Makria Vounara
| PK | C1368 |
| TITLE | Makria Vounara |
| WGS84 | 36.411433° N, 28.145724° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.411433, 28.145724 |
| LON/LAT | 28.145724, 36.411433 |
| DMS | 36° 24' 41.1588" N | , | 28° 8' 44.6064" E |
| W3W | overage, shift, scheduler |
| UTM | 35 S, 602724, 4030194 |
| EGSA87 | 871643, 4037287 |
| Elevation m | 35 |
| Elevation feet | 114.8 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Rhodes |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 135 '...the Mycenaean cemeteries of Ialysos.'2. Cem. Simpson [1981], 195 'The main Mycenaean cemetery in the Ialysos area in LH IIIBIIIC was on the two small low conglomerate hillocks of Moschou Vounara and Makria Vounara below the acropolis of the historical Ialysos.'
3. Cem. Georgiadis [2003], 58 ' ..., with at least 39 ... tombs ...', 'The vast majority of the tombs are chamber tombs, ... '
4. Chamber Tomb. Maiuri [1923], 88 'Le tombe, tutte a dromos e camera sepolcrale, ..'
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [1981] p. 195, Size: sq. m. 'Size not given but habitation is possible.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Maiuri [1923]: 87, '... di roccia calcarea al di sotto della quale potesse essere ben protetta la tomba a camera di tipo miceneo.'
2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 195, 'LH IIB-IIIC'
b. Georgiadis [2003]: 68, 'It is clear that at least 33 tombs were in use in LH IIB - IIIA1, ... '
3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 195, 'LH IIB-IIIC'
4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 68, 'It is clear that at least 33 tombs were in use in LH IIB - IIIA1, ... '
5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 68, ' ..., 65 (tombs were in use, RHC) during LH IIIA2, ... '
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 136, '...were in use from L.H. IIIB to L.H. IIIC1 (inclusive) ...'
b. Simpson [1981]: 195, 'LH IIB-IIIC'
c. Georgiadis [2003]: 68, ' ..., while in LH IIIB only 36 tombs seem to have been used ... '
7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 195, 'LH IIB-IIIC'
b. Georgiadis [2003]: 68, ' ... and 50 (tombs were in use, RHC) during LH IIIC.'
8. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 136, '...were in use from L.H. IIIB to L.H. IIIC1 (inclusive) ...'
NOTE
1. Cavanaugh and Mee [1998] 221, Fig. 6.8 provide two diagrams showing the use of this cemetery in LH IIIA1 and LH IIIA2.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. 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., ''Fig. 6.8'', pg. 221.
2. Georgiadis [2003]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period; Islands, landscape, death and ancestors. BAR International Series 1196. 2003., '8.1.2 Ialysos', pg. 68.
Online here.
3. Maiuri [1923]: Maiuri, A.. ‘Jalisos - Scavi della Missione Archeologica Italiana a Rodi (Parte I e II)’, Annuario 06-07 (1923-1924), pp. 83-340., 'Collina di "Macra Vunara"', pg. 87.
See fig. 2, 'Necropoli Micenea della collina di Makrai Vunara.' on p. 88. The name of the diagram was corrected by hand from 'Moschu Vunara' to 'Makrai Vunara'. Dr. Maiuri's article makes no attempt to assign ceramic horizons to the found objects which are beautifully described and photographed.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Trianda: Moschou Vounara and Makria Vounara', pg. 195.
Online here.
5. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., 'Moschou Vounara and Makria Vounara', pg. 135.
Online here.