Site details

Melichi/Melissi

PK	C980
TITLE	Melichi∕Melissi
WGS84	37.688796° N, 22.627895° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.688796, 22.627895
LON/LAT	22.627895, 37.688796

DMS

37° 41' 19.6656" N

22° 37' 40.422" E

W3W	fearing, aspiring, foliage
UTM	34 S, 643531.62, 4172534
EGSA87	378873, 4171885

Elevation m	174
Elevation feet	570.9
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 43    'Bei dem kleinen Hügel Melichi wurde von L. Renaudin 1920 eine Kammergräbernekropole ausgegraben.'
2.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 25    'Five small and poorly constructed chamber tombs were excavated ... on the small hill of Melichi (also known as "Melissi" or "Skala") between Schoinochori and the river Inachos.'
3.    Cem.   Renaudin [1923], 191    'Les travaux, ..., ont mis au jour jusqu'ici cinq tombeaux rupestres: ...'
4.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 45    'A small group of poorly-shaped chamber tombs was excavated on the hill of Melichi (or "Skala") between Schoinochori and the river Inachos.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Bintliff [1977], 331    'In 1921 Renaudin published the details of his excavations (BCH 1921:512): in the Melissi hillock he cleared a Mycenaean chamber tomb necropolis of LHI-3B date; ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977]: 331, 'necropolis of LHI-3B date; ...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 25, '..., as is shown by the Vaphio cup fragment, probably LH I, from Tomb E ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 45, ' ... the early date for the cemetery's establishment suggest by the Vaphio cup-fragment, probably LH I, ... '

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977]: 331, 'necropolis of LHI-3B date; ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 45, 'EH MH LH I/II-IIIA2'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Renaudin [1923]: 231, 'Tous les autres vases enfin ne remontent pas au-delà de la derniere periode de la civilisation mycenienne; le "helladique récent III". Cést le temps où Mycènes, après avoir ravi son empire à la civilisation minoenne désormais déchue, répandait dans le monde égéen les produits de son industrie, aussi bien en Crète qu'à travers les Cyclades, voire en égypte.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977]: 331, 'necropolis of LHI-3B date; ...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 45, In table on p. 45. 'Diese Bestattungen sind so während einer verhältnismässig kurzen Zeit gemacht worden und spätestens seit der Überganszeit zu IIIB wurde die Nekropole nicht mehr verwendet.'

5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 45, 'EH MH LH I/II-IIIA2'

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 45, 'EH MH LH I/II-IIIA2'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977]: 331, 'necropolis of LHI-3B date; ...'

NOTE

1. I (rhc) wish to express my thanks to Professor Dimitri Nakassis (Univ. Colorado, Boulder) for correcting my previous position for this site.

rhc

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Skinochori', pg. 43.

2. Bintliff [1977]: Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part i. BAR Supplementary Series 28(i). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., 'Summary of Excavations', pg. 331. Online here.

3. Renaudin [1923]: Renaudin, Louis. ‘La nécropole mycénienne de Skhinokhori-Lyrkeia’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (47) 190-240. 1923., '', pg. 190. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 15 Schoinochori: Melichi', pg. 25. 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 9 Schoinochori', pg. 45. Online here.