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Volimidhia: Kephalovryso

PK	C466
TITLE	Volimidhia: Kephalovryso
WGS84	37.057821° N, 21.725744° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.057821, 21.725744
LON/LAT	21.725744, 37.057821

DMS

37° 3' 28.1556" N

21° 43' 32.6784" E

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UTM	34 S, 564525, 4101533
EGSA87	297635, 4103418

Elevation m	324
Elevation feet	1063
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   PAE[1953], 238
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Zavadil [2012], 334    In fact graves 1 and 1a were cist tombs.
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 135    '...an extensive chamber tomb cemetery;...'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Boyd [2001], 139    'this refers is (sic) in fact to two graves, not chamber tombs but pit or cist graves, rather large and of unusual form.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Grave 1, perhaps 1a, and Grave 5.
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 135, 'The earliest tomb excavated, Kephalovryso T.1, is of late MH date, ...'
    c.    Boyd [2001]: 234, 'Kefalovriso 1'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Graves 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, A, B.
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 234, 'Kef. 2,3,5,6,7,A'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Perhaps grave 2, also graves 3, 6, and B.
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 234, 'Kef. 2,3,B'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Graves 2, 3, 4, perhaps 6, and B.
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 234, 'Kef. 2,3,4,6,B'
    c.    Boyd [2001]: 234, 'Kef. 2,3,4,6,B'
    d.    PAE[1953]: 238,

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Graves 2, 3, 4, perhaps 6, and B.
    b.    PAE[1953]: 238,

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1953]: 238,

7. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    PAE[1953]: 238,

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1953]: 238,

NOTE

1. See Zavadil [2012] Abb. 10 for a sketch map.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1953]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1953., '', pg. 243.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, ''Kefalóvriso 1'', pg. 139. 'See the drawing on p. 145 (A1.23.1)'
Online here.

3. 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., 'D 20 Chora: Volimidhia', pg. 135. Online here.

4. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Kephalovryson I', pg. 334. Dr. Zavadil discusses all the Kephalovryso graves in detail beginning on p. 334.
Online here.