Site details

Bikiorema

PK	C2788
TITLE	Bikiorema
WGS84	38.891911° N, 22.383392° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	38.891911, 22.383392
LON/LAT	22.383392, 38.891911

DMS

38° 53' 30.8796" N

22° 23' 0.2112" E

W3W	fall, winters, necklace
UTM	34 S, 619975, 4305691
EGSA87	359649, 4305737

Elevation m	33
Elevation feet	108.3
Region	Malis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Dakoronia [1991], 70    'Nearby, eleven chamber tombs have been found and excavated in the slopes of a ravine known as "Bikiorema" ... '
2.    Cem.   AR[2001], 64    'The neighboring cemetery at Bikiorema ... '
3.    Cem.   AR[1985], 43    ' ... 11 LH and PG tombs were excavated by Ph. Dakoronia in 1978.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1985]: 43, 'One of the LH tombs contained, inter alia, 11 alabastra, four stirrup jars, four pyxides (?), ... '
    b.    Dakoronia [1991]: 71, 'The finds in the Bikiorema cemetery, ..., undoubtedly support habitation in the Corridor's northern core area during Late Helladic and Early Iron Age times.'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AR[2001]: 65, ' ... from the LMyc to the SubPG period. The neighboring cemetery at Bikiorema yielded similar dates (ADelt 314-15)'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Dakoronia [1991]: 71, 'The remains in some extend from Late Helladic IIIA to Late Helladic IIIC; ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Dakoronia [1991]: 71, 'The remains in some extend from Late Helladic IIIA to Late Helladic IIIC; ... '

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Dakoronia [1991]: 71, 'The remains in some extend from Late Helladic IIIA to Late Helladic IIIC; ... '

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AR[2001]: 65, ' ... from the LMyc to the SubPG period. The neighboring cemetery at Bikiorema yielded similar dates (ADelt 314-15)'
    b.    AR[1985]: 43, 'One of the PG tombs (reusing a LH tomb) contained three jugs, ... '
    c.    Dakoronia [1991]: 71, ' ...; others contain Protogeometric burials ... '

7. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Dakoronia [1991]: 71, ' ... and some show an even later use in Archaic times.'

NOTES

1. Position of the Vikiorema (Bekiorema) taken from Topoguide (http://www.topoguide.gr/index-map.php).

2. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray of the University of Toronto.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2001]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (48) 2001., 'Kalyvia Lamias.', pg. 64. Online here.

2. AR[1985]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (32) 1985., 'Stavros', pg. 43. Online here. Online here.

3. Dakoronia [1991]: Dakoronia, F.. ‘Late Helladic III, Submycenaean and Protogeometric Finds in the Spercheios Valley’, In Kase [1991] pp. 70-73, 'Late Helladic III, Submycenaean and Protogeometric finds in the Spercheios Valley', pg. 70.

4. Kase [1991]: Kase, E.W. . The Great Isthmus Corridor Route: Explorations of the Phokis-Doris Expedition. Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1991., '',