Site details

Vapheio: Quarry

PK	C1733
TITLE	Vapheio: Quarry
WGS84	37.018968° N, 22.469031° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.018968, 22.469031
LON/LAT	22.469031, 37.018968

DMS

37° 1' 8.2848" N

22° 28' 8.5116" E

W3W	combos, gadget, intricately
UTM	34 S, 630680, 4097985
EGSA87	363660, 4097784

Elevation m	184
Elevation feet	603.7
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Quarry

TYPE

1.    Quarry.   Hitchcock et al.[2016], 66    'The quarry cuttings are situated on a shelf of conglomerate stone approximately 200 m southeast of the Vapheio tholos tomb.'
2.    Quarry.   BCH Online, 2561    'a project to record and document quarry cuttings in the valley midway between Vapheio and Palaiopyrgi'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2561, 'The earliest use of the Vapheio tholos dates to the transition from late LH IIA to LH IIB. Use continued into LH III'

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2561, 'The earliest use of the Vapheio tholos dates to the transition from late LH IIA to LH IIB. Use continued into LH III'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2561, 'The earliest use of the Vapheio tholos dates to the transition from late LH IIA to LH IIB. Use continued into LH III'
    b.    Hitchcock et al.[2016]: 87, '...we believe that the cumulative evidence related to the use of conglomerate stone in the Mycenaean world argues for the use of this quarry in LH III, the era of the Mycenaean palaces.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Vapheio (Palaiopyrgi)', no. 2561. Online here. Online here.

2. Hitchcock et al.[2016]: Hitchcock, Louise A. and Emilia Banou, Anne P. Chapin, James H. Reynolds. ‘The Conglomerate Quarry at the Mycenaean Site of Vapheio-Palaiopyrgi in Laconia’, Hesperia 85, pp. 65-90. 2016., 'Introduction and Summary', pg. 65. See the fine photograph on p. 67.
Online here.