Chalkis: Vroumousa
| PK | C1239 |
| TITLE | Chalkis: Vroumousa |
| WGS84 | 38.477709° N, 23.646163° E |
| Accuracy | 200 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.477709, 23.646163 |
| LON/LAT | 23.646163, 38.477709 |
| DMS | 38° 28' 39.7524" N | , | 23° 38' 46.1868" E |
| W3W | regally, mirror, monochrome |
| UTM | 34 S, 730830, 4262138 |
| EGSA87 | 468988, 4258592 |
| Elevation m | 128 |
| Elevation feet | 419.9 |
| Region | Euboea |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 227 ' ..., also some figurines, jewellery, and bronzes.'2. Cem. BSA [1952], 49
3. Chamber Tomb. Phialon [2011], 76 'Sur vingt tombes à chambre d'un cimetière en usage jusqu'a ... '
4. Chamber Tomb. Sackett et al. [1966], 57 'Papavasileiou excavated 20 L.H. chamber tombs containing vases numbering up to 200, ... '
5. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 227 'Two small groups of chamber tombs have been excavated here ... '
6. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 53 'Twenty Mycenaean chamber tombs were excavated in the area of Vromousa to east of Chalkis, on hill slopes to southwest, north, and east of Ayia Eleousa.'
7. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 227 ' ..., consisting largely of pottery, mainly LH II-IIIA2, ... '
8. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 227 ' ...; stray MH sherds and later material were also found.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 53, 'MH LH I-IIIC PG G C H'
b. Sackett et al. [1966]: 57, 'Hankey reports M.H. (Grey and Yellow Minyan), ... '
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'MH ... '
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. BSA [1952]: 51,
3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 53, 'MH LH I-IIIC PG G C H'
b. Phialon [2011]: 76, ' ... mobilier que V. Hankey date de l'HR I à lHR III A1 et ... '
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, ' .... LH I-IIIC PG G ... '
4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 53, 'MH LH I-IIIC PG G C H'
b. Phialon [2011]: 76, ' ... mobilier que V. Hankey date de l'HR I à lHR III A1 et ... '
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 227, ' ... largely of pottery, mainly LH II-IIIA2, ... '
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, ' .... LH I-IIIC PG G ... '
5. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Phialon [2011]: 76, ' ... mobilier que V. Hankey date de l'HR I à lHR III A1 et P. Mountjoy de l'HR II A a l'HR III A1.'
6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. BSA [1952]: 51,
7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 53, 'MH LH I-IIIC PG G C H'
b. Sackett et al. [1966]: 57, 'Alin analyses the finds and demonstrates that the period most fully represented is L.H. IIIA.'
8. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Phialon [2011]: 76, ' ... mobilier que V. Hankey date de l'HR I à lHR III A1 et ... '
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 227, ' ... largely of pottery, mainly LH II-IIIA2, ... '
9. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 227, ' ... largely of pottery, mainly LH II-IIIA2, ... '
10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 53, 'MH LH I-IIIC PG G C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, ' .... LH I-IIIC PG G ... '
11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 53, 'MH LH I-IIIC PG G C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, ' .... LH I-IIIC PG G ... '
12. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Sackett et al. [1966]: 57, 'Hankey reports ..., Protogeometric, Geometric, ... sherds ... '
13. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Sackett et al. [1966]: 57, 'Hankey reports ..., Protogeometric, Geometric, ... sherds ... '
NOTES
1. 'Ayios Eleousa' is the name both of the church (F1634) and of the hill to its north. Sackett et al. [1966] 58, Fig. 10 shows Vromousa and Ayia Eleousa (no. 37) closer to the intersection at 38.469006, 23.625145.
2. In Phialon [2011] 76: 'Les tombes ont complètement disparu, ... '"
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. BSA [1952]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (47) 1952., '', pg. 49.
Online here.
2. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.3.13. Chalkis-Vromousa et Trypa; Eubée', pg. 76.
3. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '37. Chalkis: Vromousa (Trypa)', pg. 57.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 57 Chalkis: Vromousa (Trypa)', pg. 53.
Online here.
5. 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., 'F 76 Chalkis: Trypa', pg. 226.
Online here.