ..., a steatite lentoid seal, a steatite bead, three Psi figurines ..., and three steatite whorls or buttons.', ' ... one bull figurine ... '
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 66    'On a hill c. 500 m. to the W were found EH II, MH and LH IIIB graves, ... '
4.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 58    ' ... und die Nekropole an einem Hang des Ambelakia-Hügels, etwa 500 m westlich der Siedlung.'
5.    Cem.   Morgan [1999], 469    'An associated cemetery on the East slope of the Ambelakia ridge ... '
6.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 35    'On a hill about 500 m. to west of the site were found EH II, MH, and LH IIIB graves. The latter are chamber tombs whose contents may be a little later than those of the "Potter's Shop" ...'
7.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 469    ' ... contained twelve vases ... '
8.    Tomb.   Blegen [1928], 67
9.    Tomb.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1100

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 35,  Size: 15300 sq. m.  Simpson (S81 35, 'A 63') says "about 170 m. northeast to southwest by 90 m., ..."

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB1 G', 'On a hill about 500 m. to west of the site were found EH II, MH, and LH IIIB graves.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 66, ' ... were found EH II ..., graves, ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB1 G', 'On a hill about 500 m. to west of the site were found EH II, MH, and LH IIIB graves.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 66, ' ... were found ..., MH ... graves, ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 469, ' ... two LH III chamber tombs: ... '

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1100,

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'TXXXV (double burial, LHIIIA2/B1) ... '

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB1 G', 'On a hill about 500 m. to west of the site were found EH II, MH, and LH IIIB graves.'
    b.    Blegen [1928]: 67,
    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1100,
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 59, 'Zwei Kammergräber aus IIIB wurden in der Nekropole ausgegraben.'
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 66, ' ... were found ... LH IIIB graves, ... '
    f.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'TXXXIII (LH IIIB) ... '

7. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB1 G', 'On a hill about 500 m. to west of the site were found EH II, MH, and LH IIIB graves.'
    b.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'TXXXV (double burial, LHIIIA2/B1) ... '

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1100,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Zygouries', pg. 58.

2. Blegen [1928]: Blegen, Carl W.. Zygouries; A Prehistoric Settlement in the Valley of Cleonae. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1928., '', pg. 67. Online here.

3. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '2 Zygouries', pg. 469.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 63 Ayios Vasilios: Zygouries', pg. 35. Online here.

5. 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., 'A 67 Zygouries', pg. 66. Online here.

6. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1100.