Site details

Eleusis: Cem

PK	C1566
TITLE	Eleusis: Cem
WGS84	38.046027° N, 23.530779° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.046027, 23.530779
LON/LAT	23.530779, 38.046027

DMS

38° 2' 45.6972" N

23° 31' 50.8044" E

W3W	poacher, pinging, paragraphs
UTM	34 S, 722074, 4213946
EGSA87	458680, 4210738

Elevation m	11
Elevation feet	36.1
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 46    '...most of the excavated prehistoric graves were found in a cemetery on the north slopes of the acropolis hill, about 750 m. northwest of the Telesterion.'
2.    Cem.   Mylonas [2010], 30    'The adults, as a rule, were buried in a cemetery to be found some nine hundred meters beyond the walls of Eleusis to the west on the way to Megara.'
3.    Cem.   AE [1889], 171
4.    Cem.   AD[1999], 85

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 46, '..ranging from the Middle Helladic to the LH IIIB periods.'

2. Middle Helladic II: (1900 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Mylonas [2010]: 31, 'The majority of the graves and of the houses uncovered belong to the second half of the Middle Helladic period, seemingly to the eighteenth and seventeenth centuries B.C.'

3. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Mylonas [2010]: 31, 'The majority of the graves and of the houses uncovered belong to the second half of the Middle Helladic period, seemingly to the eighteenth and seventeenth centuries B.C.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Mylonas [2010]: 33, 'The area used for burial was extended during the Late Helladic periods and graves became more varied.'

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 46, '..ranging from the Middle Helladic to the LH IIIB periods.'

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 46, '..ranging from the Middle Helladic to the LH IIIB periods.'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 46, '..ranging from the Middle Helladic to the LH IIIB periods.'
    b.    AD[1999]: 85,

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 46, '..ranging from the Middle Helladic to the LH IIIB periods.'
    b.    AD[1999]: 85,

9. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AE [1889]: 171,

10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AE [1889]: 171,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AE [1889]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1889, '', pg. 171.

2. AD[1999]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 54, '', pg. 85.

3. Mylonas [2010]: Mylonas, George E.. Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Cyceon Tales Publications. Elefsina, 2010., '', pg. 30.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 14 Ancient Eleusis', pg. 46. Online here.