Pilona-Ambelia: Chamber Tomb
| PK | C6694 |
| TITLE | Pilona–Ambelia: Chamber Tomb |
| WGS84 | 36.09881° N, 28.033388° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.09881, 28.033388 |
| LON/LAT | 28.033388, 36.09881 |
| DMS | 36° 5' 55.716" N | , | 28° 2' 0.1968" E |
| W3W | enhanced, natural, fishery |
| UTM | 35 S, 593022, 3995402 |
| EGSA87 | 863011, 4002158 |
| Elevation m | 114 |
| Elevation feet | 374 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Rhodes |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb
TYPE
1. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 151 'A large Mycenaean chamber tomb was found ... '2. Chamber Tomb. Jacopi [1931], 335 'Questa tomba, del tipo comune a camera con dromos fu scoperta casualmente durante i lavori stradali.'
3. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 198 'In the course of road works in 1929, a large Mycenaean chamber tomb was found at Ambelia, about a kilometer to southwest of Pilona.'
4. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 355 'A large LH chamber tomb was found, in the course of road works in 1929, at Ambelia c. 1 km. SW of Pilona. The tomb was part of a cemetery (now plundered) on the lower slopes of the ridge of Plakoto on the N side of the road, ... '
5. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 355 'The vases from the excavated tomb appear to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 151, 'L.H. IIIB to L.H. IIIC 1.'
b. Simpson [1981]: 198, 'LH IIIB-C', 'The vases from the excavated tomb appear to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC1'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, 'The vases from the excavated tomb appear to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC.'
2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, 'The vases from the excavated tomb appear to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC.'
3. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 151, 'L.H. IIIB to L.H. IIIC 1.'
b. Simpson [1981]: 198, 'LH IIIB-C', 'The vases from the excavated tomb appear to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC1'
NOTES
1. For description and photos of the vases and other objects found in this tomb see Jacopi [1931] pp. 336-344.
2. Cf. C1398.
3. Simpson [1981] 198 says 'The tomb was evidently part of a cemetery of (mainly plundered) chamber tombs on the lower slopes of the ridge of Plakoto on the north side of the road, where some can still be seen.'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Jacopi [1931]: Jacopi, G.. ‘Nuovi Scavi nella Necropoli Micenea di Jalisso’, Annuario 13-14 (1930-1931), pp. 253-345., 'TOMBA A CAMERA DI PILONA', pg. 335.
Online here.
2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Pilona: Ambelia', pg. 198.
Online here.
3. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., 'Pilóna: Ambélia', pg. 151.
Online here.
4. 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., 'Pilona: Ambelia', pg. 355.
Online here.