Site details

Tsasi

PK	C1097
TITLE	Tsasi
WGS84	36.866682° N, 22.683293° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.866682, 22.683293
LON/LAT	22.683293, 36.866682

DMS

36° 52' 0.0552" N

22° 40' 59.8548" E

W3W	epic, hounding, sweetness
UTM	34 S, 650040, 4081406
EGSA87	382488, 4080604

Elevation m	28
Elevation feet	91.9
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Banou [1996], 54    '...hatte Karachalios ein Kammergrab ausgegraben, ...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Janko [2011], 106    'The Mycenaean chamber tomb excavated by Karachalios ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 95    'Karakhalios grub an einem Hugelhang etwas ostlich des Dorfes ein Kammergrab aus.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 114    'A chamber tomb here ... '
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 106    'A Mycenaean chamber tomb was discovered on the south slope of a low hill on the northern edge of the Skala plain about 500 m. east of Tsasi.'
6.    Chamber Tomb.   Laconia I, 92    'The Mycenaean chamber tomb excavated by Karachalios lies half a kilometre east of Tsasi village, ...'
7.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 114    'A chamber tomb here produced vases of LH IIIA2 or IIIB date.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Janko [2011]: 106, '... EH sherds were more abundant both on the hill and in the area generally.'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 54, 'Viele Scherben - frühelladische, späthelladische IIIA-B, ...- hat Hope Simpson um das Grab herum... ausgesammelt ...'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Janko [2011]: 106, '... few LH III sherds were found in 1956 near the thomb, ...'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 106, 'EH II LH IIIA-B C H'
    b.    Laconia I: 92, 'One (sherd,RHC), with lustrous monochrome paint in and out, seems to be L.H. IIIA-B ...'

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Janko [2011]: 106, '...jugs of LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB1 date...'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 54, 'Viele Scherben - frühelladische, späthelladische IIIA-B, ...- hat Hope Simpson um das Grab herum... ausgesammelt ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 114, 'A chamber tomb here produced vases of LH IIIA2 or IIIB date.'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 106, 'EH II LH IIIA-B C H'
    b.    Laconia I: 92, 'One (sherd,RHC), with lustrous monochrome paint in and out, seems to be L.H. IIIA-B ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 95, ' ... 2 oinochoai publiziert, die in IIIB zu datieren sein dürften.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 114, 'A chamber tomb here produced vases of LH IIIA2 or IIIB date.'

6. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Janko [2011]: 106, '...jugs of LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB1 date...'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 54, 'Viele Scherben - frühelladische, späthelladische IIIA-B, ...- hat Hope Simpson um das Grab herum... ausgesammelt ...'

NOTES

1. For placement see fig. 11a on p. 93 in Laconia I.

2. Placement is much closer than 20 m. but not exact

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Tsasi', pg. 95.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '28. Peristeri: Östlich', pg. 54.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 19 Tsasi', pg. 106. Online here.

4. 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., 'C 22 Tsasi', pg. 114. Online here.

5. Simpson and Janko [2011]: Simpson, Richard Hope and Richard Janko. ‘Ayios Stephanos in Southern Laconia and the Locations of Ancient Helos’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 53, pp. 97-130, 2011, '19. Peristeri (formerly Tsasi): East', pg. 106. Online here.

6. 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, 'Tsasi', pg. 92. Online here.