Site details

Vaskina (Socha)

PK	C1736
TITLE	Vaskina (Socha)
WGS84	37.199975° N, 22.783341° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.199975, 22.783341
LON/LAT	22.783341, 37.199975

DMS

37° 11' 59.91" N

22° 47' 0.0276" E

W3W	raspberry, cabbages, cherry
UTM	34 S, 658265, 4118546
EGSA87	391879, 4117462

Elevation m	826
Elevation feet	2710
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 14    ' ... Gräber und 4 Vasen ... '
2.    Cist Tomb.   BCH Online, 2420    'Five cist tombs were excavated, all containing multiple burials (fig. 1). Grave goods, which include drinking vessels (fig. 2), stone spindle whorls and a bronze pin,...'
3.    Tomb.   Laconia II, 131    'The tomb ... was built of fairly large field-stones ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 131, '...Mycenaean...'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2420, '...date to the 14th century BC.'
    b.    Laconia II: 132, '3. Small Jug'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 132, '2. Stirrup Jar'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 132, '1. Kylix'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 14, 'Waterhouse meldet von hier Gräber und 4 Vasen aus IIIB.'

NOTE

1. Position taken from BCH Online map for report no. 2420.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Vaskina (Socha)', no. 2420. Online here. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Vaskina', pg. 74.

3. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Vaskina', pg. 131. Online here.