PKey Report

PK	C1124
TITLE	Pellana: Cem
WGS84	37.212627° N, 22.321612° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.212627, 22.321612
LON/LAT	22.321612, 37.212627

DMS

37° 12' 45.4572" N

22° 19' 17.8032" E

W3W	treacle, divulging, exacts
UTM	34 S, 617266, 4119278
EGSA87	350925, 4119492

Elevation m	346
Elevation feet	1135.2
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1. Cem. Banou [1996], 43 '...zu einem der wichtigsten mykenischen Fundorte Lakoniens ...'

2. Cem. AD[2001], 229

3. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 109 'Two unusual Mycenaean chamber tombs were found, ..'

4. Chamber Tomb. Laconia II, 125 '..are two finely constructed chamber tombs .. Their unusual beehive shape (..) suggests that they are imitations of tholos tombs, ...'

5. Chamber Tomb. JHS[1927], 257 ' ..., Dr. Th. Karachlios, Ephor of Laconia and Messenia, excavated an interesting chamber-tomb of the Mycenaean period, ... '

6. Pottery. Ålin [1962], 96 ' ... und auf dem Kammerboden viele Vasen, ... '

7. Tholos. BCH [1983], 761 '... la découverte de trois tombes mycéniennes à tholos; dont l'une a pu être fouillée.'

8.    Tomb.   Kelder [2012], 1    ... the presence of five remarkable, rock-cut tombs with a tholos-like shape.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Helladic: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, 'EH? LH IIIA-C C H'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)

    a.    Kelder [2012]: 1, 'During the Mycenaean period (..), Pellana reached its zenith ...'

    b.    BCH [1983]: 761, '...mycéniennes ...'

    c.    JHS[1927]: 257, ' ... of the Mycenaean period, ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)

    a.    Banou [1996]: 44, 'Die Vasen und die Scherben datieren die Nekropole von Pellana im SH II-IIIC.'

4. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    Laconia II: 127, 'The stirrup-vase illustrated by Mackeprang is probably Late L.H. IIIA, and another alabastron with a lattice pattern on the shoulder zone also seems L.H. IIIA. Furumark in fact dates all the pottery L.H. IIIA, ... '

    b.    AD[2001]: 229,

    c.    Banou [1996]: 44, 'Die Vasen und die Scherben datieren die Nekropole von Pellana im SH II-IIIC.'

    d.    Ålin [1962]: 97, ' ... einige Alabastra, Kannen und ein Kylix aus IIIA, ... '

5. Late Helladic IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, '...fine LH vases of the range LH IIIA1-C were found.'

6. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, '...fine LH vases of the range LH IIIA1-C were found.'

    b.    Laconia II: 127, '.. it is possible that a tankard with linear band decoration may be early L.H. IIIB, ...'

    c.    AD[2001]: 229,

    d.    Banou [1996]: 44, 'Die Vasen und die Scherben datieren die Nekropole von Pellana im SH II-IIIC.'

    e.    Ålin [1962]: 97, ' ..., einige kleine Bügelkannen, vermutlich aus IIIB, ... '

7. Late Helladic IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, '...fine LH vases of the range LH IIIA1-C were found.'

    b.    Banou [1996]: 44, 'Die Vasen und die Scherben datieren die Nekropole von Pellana im SH II-IIIC.'

    c.    Ålin [1962]: 97, ' ..., aber auch einige Amphorisken in typischer IIIC-Ausführung.'

NOTES

1. Woodward [1927] 257 lists the finds as 'a fine Bügelkanne painted with an octopus-design, a tall-stemmed kylix, and numerous pieces of other vases of various shapes, a Mycenaean female idol of the common type, seal-stones, one with the subject of a horse, and many paste-beads from a necklace, but no gold, and nothing important in bronze.'

2. Additional in the short article by Jorrit Kelder, 'Pellana in Laconia', Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2016. This article is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1983]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 107, 1983., 'Pellana', pg. 761. Online here.

2. AD[2001]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 56, '', pg. 229.

3. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Pellana', pg. 96.

4. Bagnall [2012]: Bagnall, Roger S., Kai Brodersen, Craige B. Champion, Andrew Erskine, and Sabine R. Huebner. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, John Wiley & Sons., 2012, '',

5. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, 'Pellana: Spilies', pg. 43.

6. Kelder [2012]: Kelder, Jorrit. ‘Pellana in Lakonia’, Bagnall [2012]., 'Pellana in Lakonia', pg. 1. Online here.

7. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 46 Pellanes: Spilies and Palaiokastro', pg. 109. Online here.

8. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Pellanes', pg. 125. Online here.

9. Woodward [1927]: Woodward, A.M.. ‘Archaeology in Greece, 1926-27’, Journal of Hellenic Studies (47:2) 234-263, 'Peloponnese.', pg. 257. Online here.