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Mycenae: Ramp House

PK	C6579
TITLE	Mycenae: Ramp House
WGS84	37.73024896° N, 22.75661621° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.73024896, 22.75661621
LON/LAT	22.75661621, 37.73024896

DMS

37° 43' 48.8963" N

22° 45' 23.8184" E

W3W	vortex, unerring, exulting
UTM	34 S, 654796, 4177339
EGSA87	390284, 4176326

Elevation m	242
Elevation feet	794
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE House

TYPE

1.    House.   Wace [1949], 64    'At the foot of the Little Ramp are the scanty remains of a house called the Ramp House ... This lies on a slope and had at least two floors. '
2.    House.   French [2013], 80    'The Ramp House ... is one of three houses in the sector to the south of Grave Circle A opening onto a small open space.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Wace [1949]: 64, 'In this area three houses (apparently of L.H. III date) have been excavated so far.'

2. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    French [2013]: 82, 'The plan of the later building, which probably dates to the early years of the thirteenth century, ... '

NOTE

1. For plans see Wace [1949] Fig. 3, no. 40, opposite p. 62. Cp. to the later plan in French [2013] 81, Fig. 31 and, in raw form, Iakovidis et al. [2003] ‘Mycenae Citadel 2’.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [2013]: French, Elizabeth. Mycenae; Agamemnon’s Capital. The History Press, Gloucester, UK. 2002, reprinted 2013., 'The Ramp House', pg. 80.

2. 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 Ramp House', pg. 17.

3. Wace [1949]: Wace, Alan J.B.. Mycenae; An Archaeological History and Guide. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 1949., '', pg. 64.