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Katarraktis: Karela

PKC657
TITLEKatarraktis: Karela
WGS84 38.094248° N, 21.809682° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 38.094248, 21.809682
LON/LAT 21.809682, 38.094248

DMS 38° 5' 39.2928" N,21° 48' 34.8552" E

W3Wunthinkable, responsibly, politely
UTM34 S, 570997, 4216582
EGSA87 307781, 4218250

Elevation m424
Elevation feet 1391.1
RegionAchaea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Moschos [2007], 35    'Part of a chamber tomb cemetery ... '
2.    Chamber tomb.   Giannopoulos [2008], 42    '... sieben Kammergräber ausgrub.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Papadopoulos [1979], 31    '...seven Mycenaean chamber tombs at the foot of a steep hill, south of the road leading from Patras to Katarraktis, ...'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 91    'To west of Katarraktis, seven Mycenaean chamber tombs were excavated in 1920 at the foot of the steep hill to south of the road to Patras, at a point described as below the 28th km. mark.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 65    'An einem Hügelhang wurde von Kyparissis 1920 eine Kammergräbernekropole untersucht.'
6.    Chamber Tomb.   Åström [1965], 103    ' ..., Kyparissis excavated in 1920 seven Mycenaean chamber tombs at the feet of a steep hill south of the road leading from Patras to Katarraktis, below the 28 kilometer mark, west of Katarraktis.'
7.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 89    'In 1920 seven LH chamber tombs were excavated at the foot of the steep hill to S of the road to Patras, W of Katarraktis below the 28th km. mark.'
8.    Pottery.   Åström [1965], 103    'The pottery ... was not published.'
9.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 89    'The pottery was not published.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 91, 'LH G'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 65, '... die 7 untersuchten scheinen alle spätmykenisch gewesen zu sein...'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'LH IIIB-C G'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'LH IIIB-C G'
    b.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 42, ' von Papadopoulos in die Phase SH IIIC datiert worden.'

4. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 89, 'LG cist tombs were also excavated here ... and others observed.'

NOTE

1.  This is the seven chamber tombs.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Katarraktis', pg. 65.

2.  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., 'Katarraktis', pg. 103.

3.  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., ''Die erste, auf mykenische Befunde bezogene Grabunsuntersuchung ...'', pg. 42.

4.  Moschos [2007]:  Moschos, Ioannes. Οι Μυκηναίοι στην Αχαϊα (Mycenaeans in Achaia). ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟΣ I, Patra, 2007., 'Part of a chamber tomb cemetery ... at Bouga-Karela, near Rodia; ... ', pg. 35. Online here.

5.  Papadopoulos [1979]:  Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '35. Rhodia-Bouga', pg. 31.

6.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 41 Katarraktis: (Near the 28th km. mark)', pg. 91. Online here.

7.  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 52 Katarraktis: Near 28th Km. Mark', pg. 89. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C657 is at 38.16945° N, 21.67334° E, a straight-line distance of 14 km and 581 m.