Site details
House of the Frescoes
| PK | C6611 |
| TITLE | House of the Frescoes |
| WGS84 | 37.729959° N, 22.756642° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.729959, 22.756642 |
| LON/LAT | 22.756642, 37.729959 |
| DMS | 37° 43' 47.8524" N | , | 22° 45' 23.9112" E |
| W3W | instrument, arises, frames |
| UTM | 34 S, 654798, 4177306 |
| EGSA87 | 390286, 4176294 |
| Elevation m | 235 |
| Elevation feet | 771 |
| Region | Argolid |
GENERAL SITE TYPE House
TYPE
1. House. Morgan [2005], 162 ' ... the western Shrine of the Fresco (known as the Room of the Fresco).'2. Room. Iakovidis et al. [2003], 17 'The central room with an elaborate hearth with wooden columns at either end ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Morgan [2005]: 163, 'The Shrine complex went out of use in mid-LH IIIB.', 'Both shrines were covered by debris from fire destruction at the end of LH IIIB.'
2. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
a. Morgan [2005]: 162, 'The initial building of the Shrine of the Fresco, constructed in LH IIIB1, consisted of the main shrine (east) and a subsidiary room (west).'
NOTE
1. See the splendid plan of the Shrine of the Fresco in Morgan [2005] 163, Fig. 10.3.
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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., 'The Room with the Fresco Complex', pg. 17.
2. Morgan [2005]: Morgan, Lyvia. ‘The Cult Centre at Mycenae and the duality of life and death’, British School at Athens Studies, 13, Aegean Wall Painting: A Tribute to Mark Cameron (2005), 159-171. 2005., '', pg. 159.
See map of the cult area on p. 161, Fig. 10.2
Online here.