Site details

Velanideza: Ayios Sotiros

PK	C1526
TITLE	Velanideza: Ayios Sotiros
WGS84	37.979755° N, 23.97467° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.979755, 23.97467
LON/LAT	23.97467, 37.979755

DMS

37° 58' 47.118" N

23° 58' 28.812" E

W3W	turkey, grouchy, madly
UTM	34 S, 761269, 4207745
EGSA87	497627, 4203282

Elevation m	78
Elevation feet	255.9
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AD[1927], 64
2.    Cem.   Stubbings [1947], 7    'Mycenaean tombs ... at Velanideza (near the chapel of H. Soter, south-east of Pikermi), ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 50    'On a hill slope to north of the chapel of Ayios Sotiros near Velanideza five robbed chamber tombs were cleared.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 110    '...Kammergräber...'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 216    'Five robbed chamber tombs were cleared here, on a slope to N of the chapel of Ayios Sotiros near Velanideza, ... '
6.    Chamber Tomb.   Privitera [2013], 132    'Un gruppo di tombe a camera ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1947]: 7, '...Mycenaean...'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 132, 'Essi permettono di datare le origini della necropoli ad una fase matura del TE IIIA2, ...'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 50, 'LH IIIB-C'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 110, '...welche Periode auch dominiert.'
    c.    AD[1927]: 64,
    d.    Privitera [2013]: 132, '..., mentre il periodo meglio rappresentato è il TE IIIB, ...'
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 216, 'The vases cover LH IIIB and early LH IIIC.'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 50, 'LH IIIB-C'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 110, 'Diese letzteren Vasen gehören hauptsächlich IIIC an, ...'
    c.    AD[1927]: 64,
    d.    BSA [1947]: 7,
    e.    Privitera [2013]: 132, 'I vasi più recenti sono del TE IIIC early.'
    f.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 216, 'The vases cover LH IIIB and early LH IIIC.'

NOTE

1. The Church at F2212 is assumed to be Ayios Sotiros. The church at F2213 is eliminated; its present name is Ayios Serapheimos; in an exhaustive search of this area I could find no other churches. I have placed the marker on the slopes to the north of F2212. For this to be reasonably accurate it is necessary to show that F2212 is Ayios Sotiros and I could not do that at the time I recorded this.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1927]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece., '', pg. 64.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Velanideza', pg. 110.

3. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '24. Velanideza - Haghios Sotiros', pg. 132.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 37 Velanideza: Ayios Sotiros', pg. 50. Online here.

5. 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., 'F 44 Velanideza: Ayios Sotiros', pg. 216. Online here.

6. Stubbings [1947]: Stubbings, F.H.. ‘The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol 42, pp. 1-75, 1947., 'Porto Raphti road, Pikermi, Velanideza, Vourvatsi', pg. 7. Online here.