Site details

Argos: Mycenaean Cemetery I-IX

PK	C969
TITLE	Argos: Mycenaean Cemetery I–IX
WGS84	37.640302° N, 22.721038° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.640302, 22.721038
LON/LAT	22.721038, 37.640302

DMS

37° 38' 25.0872" N

22° 43' 15.7368" E

W3W	moving, captures, sympathy
UTM	34 S, 651843, 4167300
EGSA87	387013, 4166388

Elevation m	39
Elevation feet	128
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Foley [1988], 174    'The Deiras cemetery also began to be excavated .. yielding tombs of the Mycenaean period.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Philippa-Touchais [2015], 449    'The southern one comprises chamber tombs I-IX, excavated by Vollgraff'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 174, '... Argos' most important prehistoric remains date to the MH...'

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Philippa-Touchais [2015]: 453, See table on p. 453

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Philippa-Touchais [2015]: 453, See table on p. 453

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Philippa-Touchais [2015]: 453, See table on p. 453

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Philippa-Touchais [2015]: 453, See table on p. 453

6. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Philippa-Touchais [2015]: 453, See table on p. 453

7. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
    a.    Philippa-Touchais [2015]: 453, See table on p. 453

NOTE

1. This is the southern cluster of an extensive Myc. burial site.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Foley [1988]: Foley, Anne. The Argolid 800-600 B.C.: An Archaeological Survey : Together with an Index of Sites from the Neolithic to the Roman Period. Göteborg : P. Åströms Förlag, 1988., '9. Argos', pg. 172.

2. Philippa-Touchais [2015]: Philippa-Touchais, Anna, Deiras. ‘Argos: The Mycenaean cemetery revisited in the light of unpublished finds from W.Vollgraff's excavations’, Schallin and Tournavitou [2015], pp. 449-467, 'Topography and Location of the Tombs', pg. 449.