Site details

Cape Manika: Cem

PK	C1253
TITLE	Cape Manika: Cem
WGS84	38.493919° N, 23.632863° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.493919, 23.632863
LON/LAT	23.632863, 38.493919

DMS

38° 29' 38.1084" N

23° 37' 58.3068" E

W3W	chokers, repented, antibiotic
UTM	34 S, 729618, 4263904
EGSA87	467835, 4260395

Elevation m	18
Elevation feet	59.1
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Sackett et al. [1966], 57    'The cemetery is well known from the excavations of Papavasileiou, who in 1905 opened about fifty E.H. tombs consisting of rock-cut chambers approached by a vertical shaft and containing grave goods of both Cycladic and Trojan types. It is situated a few hundred yards inland from the neck of the peninsula ...'
2.    Cem.   Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987], 233    'Excavation of the cemetery was begun in 1903 by Tsountas who excavated six tombs, and in 1910 by Papavasileiou who dug fifty.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 126    ' ..., grub G. Papavasiliou 1906 - 11 20 Kammergraber aus.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987]: 245, '...some finds from the nearly circular 7 and 8 are dated as early as EC I.'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 57,
    b.    Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987]: 233, '...EH site...'

3. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987]: 243, For Tomb 8 '...and the figurine of EH I type ...'

4. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987]: 236, 'The most important phase appears to have been EH II, a period of prosperity for the whole of Aegean culture.'

5. Early Cycladic II: (2700 BC - 2450 BC)
    a.    Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987]: 255, 'On the basis of pottery chronology and that of the other finds, all the tombs belong to the Early Cycladic II period.'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 126, ' ... die Periode IIIA in mehr Gräbern vertreten ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 126, ' ... IIIB, ... ', 'Der in der Nekropole gespiegelte Rückgang in oder nach IIIB dürfte so von beträchtlichem Ausmass gewesen sein.'

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 126, 'Vasen aus IIIC, darunter aber kein Close Stil, wurden gefunden.'

NOTES

1. Placed based on the sketchmap in Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987] 235. Mark placed at Belighiani plot. Also a detailed cemetery layout in Cavanagh and Mee [1998] 177, Fig. 3.13.

2. Additional plots at:

2. Georgiou: 38.493954°, 23.631947°
3. Frangou: 38.493972°, 23.631010°
4. Papastamatiou: 38.491071°, 23.630273°

Names, numbers, and positions based on the sketchmap of Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987] p. 235, Fig. 2.

There are additional single graves and habitations throughout this area.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Chalkis', pg. 126.

2. Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., '',

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], '35. Manika (Cape)', pg. 56. Online here.

4. Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987]: Sapouna-Sakellarakis, E.. ‘New Evidence from the Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Manika, Chalkis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (82), 233-264, 1987., 'New Evidence from the Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Manika, Chalkis', pg. 233. Online here.