Epitalion: Ayios Georgios: Mycenaean Cemetery
| PK | C354 |
| TITLE | Epitalion: Ayios Georgios: Mycenaean Cemetery |
| WGS84 | 37.634377° N, 21.488336° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.634377, 21.488336 |
| LON/LAT | 21.488336, 37.634377 |
| DMS | 37° 38' 3.7572" N | , | 21° 29' 18.0096" E |
| W3W | preservation, tenable, impresses |
| UTM | 34 S, 543087, 4165362 |
| EGSA87 | 278224, 4167929 |
| Elevation m | 78 |
| Elevation feet | 255.9 |
| Region | Triphylia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Messenia I, 227 'There are indications of collapsed and ruined tombs on the north and especially the east slopes.'2. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [2018], 319 ' ...; there are traces of ruined Mycenaean chamber tombs in the heavily eroded soft sandy rock on the slopes, ... '
3. Hab. Simpson [2018], 319 ' ..., a LH III house was excavated by Themelis; ... '
4. hab. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 98 'A LH house was partly excavated on the SE hill, below which were possible traces of chamber tombs.'
5. hab. AD[1966], 171
6. Sherds. Ålin [1962], 71 ' ... fanden McDonald und Simpson viele mykenische Scherben und vermutet hier eine Kammergräbnekropole.'
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [2018] p. 319, Size: 1963.5 sq. m. ' ..., whose top is only c. 50 m in diameter, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 98, 'Likely traces of MH tombs have also been found.'
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 98, 'A LH house...'
b. Ålin [1962]: 71, ' ... mykenische ... '
3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Messenia I: 227, 'Many good LH III A-B sherds on the north and east slopes;...'"'
b. AD[1966]: 171,
c. Ålin [1962]: 71, 'Unter diese Scherben aus IIIA und IIIB befanden sich besonders monochrom rotbemalte Kylixfragmente.'
4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Messenia I: 227, 'Many good LH III A-B sherds on the north and east slopes;...'"'
b. AD[1966]: 171,
c. Ålin [1962]: 71, 'Unter diese Scherben aus IIIA und IIIB befanden sich besonders monochrom rotbemalte Kylixfragmente.'
d. Simpson [2018]: 319, ' ..., where Mycenaean sherds of good quality were found in 1959, including LH IIIB and possibly early LH IIIC ... '
5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Messenia I: 227, '...one frg. of a krater with figured decoration (part of a bird; ...) which is close to Furumark's fig. 31 Mot. 7, #45 (LH III C:I)...'
b. AD[1966]: 171,
c. Ålin [1962]: 71, 'Das Fragment eines Kraters mit figürlichem Dekor wird aus IIIC vermutet.'
d. Simpson [2018]: 319, ' ..., where Mycenaean sherds of good quality were found in 1959, including LH IIIB and possibly early LH IIIC ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AD[1966]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 21, '', pg. 171.
2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ajios Georgios', pg. 71.
3. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '12. Ayios Georgios (Epitalion)', pg. 227.
Point C on ill. 3, 228
Online here.
4. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Thryon (Il. 2.592)', pg. 317.
Online here.
5. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'B 85 Epitalion: Ayios Yeoryios', pg. 98.
Online here.