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Aplomata

PKC1172
TITLEAplomata
WGS84 37.10877° N, 25.379363° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.10877, 25.379363
LON/LAT 25.379363, 37.10877

DMS 37° 6' 31.572" N,25° 22' 45.7068" E

W3Wdynamics, ground, tweaked
UTM35 S, 356002, 4108168
EGSA87 622410, 4107541

Elevation m13
Elevation feet 42.7
RegionCyclades
SubregionNaxos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Renfrew [2011], 11373    'Finds of the Keros-Syros culture have been made at Aplomata ... '
2.    Cem.   Vlachopoulos [2008], 523    'The chamber tomb cemeteries on the hills of Aplomata and Kamini are the only complete LH IIIC burial complexes in the Cyclades (Kardara, 1977; Vlachopoulos 2006).'
3.    Cem.   PAE[1960], 258    
4.    Cem.   PAE[1951], 222    
5.    Cem.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1321    
6.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1994], 56    'To the W about 400m from Aplomata Tombs A and B, ... dug into it was a Myc ChT ... '
7.    Chamber Tomb.   Schallin [1993], 19    'Aplomata is a cemetery of chamber tombs situated on the cliffs north of the Grotta settlement ... '
8.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 326    ' ...; chamber tombs on Aplomata ... were in use from LH IIIB to SMyc. ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 11373, 'Finds of the Keros-Syros culture ... '

2. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 19, ' ..., and the material belongs to the middle and late LBA.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 326, ' ...; chamber tombs on Aplomata ... were in use from LH IIIB to SMyc. ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1951]: 222,

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Vlachopoulos [2008]: 523, '... are the only complete LH IIIC burial complexes ...'
    b.    Vlachopoulos [2008]: 523, '... beginning in the LH IIIC Middle developed...'
    c.    Vlachopoulos [2008]: 523, '...and with its main use in the LH IIIC Middle advanced period...'
    d.    AR[1994]: 56, 'Middle LH IIIC pottery dated the tomb: ... '
    e.    PAE[1951]: 222,

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    PAE[1960]: 258,
    b.    PAE[1951]: 222,
    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1321,

7. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 19, 'A Submycenaean lekythos was found in a pit grave.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 326, ' ...; chamber tombs on Aplomata ... were in use from LH IIIB to SMyc. ... '

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1960]: 258,

NOTES

1.  See the detailed map of Mycenaean finds in the Naxos city area on p. 329 in 'Naxos, the largest Cycladic island with a single polis; A survey through ancient times' by Alexandra S. Sfyroera in Cycladic Archaeology and Research; New approaches and discoveries, Erica Angliker and John Tully (edd.), Archaeopress Archaeology, Oxford, 2018. It is online here.

2.  Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  PAE[1960]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1960., '', pg. 258.

2.  AR[1994]:  Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (41) 1994., 'Aplomata', pg. 55. pp. 55-56.
Online here.

3.  PAE[1951]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1951., '', pg. 222.

4.  Renfrew [2011]:  Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), '2. Grotta', pg. 11373. Online here.

5.  Schallin [1993]:  Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '31. Aplomata', pg. 19.

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., 'Grotta (with Palati, Aplomata, Kamini)', pg. 325. Online here.

7.  Syriopoulos [1995]:  Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1321.

8.  Vlachopoulos [2008]:  Vlachopoulos, A.. ‘A Late Mycenaean Journey from Thera to Naxos: Cyclades in the 12 th century B.C.’, In Brodie et al. (eds.) [2008], 479-491., 'The Cemeteries', pg. 523. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1172 is at 37.10888° N, 25.37923° E, a straight-line distance of 16.3 m.