Site details

Soroni: Cem

PK	C1375
TITLE	Soroni: Cem
WGS84	36.359798° N, 28.005348° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.359798, 28.005348
LON/LAT	28.005348, 36.359798

DMS

36° 21' 35.2728" N

28° 0' 19.2528" E

W3W	midwinter, similarities, concealing
UTM	35 S, 590198, 4024326
EGSA87	859286, 4031023

Elevation m	53
Elevation feet	173.9
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Rhodes

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cist Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 196    'Some Mycenaean cist graves were found in 1932 south of Soroni.'
2.    Cist Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 350    'LH cist graves were found in 1932 to S of Soroni.'
3.    Cist Tomb.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 140    'Mycenaean cist graves were found in 1932 to south of Soroni.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 140, 'The recognizable sherds were all Hellenistic, but this is also probably the site of the cist tombs.'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 196, 'LH (III) H', '...materiale miceneo tardo...'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 350, 'LH III(A-C)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 140, ? 'They were said to have contained 'materiale miceneo tardo'.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 350, 'LH III(A-C)'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 140, ? 'They were said to have contained 'materiale miceneo tardo'.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 350, 'LH III(A-C)'

NOTE

1. Georgiadis [2003] 71 says 'The report of a pit or cist grave cemetery of the Mycenaean period at Soroni remains unconfirmed, since no graves are visible today and no pottery can be positively attributed to this site.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Georgiadis [2003]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period; Islands, landscape, death and ancestors. BAR International Series 1196. 2003., '', Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Soroni', pg. 196. Online here.

3. 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., 'Soroni', pg. 140. Online here.

4. 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., 'Soroni', pg. 350. Online here.