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Athens: Acropolis: Mycenaean Palace

PK	C1845
TITLE	Athens: Acropolis: Mycenaean Palace
WGS84	37.971917° N, 23.726764° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.971917, 23.726764
LON/LAT	23.726764, 37.971917

DMS

37° 58' 18.9012" N

23° 43' 36.3504" E

W3W	dampen, sings, drop
UTM	34 S, 739516, 4206207
EGSA87	475853, 4202447

Elevation m	149
Elevation feet	488.8
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Palace

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Graef et al. [1925], 23
2.    Artifacts.   PAE[1873], 17
3.    Artifacts.   Lemos [2002],
4.    Palace.   Mountjoy [1995], 41    Only a column base and two sandstone slabs might attest to this structure. See Note for C1845.
5.    Pottery.   Stubbings [1947], 4    Stubbings gives a description here of the major pottery finds through the 1940's.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1947]: 4, 'The pottery published by Graef includes some M.H. ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1947]: 4, ' ... and some L.H. I and II ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1947]: 4, ' ... and some L.H. I and II ... '

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1947]: 4, ' ... as well as L.H. III; but he (Graef, RHC) did not publish all the L.H. III pots.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    PAE[1873]: 17,

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 41, The LHIIIB date suggested by Iakovides puts the construction of the ruler's residence at Athens much later than that of the other Mycenaean palaces.
    b.    PAE[1873]: 17,

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1873]: 17,

8. Early Protogeometric: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Lemos [2002]: ,

9. Middle Protogeometric: (1000 BC - 950 BC)
    a.    Lemos [2002]: ,

10. Late Protogeometric: (950 BC - 925 BC)
    a.    Lemos [2002]: ,

11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Graef et al. [1925]: 23,

NOTE

1. Iakovides puts the construction of this building at LHIIIB and see Mountjoy [1995] 23, 42 for more.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1873]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1873., '', pg. 17.

2. Graef et al. [1925]: Graef, Botho and Ernst Langlotz. Die Antiken Vasen von der Akropolis zu Athen. Band I. Berlin. Druck und Verlag von Walter de Gruyter & Co. 1925., '', pg. 23. Online here.

3. Lemos [2002]: Lemos, Irene S.. The Protogeometric Aegean: The Archaeology of the Late Eleventh and Tenth Centuries B.C.. Oxford University Press, 2002., '',

4. Mountjoy [1995]: Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'The Palace', pg. 41.

5. Stubbings [1947]: Stubbings, F.H.. ‘The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol 42, pp. 1-75, 1947., ''Athens.'', pg. 4. Online here.