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Megaplatanos: Sventza

PKC5161
TITLEMegaplatanos: Sventza
WGS84 38.697866° N, 22.962464° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 38.697866, 22.962464
LON/LAT 22.962464, 38.697866

DMS 38° 41' 52.3176" N,22° 57' 44.8704" E

W3Wsector, insulated, orients
UTM34 S, 670661, 4285077
EGSA87 409627, 4283473

Elevation m381
Elevation feet 1250
RegionLocris
SubregionOpuntia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Kramer-Hajos [2008], 68    'Site type: Chamber tombs, ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 68, 'They (the tombs, RHC) date to the LH IIIB2-LH IIIC period; ...'

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Kramer-Hajos [2008]: 68, '...; two vessels illustrated in AD 40, pl. 58 date to LH IIIC Late ...'

NOTE

1.  This is the hill of Sventza as nearly as I can reconstruct it from Kramer-Hajos [2008], p. 67, Fig. 3.32. The vines are nearly all gone but with a patch at 38.693886° N, 22.977099° E. The view from here seems to reproduce Kramer-Hajos [2008] p. 67, Fig. 3.33.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Kramer-Hajos [2008]:  Kramer-Hajos, Margaretha. Beyond the Palace: Mycenaean East Lokris. BAR International Series. No. 1781. 2008., 'Megaplatanos-Sventza (Sventza)', pg. 68.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5161 is at 38.74486° N, 22.96907° E, a straight-line distance of 5 km and 262 m.