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Hagios Vasilios

PKC645
TITLEHagios Vasilios
WGS84 38.108059° N, 21.770271° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 38.108059, 21.770271
LON/LAT 21.770271, 38.108059

DMS 38° 6' 29.0124" N,21° 46' 12.9756" E

W3Wbroker, officials, plinth
UTM34 S, 567529, 4218085
EGSA87 304362, 4219865

Elevation m287
Elevation feet 941.6
RegionAchaea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1991], 147    'Finds given as clay vessels, loom weight, bronze ring.
2.    Artifacts.   AD[1989], 134    The finds are given as clay vessels, bronze weapons and small objects, semi-precious stones, stone loom weights, etc.
3.    Cem.   Giannopoulos [2008], 39    'Zu den reichen Keramikbeigaben, die in die Phasen SH IIIA - IIIC Spät datieren, ...'
4.    Cem.   Åström [1965], 100    ' ... where N. Kyparissis excavated Mycenaean tombs in 1928, 1929, and 1930.'
5.    Cem.   Papadopoulos [1979], 29    '..in which are cut the tombs of an extensive Mycenaean necropolis.'
6.    Cem.   AD[1989], 134    ' ... μυκηναϊκό νεκροταφείο του Αγίου Βασιλείου Χαλανδρίτσας ... '
7.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 64    'Kyparissis hat hier besonders in der Nähe der Kapelle Aj. Vasilios, mehrere Kammergräber in verschiedenen Nekropolen ausgegraben.'
8.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 91    'At Ayios Vasilios, in fields below Troumbes, some chamber tombs were excavated.'
9.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 89    'At Ayios Vasilios in fields below Troumbes (C648, rhc) some chamber tombs were excavated; ... '
10.    Pottery.   AD[1995], 217    ' ... τέσσερις ψευδόστομους αμφορίσκους ... '
11.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 89    ' ... wholly LH IIIC ... '
12.    Sherds.   Aktypi [2014], 131    'Tomb I: despite the fact that the dromos fill contained almost exclusively Mycenaean pottery, ...'
13.    Tomb.   AD[1991], 147    ' ..., ερευνήθηκε ένας ακόμη τάφος, ... ' == ' ..., another tomb was excavated, ... '
14.    Tomb.   AD[1995], 217    ' ... ενός νέου τάφου ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Aktypi [2014]: 131, '...Mycenaean pottery, ...'
    b.    AD[1989]: 134, ' ... μυκηναϊκό ... '
    c.    AD[1991]: 147, ' ... μυκηναϊκό νεκροταφείο ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 29, 'LHIIIA (?) IIIB-C, SM'
    b.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 39, '... in die Phasen SH IIIA - IIIC Spät datieren, ...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 91, 'LHIIIA (?) ... '

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Aktypi [2014]: 134, 'Pottery in the burial stratum dates to Late Helladic IIIA2 - Late Helladic IIIC middle.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 29, 'LHIIIA (?) IIIB-C, SM'
    b.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 39, '... in die Phasen SH IIIA - IIIC Spät datieren, ...'
    c.    Aktypi [2014]: 134, 'Pottery in the burial stratum dates to Late Helladic IIIA2 - Late Helladic IIIC middle.'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 64, ' ..., einige Vasen sind aber vielleicht aus IIIB.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 29, 'LHIIIA (?) IIIB-C, SM'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 91, 'Their contents seem to be entirely of the LH IIIC period.'
    c.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 39, '... in die Phasen SH IIIA - IIIC Spät datieren, ...'
    d.    Aktypi [2014]: 134, '... - Late Helladic IIIC middle.'
    e.    Åström [1965]: 100, 'A Mycenaean III C chamber tomb was found intact in 1928.'
    f.    Ålin [1962]: 64, ' ..., dürfte so diese Keramik fast durchaus in IIIC gehören, ... '
    g.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 89, 'Their contents seem wholly LH IIIC ... '
    h.    AD[1995]: 217, ' ... δύο αμφορίσκους της YE IIΙΓ περιόδου ... '

6. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 29, 'LHIIIA (?) IIIB-C, SM'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 91, 'LH IIIA? LH IIIC G'

NOTES

1.  There is a good map of the Mycenaean burials at Aktypi [2014] 132, fig. 3.

2.  See Åström [1965] 100 for a description of the finds.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1989]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 44, '', pg. 134.

2.  AD[1991]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 46, '', pg. 147.

3.  AD[1995]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 50, '', pg. 217.

4.  Aktypi [2014]:  Aktypi, Konstantina. ‘Finds Of The Geometric Period In The Mycenaean Cemetery At Agios Vasileios, Chalandritsa, Achaea’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (109), 129-157, 2014, 'II. Surface Finds of Post-Mycenaean Date Within the Mycenaean Cemetery', pg. 131. Online here.

5.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Chalandritsa', pg. 64.

6.  Åström [1965]:  Åström, Paul. ‘Mycenaean Pottery from the Region of Aigion, with a List of Prehistoric Sites in Achaia’, Opuscula Atheniensia, V, pp. 89-110, C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1965., 'Chalandrítsa', pg. 100.

7.  Giannopoulos [2008]:  Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., 'I. 4. 1. 3. Region von Pharai', pg. 39.

8.  Papadopoulos [1979]:  Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '23. Ayios Vasilios', pg. 29.

9.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 38 Chalandritsa: Ayios Vasilios and Troumbes', pg. 91. Online here.

10.  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., 'B 50 Chalandritsa: Ayios Vasilios', pg. 89. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C645 is at 38.169° N, 21.6729° E, a straight-line distance of 10 km and 895 m.