Site details

Agrilia: Cist

PK	C6677
TITLE	Agrilia: Cist
WGS84	39.719414° N, 21.931523° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	39.719414, 21.931523
LON/LAT	21.931523, 39.719414

DMS

39° 43' 9.8904" N

21° 55' 53.4828" E

W3W	riverbed, portfolio, whimper
UTM	34 S, 579840, 4397030
EGSA87	322558, 4398375

Elevation m	731
Elevation feet	2398.3
Region	Thessaly

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 298    'A cemetery of cists is reported near this village ... '
2.    Cem.   BCH [1955], 272    'Au lieudit Saint-Athanase, le long de l'affluent du Titarèse, on a trouvé une série de tombes à ciste mycéniennes ... '
3.    House.   BCH [1955], 272    ' ... les fondations d'une maison ovale HM.'
4.    Tomb.   Cavanagh and Mee [1998], 80    'graves'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'An apsidal building was attributed to MH, but could be contemporary with the tombs or even later (PG - G).'
    b.    BCH [1955]: 272, ' ... les fondations d'une maison ovale HM.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'LH (IIIC?)'
    b.    BCH [1955]: 272, ' ... mycéniennes ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: 80, 'Catalogue of Late Helladic IIIA-B Graves ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: 80, 'Catalogue of Late Helladic IIIA-B Graves ... '

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'LH (IIIC?)'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'An apsidal building was attributed to MH, but could be contemporary with the tombs or even later (PG - G).'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'An apsidal building was attributed to MH, but could be contemporary with the tombs or even later (PG - G).'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1955]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 79, 1955., 'Agrilia', pg. 272. Online here.

2. Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., 'Catalogue of Late Helladic IIIA-B Graves; Pit and Cist Graves', pg. 80.

3. 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., 'J 15 Agrilia: Ayios Athanasios', pg. 298. Online here.