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Mycenae: Cyclopean Terrace Building

PK	C6573
TITLE	Mycenae: Cyclopean Terrace Building
WGS84	37.73128603° N, 22.75377472° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.73128603, 22.75377472
LON/LAT	22.75377472, 37.73128603

DMS

37° 43' 52.6297" N

22° 45' 13.589" E

W3W	cabs, interval, hesitant
UTM	34 S, 654543, 4177449
EGSA87	390035, 4176445

Elevation m	203
Elevation feet	666
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Building

TYPE

1.    Building.   Iakovidis et al. [2003], 48    'Complex of two major terrace buildings (North and South Megarons) overlying earlier buildings ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 48, ' ... though there is clear evidence of buildings (as opposed to tombs) from LH IIA through to LH IIIB.'

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 48, ' ... though there is clear evidence of buildings (as opposed to tombs) from LH IIA through to LH IIIB.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 48, ' ... though there is clear evidence of buildings (as opposed to tombs) from LH IIA through to LH IIIB.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 48, ' ... though there is clear evidence of buildings (as opposed to tombs) from LH IIA through to LH IIIB.'

NOTE

1. For the dating of the 'North Megaron' portion of the Cyclopean Terrace Buildings see Wace [1954]. For the South Megaron (and House of the Wine Merchant) see Wace [1953] 15 ff.

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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., 'D4:13 - LH II - LH IIIC Late; Cyclopean Terrace Building area', pg. 48.

2. Wace [1953]: Wace, A. J. B.. ‘Mycenae, 1939-1952: Part I. Preliminary Report on the Excavations of 1952’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (48), 1-18. 1953., '', Online here.

3. Wace [1954]: Wace, Elizabeth B.. ‘Mycenae 1939-1953: Part VI. The Cyclopean Terrace Building and the Deposit of Pottery beneath It’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (49) 267-291. 1954., '', Online here.