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Tragana: Aghia Triada

PKC5151
TITLETragana: Aghia Triada
WGS84 38.61592° N, 23.1171° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 38.61592, 23.1171
LON/LAT 23.1171, 38.61592

DMS 38° 36' 57.312" N,23° 7' 1.56" E

W3Wheroics, calculations, surrendered
UTM34 S, 684245, 4276252
EGSA87 422911, 4274211

Elevation m65
Elevation feet 213.3
RegionLocris
SubregionOpuntia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AR[1981], 28    'Inhumation graves associated with pottery and bronze ornamentation ...; a slab was found bearing the representation of men with fish.'
2.    Cem.   Fossey [1990], 49    'No structural remains as such have been recorded, but a cemetery of at least eight tombs has been found.'
3.    Cem.   AR[1981], 28    'The Greek Press reports the discovery of eight G tombs in an unknown cemetery found during construction of a water channel.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Kramer-Hajos [2008], 48    'Site type: Chamber tombs, ...'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1998], 75    'Continued investigations in the Myc cemetery in the area (cf. ADelt 47, 205) revealed the existence of six more chamber tombs of the classic type, ...'
6.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1997], 74    'Two chamber tombs, cut in the N slope of the hill, were investigated, ...'
7.    Chamber Tomb.   Coleman [2018], 96    ' ..., one on sloping ground to the southwest of the village where Mycenaean chamber tombs have been excavated ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1997]: 75, 'An unknown Myc cemetery was located, ...'
    b.    Coleman [2018]: , ' ... Mycenaean chamber tombs ... '

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 49, '...and LH II presence at the site of Agia Triada is also indicated in the map in Dakoronia 1999a (p. 181 fig. 1).'

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 49, 'On the basis of the finds the tombs have been dated to LH IIIA1-IIIB2, ...'
    b.    AR[1998]: 75, 'The tombs date from the LH IIIA1-IIIB2 periods, ...'

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 49, 'On the basis of the finds the tombs have been dated to LH IIIA1-IIIB2, ...'
    b.    AR[1998]: 75, 'The tombs date from the LH IIIA1-IIIB2 periods, ...'

5. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 75, 'The tombs date from the LH IIIA1-IIIB2 periods, ...'

6. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 49, Kramer-Hajos suspects that the LHIIIB evidence is minimal.
    b.    AR[1998]: 75, 'The tombs date from the LH IIIA1-IIIB2 periods, ...'

7. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 75, '..., one (V) being reused in the SMyc period.'

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1990]: 49, 'Pottery; G (unspecified)'
    b.    AR[1981]: 28, ' ... the discovery of eight G tombs in an unknown cemetery ... '

NOTES

1.  Site contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

2.  Site and position kindly supplied by Dr. Alex Knodell, Carleton College.

3.  Position based on coordinates in Coleman [2018] 96.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AR[1998]:  Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (45) 1998., 'Tragana', pg. 75. Online here.

2.  AR[1997]:  Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (44) 1997., 'Tragana', pg. 74. Online here.

3.  AR[1981]:  Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (28) 1981-1982., 'Tragana (Lokris)', pg. 28. Online here.

4.  Coleman [2018]:  Coleman, John Evander. ‘Korseia in East Lokris’, Festschrift for Phanourias Dakoronia (Μελέτες για την αρχαιολογία στην Κεντρική Ελλάδα προς τιμήν της Φανουρίας Δακορώνια). 2018., '', pg. 96. Online here.

5.  Fossey [1990]:  Fossey, John M.. The Ancient Topography of Opountian Locris. J.C. Gieben, Publisher. Amsterdam 1990, '7. Tragana', pg. 49.

6.  Kramer-Hajos [2008]:  Kramer-Hajos, Margaretha. Beyond the Palace: Mycenaean East Lokris. BAR International Series. No. 1781. 2008., 'Tragana-Agia Triada (Agia Triada)', pg. 48.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5151 is at 38.62444° N, 23.11103° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 85 m.