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Mavrouvouni: Cem

PK	C1128
TITLE	Mavrouvouni: Cem
WGS84	36.731291° N, 22.538733° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.731291, 22.538733
LON/LAT	22.538733, 36.731291

DMS

36° 43' 52.6476" N

22° 32' 19.4388" E

W3W	captions, frontal, mismanaged
UTM	34 S, 637395, 4066168
EGSA87	369373, 4065771

Elevation m	38
Elevation feet	124.7
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AD[1997], 211
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 120    'An extensive cemetery of LH III chamber tombs is found on a hill c. 4 km. SW of Gythion, ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 109    'An extensive cemetery of Mycenaean chamber tombs has been found on a prominent hill ...'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Laconia II, 117    'Several Mycenaean chamber tombs have been carved out of the soft rock in the upper terraces of the hill, ..'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 95    'Simpson meldet von hier Gräber, vermutlich Kammergräber.'
6.    hab.   Banou [2000], 184    ' It seems to have been the most important site on the west coast of the Laconian gulf...'
7.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 120    'EH and LH III sherds were found in a well near the S foot of a hill...'
8.    Tomb.   Banou [1996], 59    '...Er (Hope Simpson, rhc) hatte auch mehrere mykenische Gräber am östlichen, westlichen un nördlichen Hang des Hügels beobachtet ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 117, '..and there are a few E.H. and L.H. III sherds on the summit.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, 'EH II LH IIIB "PG" G C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 120, 'EH II LH IIIB "PG" G C H'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Banou [2000]: 184, 'During our surveys on the hill of Vardies we observed and collected, among others, over thirty sherds of MH date...'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 117, '..and there are a few E.H. and L.H. III sherds on the summit.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1997]: 211,
    b.    Banou [1996]: 59, 'Alle mykenische Scherben waren im SHIIIA-C datiert.'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, 'EH II LH IIIB "PG" G C H'
    b.    AD[1997]: 211,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 120, 'EH II LH IIIB "PG" G C H'
    d.    Banou [1996]: 59, 'Alle mykenische Scherben waren im SHIIIA-C datiert.'

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1997]: 211,
    b.    Banou [1996]: 59, 'Alle mykenische Scherben waren im SHIIIA-C datiert.'

8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 120, 'EH II LH IIIB "PG" G C H'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 120, 'EH II LH IIIB "PG" G C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1997]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 52, '', pg. 211.

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

3. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '39. Gytheio: Mavrovouni', pg. 59.

4. Banou [2000]: Banou, Emilia. ‘Middle Helladic Laconia: New Evidence’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 42, pp. 175-199., '4. Mavrovouni - Vardies', pg. 183. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 42 Gythion: Mavrovouni', pg. 109. Online here.

6. 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 45 Gythion: Mavrovouni', pg. 120. Online here.

7. 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, 'Mavrovouni', pg. 114. And see fig. 3 on p. 116.
Online here.