Site details
Mycenae: The Great Ramp
| PK | C6568 |
| TITLE | Mycenae: The Great Ramp |
| WGS84 | 37.730669° N, 22.756538° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.730669, 22.756538 |
| LON/LAT | 22.756538, 37.730669 |
| DMS | 37° 43' 50.4084" N | , | 22° 45' 23.5368" E |
| W3W | capped, dotcoms, assignments |
| UTM | 34 S, 654788, 4177385 |
| EGSA87 | 390278, 4176373 |
| Elevation m | 246 |
| Elevation feet | 807.1 |
| Region | Argolid |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Road
TYPE
1. Ramp. Mylonas [1993], 46 'The ramp, ..., ranges in width from 4.10 to 5.75 m. and is preserved for a length of 24 m.'2. Road. Iakovidis et al. [2003], 12 ' ... lies immediately beyond the area inside the Lion Gate and is, in its present form, contemporary with it.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 12, Using Iakovidis' date for the Lion Gate (C6567): 'The Great Ramp lies immediately beyond the area inside the Lion Gate and is, in its present form, contemporary with it.'
2. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Mylonas [1993]: 46, ' ..., that in its present form dates from the last quarter of the 13th century B.C., ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Iakovidis et al. [2003]: Iakovidis, Spyros, and Elizabeth B. French, Kim Shelton, Charalambos Ioannides, Anton Jansen, John Lavery. Archaeological Atlas of Mycenae. The Archaeological Society at Athens Library, no. 229. 2003., 'The Great Ramp', pg. 12.
2. Mylonas [1993]: Mylonas, George E.. Mycenae; A Guide to its Ruins and its History. Ekdotike Athenon S.A., Athens 1993., 'The Great Ramp and the Cult Centre', pg. 46.