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Aperi: Geometric Cem

PK	C5276
TITLE	Aperi: Geometric Cem
WGS84	35.54986° N, 27.175606° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.54986, 27.175606
LON/LAT	27.175606, 35.54986

DMS

35° 32' 59.496" N

27° 10' 32.1816" E

W3W	clinging, suppression, whiner
UTM	35 S, 515806, 3934037
EGSA87	787617, 3938372

Elevation m	252
Elevation feet	826.8
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Melas [1985], 40    'There is no doubt that these finds formed part of the content of a chamber tomb cut into the soft rock ...'
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Lazenby [1962], 163    '... the report of Geometric tombs (ransacked)'
3.    Cem.   AA [1932], 182

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 752, '1043. Minoan stone vase ... MM III - LM I'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 75, '1043. Minoan stone vase ... MM III - LM I'

3. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 75, '1044. Minoan cup base. ... LM III A2 - IIIB.'

4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 75, '1044. Minoan cup base. ... LM III A2 - IIIB.'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1962]: 163, '...Geometric tombs ...'
    b.    AA [1932]: 182,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AA [1932]: Archaeologischer Anzeiger: Beiblatt zum Jahrbuch des Deutschen archäologischen Instituts, Berlin. 1932, '', pg. 182.

2. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'F42. Aperi - Football field', pg. 40.

3. Simpson and Lazenby [1962]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 57, pp. 154-175, 1962., '', pg. 163. Online here.