Apollakia: Chimara
| PK | C1388 |
| TITLE | Apollakia: Chimara |
| WGS84 | 36.054268° N, 27.765395° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.054268, 27.765395 |
| LON/LAT | 27.765395, 36.054268 |
| DMS | 36° 3' 15.3648" N | , | 27° 45' 55.422" E |
| W3W | journeying, persist, roof |
| UTM | 35 S, 568937, 3990239 |
| EGSA87 | 839061, 3996244 |
| Elevation m | 33 |
| Elevation feet | 108.3 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Rhodes |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Cem. Georgiadis [2003], 38 'At Apolakkia ... two cemeteries have been discovered, ..., and Chimaro, with one tomb, both on a low flat hill ... '2. Cem. Maiuri [1923], 253 '...una necropoli micenea è attestata ...'
3. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 353 'The many LH vases attributed to this area ...'
4. Pottery. Simpson [1981], 197 'The many Mycenaean vases attributed to this area may have come from Chimaro, ('Kamaro'??, rhc) about 2 km. to southwest of the village, where later tombs were found.'
5. Pottery. Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 147 'The many Mycenaean vases attributed to this area ... '
6. Tomb. Dietz [1984], 75 'As only one Mycenaean grave was found on the spot in question, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Maiuri [1923]: 253, '..la presenza di una necropoli micenea è attestata da alcuni esemplari di ceramiche ...'
b. Dietz [1984]: 75, 'The Mycenaean tomb at Chimaro was localized on the westernmost part of the Trapezi, ... '
2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 197, 'LH IIIA2-C A'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 353, '...range from LH IIIA2 ...'
c. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 147, ' ... range from L.H. IIIA 2 ... '
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 197, 'LH IIIA2-C A'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 353, '...from LH IIIA2 to a late phase of LH IIIC.'
c. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 147, ' ... range from L.H. IIIA 2 to L.H. IIIC 1.'
4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 197, 'LH IIIA2-C A'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 353, '...to a late phase of LH IIIC.'
c. Georgiadis [2003]: 38, ' ..., used during at least the LH IIIC period ... '
5. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 147, ' ... to L.H. IIIC 1.'
NOTES
1. Simpson and Diskinson [1973] 147 say 'They may have come from the cemetery at Chimaro ..., said by Inglieri to contain Mycenaean tombs, but there is no definite proof.'
2. Marker placed by recreating in Google Earth the photo in Dietz [1984] 74, Fig. 88.
3. Simpson [1981] 197 mentions a village. That village is Apolakkia.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Dietz [1984]: Dietz, Søren. Lindos IV, 1; Excavations and Surveys in Southern Rhodes: The Mycenaean Period. The National Museum of Denmark, Archaeological Historical Series (22:1). 1984, 'Chimaro, Apollakia', pg. 74.
Online here.
2. Georgiadis [2003]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period; Islands, landscape, death and ancestors. BAR International Series 1196. 2003., '', pg. 38.
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., 'Apollachia.', pg. 253.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Apollakia', pg. 197.
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., 'Apollakia', pg. 147.
Online here.
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., 'Apollakia', pg. 353.
Online here.