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Acropolis: Bronze Hoard

PKC1855
TITLEAcropolis: Bronze Hoard
WGS84 37.971251° N, 23.727815° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.971251, 23.727815
LON/LAT 23.727815, 37.971251

DMS 37° 58' 16.5036" N,23° 43' 40.134" E

W3Wfeed, gazette, vocal
UTM34 S, 739611, 4206136
EGSA87 475945, 4202373

Elevation m138
Elevation feet 452.8
RegionAttica





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Mountjoy [1995], 50    'A bronze hoard was found by Kavvadias by the south part of the Fortification Wall.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 51, '...the hoard must postdate the LHIIIB Fortification Wall, it is more likely that it was hidden at this transitional period, when times were unsettled and bronze was scarce...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Mountjoy [1995]:  Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'The Acropolis; The Bronze Hoard', pg. 50.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1855 is at 37.93859° N, 23.68916° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 973 m.