Vati: Apsaktiras
| PK | C1394 |
| TITLE | Vati: Apsaktiras |
| WGS84 | 36.057771° N, 27.903356° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.057771, 27.903356 |
| LON/LAT | 27.903356, 36.057771 |
| DMS | 36° 3' 27.9756" N | , | 27° 54' 12.0816" E |
| W3W | traction, diamonds, miniatures |
| UTM | 35 S, 581359, 3990734 |
| EGSA87 | 851480, 3997124 |
| Elevation m | 104 |
| Elevation feet | 341.2 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Rhodes |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. cem. Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 150 '...was the centre of an important Mycenaean and later necropolis.'2. Cem. Maiuri [1923], 253 '...importante necropoli micenea ...'
3. Cem. Simpson [1981], 198 '... was the centre of an important Mycenaean cemetery. The area is now partly covered by bushes, but some hollows in the conglomerate rock show the position of two or more of the tombs.'
4. Cem. Dietz [1984], 50 'All graves were Mycenaean (except one - see below), and the dromoi turned E, ... '
5. Cem. Georgiadis [2003], 39 'The Apsaktiras (B37) cemetery is situated on a low hill ... and consists of 25 tombs ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 150, '...an important Mycenaean and later necropolis.'
b. Maiuri [1923]: 253, '...micenea...'
c. Dietz [1984]: 50, 'All graves were Mycenaean (except one ... ) ... '
2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ... used from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC ... '
3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 198, 'LH IIIA2-C'
4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 198, 'LH IIIA2-C'
5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 198, 'LH IIIA2-C'
NOTES
1. Even though the tombs were all robbed Kinch still managed to preserve a considerable inventory. See Dietz [1984] 50-65 for a catalogue.
2. A photograph of the location is in Georgiadis [2003] 290, fig. 5.44.
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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, 'Apsaktiras, Vati', pg. 50.
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. 39.
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., 'Vati (villaggio di).', pg. 253.
'Sulla collinetta di Apsaktiras a NE del villaggio importante necropoli micenea con qualche tomb di ricco corredo e vase a vernice brillante, manomessa ...; '
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Vati: Apsaktiras etc.', pg. 198.
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., 'Vati: Apsaktiras', pg. 150.
Online here.