Metaxata: Ta Chalikera
| PK | C585 |
| TITLE | Metaxata: Ta Chalikera |
| WGS84 | 38.113995° N, 20.538612° E |
| Accuracy | 200 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.113995, 20.538612 |
| LON/LAT | 20.538612, 38.113995 |
| DMS | 38° 6' 50.382" N | , | 20° 32' 19.0032" E |
| W3W | parties, sinewy, trendy |
| UTM | 34 S, 459554, 4218564 |
| EGSA87 | 196376, 4223837 |
| Elevation m | 81 |
| Elevation feet | 265.7 |
| Region | Ionian Islands |
| Subregion | Kephalonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 189 'The burials, ..., were provided with pottery and other goods, including spearheads and fibulae.'2. Artifacts. AD[1960], 41
3. Cem. AE [1933], 73
4. Cem. AA [1932], 142
5. Chamber Tomb. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 42 'They (Chamber Tombs, rhc) were found in three different areas of the hill: Δ, Ε and Στ in the north, Α in the west, and Β and Γ in the south'
6. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 157 'In the northwest and south slopes of the low hill called Ta Chalikera, about 300 m. to southeast of Metaxata, six chamber tombs have been excavated,...'
7. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 189 'In the NW and S slopes of the low hill called Ta Chalikera, c. 300 m. SE of the village of Metaxata, a total of six chamber tombs have been excavated, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 43, 'The Metaxata cemetery as a whole was first used in LH IIIA2-B1 and its use lasted until the latest stage of the local LH IIIC'
2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 157, LH IIIB-C PG G A C H
b. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 43, 'The Metaxata cemetery as a whole was first used in LH IIIA2-B1 and its use lasted until the latest stage of the local LH IIIC'
c. AE [1933]: 73,
d. AD[1960]: 41,
e. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, 'LH IIIB-C PG G A ... '
3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 157, 'Two tombs continued in use until late in the LH IIIC period, ...'
b. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 42, 'Fifty-one vases, all LH IIIC, were distributed among the pits.', that is, in Tomb A.
c. AE [1933]: 73,
d. AD[1960]: 41,
e. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, 'Ts. A-B certainly continued in use until late LH IIIC, ... '
4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. AE [1933]: 73,
b. AA [1932]: 142,
c. AD[1960]: 41,
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, ' ... showed signs of later disturbance, whether for robbery or cult, the earliest being a PG conical foot in the dromos of Tomb A.'
5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. AD[1960]: 41,
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, 'LH IIIB-C PG G A ... '
6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, 'LH IIIB-C PG G A ... '
NOTE
1. Simpson and Haywood give conflicting directions. This follows Simpson.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AD[1960]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 15, '', pg. 41.
2. AE [1933]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1933, '', pg. 73.
3. AA [1932]: Archaeologischer Anzeiger: Beiblatt zum Jahrbuch des Deutschen archäologischen Instituts, Berlin. 1932, '', pg. 142.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 19 Metaxata: Ta Chalikera', pg. 157.
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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., 'E 26 Kephallenia: Metaxata', pg. 189.
Online here.
6. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Metaxata (27)', pg. 42.
'Six chamber tombs were excavated at a locality known as 'ta Chalikera', approximately 0.5km south-west of the village of Metaxata.'
Online here.