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Agora: Tomb: J.7:2

PK	C1836
TITLE	Agora: Tomb: J.7:2
WGS84	37.975634° N, 23.722556° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.975634, 23.722556
LON/LAT	23.722556, 37.975634

DMS

37° 58' 32.2824" N

23° 43' 21.2016" E

W3W	logged, surround, views
UTM	34 S, 739134, 4206609
EGSA87	475484, 4202860

Elevation m	64
Elevation feet	210
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Immerwahr [1971], 183    'This small but extraordinarily rich chamber tomb, lying under the northern foundations of the Augustan reconstruction of the Temple of Ares...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Townsend [1955], 187    'The chamber tomb found under the Temple of Ares in 1951 is interesting even in isolation for unorthodox features of construction, a particularly disturbed and suggestive history, and a series of vases which is unusually extensive ...'
3.    Tomb.   Mountjoy [1995], 20    'In the north Lower Town tombs were cut in the area of the later Agora.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Townsend [1955]: 187, 'The majority of the finds are Late Helladic II-III; the earliest pots may be assigned to the middle of Late Helladic II and the latest to the final phases of Late Helladic III...'

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 53, 'It had been constructed in LHIIB and much used in LHIIIA1....'
    b.    Immerwahr [1971]: 218, 'Eight or more burials were made in the tomb during its first period (1450 to 1400 or slightly later), ...'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Townsend [1955]: 187, 'The majority of the finds are Late Helladic II-III; the earliest pots may be assigned to the middle of Late Helladic II and the latest to the final phases of Late Helladic III...'

4. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Immerwahr [1971]: 218, '...six or seven additional interments were made at the end of the thirteenth or the early twelfth century, ...'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 53, '...and T.VII was re-used... It had been constructed in LHIIB and much used in LHIIIA1....'

NOTE

1. For a particularly fine detail map giving the location of this chamber tomb see Townsend, 190 (T55), fig. 1.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Immerwahr [1971]: Immerwahr, Sara A.. The Athenian Agora; Vol XIII; The Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey. 1971., 'Tomb VII: Chamber Tomb under the Temple of Ares (J 7:2)', pg. 183. Online here.

2. Mountjoy [1995]: Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'LHIIB', pg. 20.

3. Townsend [1955]: Townsend, Emily D.. ‘A Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under the Temple of Ares’, Hesperia, Vol. 24 (3), pp. 187-219, 1955., 'A Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Under The Temple Of Ares', pg. 187. Online here.