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Madhena: Chamber Tomb

PK	C139
TITLE	Madhena: Chamber Tomb
WGS84	37.04058° N, 21.965667° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.04058, 21.965667
LON/LAT	21.965667, 37.04058

DMS

37° 2' 26.088" N

21° 57' 56.4012" E

W3W	covering, riddance, soaped
UTM	34 S, 585877, 4099810
EGSA87	318929, 4101021

Elevation m	47
Elevation feet	154.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Boyd [2001], 214    'A single late Mycenaean chamber tomb...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 286    'Destroyed chamber tomb along track S of village; ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 128    'Widening of a track at the northeast foot of the hill ruined a Mycenaean chamber tomb.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [2014], 25    ' ..., CEM, ChT'
5.    Grave.   Zavadil [2012], 493    'Es ist gänzlich unklar, welchem Typus die Anlage angehörte.'
6.    Tomb.   AD[1965], 207
7.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 161    'A LH tomb was destroyed at the SE foot of the hill, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 214, ? 'A single late Mycenaean...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 161, '...LH tomb...'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 493, 'Eine Verwendung des Grabes ist in der Periode SH IIIA2 nachgewiesen.'
    b.    Simpson [2014]: 25, 'LH III(A2-B), ... '
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 128, 'LH III(A2-B)', 'A few vase fragments recovered, originally assigned to LH IIIC, are almost certainly of the range LH IIIA2-B.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 128, 'LH III(A2-B)', 'A few vase fragments recovered, originally assigned to LH IIIC, are almost certainly of the range LH IIIA2-B.'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 286,
    b.    AD[1965]: 207,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1965]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 20, '', pg. 207.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, 'Late Mycenaean Chamber Tombs', pg. 214. Online here.

3. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '131 (76E) Madhena: Ayios Konstandinos', pg. 286.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 115 Madhena: Ayios Konstandinos', pg. 128. Online here.

5. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '76E Madhena: Hagios Konstandinos', pg. 25.

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., 'D 131 Madhena: Ayios Konstandinos', pg. 161. Online here.

7. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'MADENA/AG. KONSTANTINOS (EP. MESSINIS)', pg. 493. Online here.