Site details

Kopreza

PK	C1531
TITLE	Kopreza
WGS84	37.86294778° N, 23.94509196° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.86294778, 23.94509196
LON/LAT	23.94509196, 37.86294778

DMS

37° 51' 46.612" N

23° 56' 42.3311" E

W3W	redeems, slated, straddled
UTM	34 S, 759080, 4194698
EGSA87	495021, 4190323

Elevation m	128
Elevation feet	419.9
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   BSA [1947], 9
2.    Cem.   Privitera [2013], 125    'La necropoli di Kopreza...'
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 211    'This is presumably the cemetery to which belongs a LH IIB alabastron attributed to Markopoulo.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 107    'Stais grub hier 1894 22 Kammergräber einer Nekropole aus.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 49    'Twenty two chamber tombs were excavated at Kopreza, about 2 km. southeast of Markopoulo.'
6.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 211    'The pottery from the excavated Kopreza tombs includes much LH IIIC as well as LH IIIA2-B.'
7.    Tomb.   Phialon [2011], 136    'En outre, vingt-trois tombes sont recensées à Markopoulo-Kopreza, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 49, 'LH IIB-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 211, ' ... as well as LH IIIA2-B.'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 49, 'LH IIB-IIIC'
    b.    BSA [1947]: 9,
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 107, 'Stais hat einige Vasen publiziert, ..., die in IIIA - B zu datieren sind.'

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 125, '... tra il TE IIIA1 e il TE IIIC late.'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 136, ' ... mobilier, qui comprend des vases HR III A1, ... '

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 211, ' ... as well as LH IIIA2-B.'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 49, 'LH IIB-IIIC'
    b.    BSA [1947]: 9,
    c.    Privitera [2013]: 125, '... tra il TE IIIA1 e il TE IIIC late.'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 107, 'Die Blütezeit dieser Nekropole liegt so durchaus in IIIB, ... '

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 49, 'LH IIB-IIIC'
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 125, '... tra il TE IIIA1 e il TE IIIC late.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 107, 'Die Blütezeit dieser Nekropole liegt so durchaus in IIIB, aber auch in der folgenden Periode ist sie wahrscheinlich verwendet worden.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 211, 'The pottery from the excavated Kopreza tombs includes much LH IIIC ... '

NOTE

1. The placement is purely notional. There is more than a possibility that the site has been devoured by a giant quarry.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1947]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (42) 1947., 'The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica', pg. 9. F.H. Stubbings
Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kopreza', pg. 107.

3. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.19 La plaine au nord du Mérenta', pg. 136.

4. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '19. Markopoulo - Kopreza', pg. 125. 'La ceramica permette di riferire l'uso della necropoli a non meno di tre secoli,...'

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 28 Markopoulo: Kopreza', pg. 49. 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., 'F 31 Markopoulo: Kopreza', pg. 211. Online here.