Site details

Epidauros Limera: Cem

PK	C1143
TITLE	Epidauros Limera: Cem
WGS84	36.726386° N, 23.023124° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.726386, 23.023124
LON/LAT	23.023124, 36.726386

DMS

36° 43' 34.9896" N

23° 1' 23.2464" E

W3W	confirms, smudge, illustrated
UTM	34 S, 680663, 4066428
EGSA87	412621, 4064677

Elevation m	2
Elevation feet	6.6
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Banou [1996], 71    'Die größte Gruppe bilden die auf beiden Seiten des kleinen Flußes gegrabenen Kammergräber von Ayia Triada; ... '
2.    Cem.   Laconia II, 136    'Several Mycenaean chamber tombs (some with stepped dromoi) have recently been excavated to south-west of the acropolis of Epidaurus Limera ..., in the neighbourhood of Ayia Triadha, and also farther west, near the village of Ayios Ioannis. In the sides of the ravine of Ayia Triadha are the remains of several other robbed and partially destroyed tombs.'
3.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 107    'Mycenaean chamber tombs of an individual type (some with stepped dromoi) have been excavated at three different locations to south and southwest of the acropolis.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 107, '...or very early LH I, ...', ' ... EH or MH? LH I-IIIC SMyc? ... '

2. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'The earliest material from the tombs is LM IA ...'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 72, 'Sie datieren vom SHIIA bis zum SHIIIC2.'

5. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 72, 'Sie datieren vom SHIIA bis zum SHIIIC2.'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 72, 'Sie datieren vom SHIIA bis zum SHIIIC2.'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 72, 'Sie datieren vom SHIIA bis zum SHIIIC2.'

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'Several LH IIIC vases, ..., suggest that this site was an important survivor in LH IIIC.'

9. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 72, 'Sie datieren vom SHIIA bis zum SHIIIC2.'

10. LH IIIC2: (1130 BC - 1090 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 72, 'Sie datieren vom SHIIA bis zum SHIIIC2.'

11. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'SMyc?'

NOTE

1. See the useful sketch map in Waterhouse and Simpson [1961] ('Laconia II') on p. 137 (fig. 10).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '57. Epidauros Limera', pg. 71.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 30 Ancient Epidauros Limera', pg. 107. Online here.

3. 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, 'Epidaurus Limera', pg. 136. Online here.