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Elateia: Alonaki

PK	C1598
TITLE	Elateia: Alonaki
WGS84	38.647473° N, 22.77197° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.647473, 22.77197
LON/LAT	22.77197, 38.647473

DMS

38° 38' 50.9028" N

22° 46' 19.092" E

W3W	lovably, hopeless, realness
UTM	34 S, 654202, 4279147
EGSA87	392986, 4278086

Elevation m	334
Elevation feet	1095.8
Region	Phocis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Phialon [2011], 118    'Enfin, à l'ouest de l'acropole d'Elatée, à Alonaki, un cimitière compte au moins quatre-vingt-quatre tombes mycéniennes, .... '
2.    Cem.   Bächle, 15    'Die mykenische Nekropole von Elateia ... '
3.    Cem.   Cavanagh and Mee [1998], 87    '50 tombs'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Dakoronia [2003], 185    'Greatest in number were chamber tombs of two types.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Nikita [2006], 39    'the archaeological and scientific study of glass jewellery from the Mycenaean chamber tomb cemetery at Elateia-Alonaki ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: 139, 'chamber tombs'

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Nikita [2006]: 39, 'The cemetery of Elateia-Alonaki was used from the middle of the 15th century BC (LH IIB/IIIA 1), '

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Nikita [2006]: 39, 'The cemetery of Elateia-Alonaki was used from the middle of the 15th century BC (LH IIB/IIIA 1), '
    b.    Dakoronia [2003]: 185, 'The first type of grave was constructed during LH IIIA1, ...'
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 119, ' ..., dont douze en usage depuis l'HR III A1.'
    d.    Bächle: 15, 'Die früheste Keramik ist stilistisch in SH IIIA1 zu datieren.', 'In elf bis zwölf Gräbern fand sich keramisches Material aus SH IIIA1.'

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Bächle: 16, 'Mit SH IIIA2 - B1 nimmt die Anzahl von Gräbern, deren früheste Keramik sich stilistisch in diese Periode datieren lässt, sprunghaft zu.'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Nikita [2006]: 43, '...glass in four tombs of Elateia-Alonaki dating to the end of LH IIIB and mostly to the post-palatial period of LH IIIC...'
    b.    Dakoronia [2003]: 186, (pins, RHC) '... (a) with roll-top heads (appearing in LH IIIB2 / IIIC Early and persisting through sub-Mycenaean); ...'

6. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Bächle: 16, 'Mit SH IIIA2 - B1 nimmt die Anzahl von Gräbern, deren früheste Keramik sich stilistisch in diese Periode datieren lässt, sprunghaft zu.'

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Nikita [2006]: 43, '...glass in four tombs of Elateia-Alonaki dating to the end of LH IIIB and mostly to the post-palatial period of LH IIIC...'
    b.    Dakoronia [2003]: 185, 'The wealth of bronze artefacts is impressive, especially those dating to the LH IIIC period.'

8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Dakoronia [2003]: 185, '... which (bronze plain rings, RHC) appear in the LH IIIC Middle and which last with some variation until PG; ...'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Dakoronia [2003]: 185, 'They continued in use as late as the Geometric period, ...'

NOTE

1. For fine drawings of the cemetery layout see Bächle, pp. 29-30, Abb. 6a and 6b.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Alram-Stern and Nightingale (edd.) [2007]: Alram-Stern, Eva and George Nightingale. Keimelion. Denkschriften Der Phil.-hist. Klasse 350 (Book 27), Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. 2007., '', Online here.

2. Bächle: Bächle, Anna Elisabeth. ‘Eliten in Elateia? Überlegungen ausgehend von der frühen mykenischen Keramik’, In Alram-Stern and Nightingale (edd.) [2007], pp. 15-30, '', Online here.

3. Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., ''Phocis, Locris and Phthiotis ... 101 G63 Elateia'', pg. 87.

4. Dakoronia [2003]: Dakoronia, Fanouria. ‘Elateia in Central Greece: excavation and finds’, Mycenaean Seminar 2002-03, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies (47), pp. 175-190, 2004. Dr. Dakoronia's contribution on pp. 185-6., 'Elateia in Central Greece: excavation and finds', pg. 185. Online here.

5. Nikita [2006]: Nikita, Kalliope and Julian Henderson, Georg Nightingale. ‘An Archaeological and Scientific Study of Mycenaean Glass from Elateia-Alonaki, Greece’, Janssens et al. [2006], pp. 39-46, 'Introduction', pg. 39. Online here.

6. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.6 En remontant le cours du Céphise', pg. 118.