Mavrata: Kotronia
| PK | C602 |
| TITLE | Mavrata: Kotronia |
| WGS84 | 38.071465° N, 20.727919° E |
| Accuracy | 200 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.071465, 20.727919 |
| LON/LAT | 20.727919, 38.071465 |
| DMS | 38° 4' 17.274" N | , | 20° 43' 40.5084" E |
| W3W | aged, developer, inherent |
| UTM | 34 S, 476135, 4213779 |
| EGSA87 | 212811, 4218514 |
| Elevation m | 169 |
| Elevation feet | 554.5 |
| Region | Ionian Islands |
| Subregion | Kephalonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 158 'A Mycenaean chamber tomb was discovered in 1936 at Kotronia near Mavrata. The finds remain unpublished, ... '2. Chamber Tomb. Pelon [1976], 257 Pelon prefers to refer to these tholoid-like tombs as Chamber Tombs. '...les tombes à chambre dont la partie supérieure est construite in pierres à la maniere d'une coupole de tholos.'
3. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 189 'A chamber tomb was excavated in 1936 at Kotronia near Mavrata.'
4. Pottery. Simpson [1981], 158 '... many LH IIIC vases found in the tomb are displayed in the Argostoli Museum.'
5. Pottery. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 45 'The excavation produced seventy vases.'
6. Tholos. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 45 .. a tholos tomb, known by the locals as 'ta archaia', ...
7. Tomb. AD[1995], 243
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. AD[1995]: 243,
2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 45, 'Several vases are LH IIIB/C or early LH IIIC. ... They indicate that the early part of LH IIIC was the period of most intensive use of the tholos.'
3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 158, 'The finds remain unpublished, but many LH IIIC vases found in the tomb are displayed in the Argostoli Museum.'
b. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 45, 'Several vases are LH IIIB/C or early LH IIIC. ... They indicate that the early part of LH IIIC was the period of most intensive use of the tholos.'
c. Pelon [1976]: 257, '...doit être corrigée en fonction de la date HR IIIC proposée par Desborough pour cette céramique.'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, '...many LH IIIC vases found in it are displayed in the Argostoli Museum.'
NOTE
1. 'A Mycenaean chamber tomb was discovered in 1936 at Kotronia near Mavrata.'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AD[1995]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 50, '', pg. 243.
2. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '49. Mavrata', pg. 257.
Online here.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 23 Mavrata: Kotronia', pg. 158.
Online here.
4. 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 27 Kephallenia: Mavrata: Kotronia', pg. 189.
Online here.
5. 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. , 'Mavrata-Triantamodoi', pg. 45.
This seems to be the same as Simpson [1981] 158, 'G 23 Mavrata: Kotronia'
Online here.