Site details

Mycenae: Prehistoric Cemetery Area

PK	C6588
TITLE	Mycenae: Prehistoric Cemetery Area
WGS84	37.73092285° N, 22.75592153° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.73092285, 22.75592153
LON/LAT	22.75592153, 37.73092285

DMS

37° 43' 51.3223" N

22° 45' 21.3175" E

W3W	region, oozes, nonexistent
UTM	34 S, 654733, 4177412
EGSA87	390224, 4176402

Elevation m	234
Elevation feet	767.7
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Iakovidis et al. [2003], 52    'The Prehistoric Cemetery Area'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, 'Sherds LH I-II, ... '

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, 'Sherds LH I-II, ... '

3. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, ' ... the pottery deposit of LH IIIB2 ... '

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, 'LH IIIC graves and habitation/ ... ', 'Papadimitriou ... found LH IIIC structures E of the Tomb of Clytemnestra ... '

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, 'Protogeometric pottery in pit near the Citadel wall ... '

6. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, ' ... /SMyc graves overlying the E end of the E-W wall ... '

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, 'Geometric graves overlying the E end of the E-W wall ... '

8. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, 'Archaic period "Sacred Building" W of the Tomb of Aigisthos ... '

NOTES

1. See the careful plan of this area in Taylour [1955], plate 36.

2. See additional reports on the Prehistoric Cemetery Area in Wace [1950] and Wace [1953].

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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., 'D4E - MH-Hell; The Prehistoric cemetery area', pg. 52. In Iakovidis et al. [2003] as D4E

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 [1950]: Wace, A.J.B.. ‘Excavations at Mycenae, 1939’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (45) 203-228., '', Online here.