Aplomata
| PK | C1172 |
| TITLE | Aplomata |
| 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 |
| W3W | dynamics, ground, tweaked |
| UTM | 35 S, 356002, 4108168 |
| EGSA87 | 622410, 4107541 |
| Elevation m | 13 |
| Elevation feet | 42.7 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Naxos |
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.