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The Amyklaion: Cem

PK	C992
TITLE	The Amyklaion: Cem
WGS84	37.031674° N, 22.44944° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.031674, 22.44944
LON/LAT	22.44944, 37.031674

DMS

37° 1' 54.0264" N

22° 26' 57.984" E

W3W	tasers, donor, monkfish
UTM	34 S, 628916, 4099368
EGSA87	361940, 4099222

Elevation m	188
Elevation feet	616.8
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1998], 173
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Banou [1996], 32    'Weiter im Suden wurden 6 Kammergräber ausgegraben, die den Bauern schon lange bekannt waren und der Gegend den Namen "Spilakia" ... gegeben hatten.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 103    'Two chamber tombs, presumably LH, and a MH(?) pithos burial were observed on the hill to south of the Amyklaion.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [2009], 322    ' At Spilakia, on the plateau c. 500 m southwest of Ayia Kyriaki, Spyropoulos excavated three chamber tombs...'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Laconia I, 76    '...two cuttings have been made, ostensibly the remains of chamber tombs...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 103, 'Two chamber tombs, presumably LH, and a MH(?) pithos burial were observed on the hill to south of the Amyklaion.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 103, 'Two chamber tombs, presumably LH, and a MH(?) pithos burial were observed on the hill to south of the Amyklaion.'
    b.    Laconia I: 76, 'Tsountas said that he had found two rock-cut Mycenaean chamber tombs ...'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2009]: 322, '...contained rich ceramic finds of the LH IlIA and LH IIIB periods, including stirrup jars, piriform jars and alabastra...'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 32, '...gefundenen Vasen datieren im SH IIIA-B ...'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2009]: 322, '...contained rich ceramic finds of the LH IlIA and LH IIIB periods, including stirrup jars, piriform jars and alabastra...'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 32, '...gefundenen Vasen datieren im SH IIIA-B ...'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1998]: 173,

NOTE

1. 'In placing the marker I have followed the directions in Waterhouse and Simpson [1960] 76 (and fig. 3 on p. 75). Additional bibliography: Spyropoulos, T.G. 1981. ADelt 36, Chr. 126-9 [Amyklai and Peristeri].'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1998]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 53, '', pg. 173.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, 'Spilakia', pg. 32. There are several groups of remains in this area. In addition to the chamber tombs (See Plan 3 in the Plans section of Banou [1996]) Banou mentions that there are remains of walls and sherds near the soccer field (37.028858 N, 22.446909 E) of the town of Amyklai.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 5 The Amyklaion', pg. 103. Online here.

4. Simpson [2009]: Simpson, Richard Hope. ‘The Mycenaean Settlements in the Sparta Plain and the Ancient Traditions’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 51 (2009), pp. 315-335, 'Amyklai: Ayia Kyriaki (the Amyklaion) ', pg. 320. Online here.

5. Laconia I: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'Tombs Near the Amyklaion', pg. 76. Online here.