Site details

Pikermi

PK	C1532
TITLE	Pikermi
WGS84	38.007312° N, 23.955554° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	38.007312, 23.955554
LON/LAT	23.955554, 38.007312

DMS

38° 0' 26.3232" N

23° 57' 19.9944" E

W3W	superiority, zing, attentive
UTM	34 S, 759492, 4210750
EGSA87	495949, 4206340

Elevation m	76
Elevation feet	249.3
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Stubbings [1947], 7    At a point 'on the left of the road to Porto Raphti, about 40 m beyond the 33rd kilometre stone from Athens' some more Mycenaean chamber-tombs were explored in 1927 by N. Kyparissis. These would appear to be part of the same cemetery as that investigated by Staïs at the site he refers to as Ligori.
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 110    'Kyparissis hat um 1927 auf einem kleinen Hügel in der Nähe des Bahnhofes 3 Kammergräber ausgegraben.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 51    'Three chamber tombs were excavated on a small hill about a kilometer to east of Pikermi, on the north side of the road to Raphina.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Privitera [2013], 152    '..., N. Kyarissis esplorò tra il 1927 e il 1928 tre piccole tombe a camera, ...'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 217    'Three small chamber tombs were excavated on a small hill to the N of the road c. 1 km. E of Pikermi.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

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

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 110, ' ..., einige können jedoch in IIIA datiert werden.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 152, 'La ceramica data l'uso delle tombe al TE IIIA2 - TE IIIB; ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 217, 'LH IIIA2-B'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 152, 'La ceramica data l'uso delle tombe al TE IIIA2 - TE IIIB; ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 217, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 110, 'Die meisten dieser Vasen sind aus IIIB, ... '

NOTE

1. This site is reported to be on a small rise on the north side of the Pikermi - Raphina road and very near the 33 km. marker. An additional constraint is that the site is about 1 km. N of Pikermi. I cannot through inspection in Google Earth detect any kilometer markers on this road. I used Google Earth to draw a route from the north foot of the Athenian acropolis to the marker (from: 37.973883 N, 23.724433 E to: 38.006436 N, 23.953814 E). GE reported a distance of 32.2 km. At this point (about 1 km. N of Pikermi) there is, in fact, a small rise on the N side of the road. Therefore I suggest that this site is as accurate as it is possible to be lacking any further information.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

2. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '36. Pikermi', pg. 152.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 40 Pikermi', pg. 51. Online here.

4. 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 47 Pikermi', pg. 217. Online here.

5. 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.