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Chadzi: Chamber Tombs

PKC683
TITLEChadzi: Chamber Tombs
WGS84 38.215977° N, 22.024662° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 38.215977, 22.024662
LON/LAT 22.024662, 38.215977

DMS 38° 12' 57.5172" N,22° 1' 28.7832" E

W3Wdapper, incited, tequila
UTM34 S, 589699.24, 4230274.78
EGSA87 326923, 4231336

Elevation m397
Elevation feet 1302.5
RegionAchaea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Giannopoulos [2008], 74    'Bei der Nordwest­seite der Mauer fand er mykenische Kammergräber...'
2.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 63    'In der Gegend Trapeza fand Kyparissis eine durch moderne Raubgrabungen ausgeplünderte Kammergräbernekropole.'
3.    Cem.   Papadopoulos [1979], 35    '..Nerantzoulis also excavated some Mycenaean chamber tombs, containing several Mycenaean vases and three iron spearheads .. '
4.    Cemetery.   Borgna and De Angeli [2020], 145    ' ..., the funerary area was finally localized on the southwestern slope of the Trapeza ... '
5.    hab.   Giannopoulos [2008], 74    '... eine zyklopische(?) Mauer und andere Baureste.'
6.    Wall.   Åström [1965], 108    'Some walls were observed both to the left and the right of the road.'
7.    Wall.   Papadopoulos [1979], 35    'Some walls are visible both to left and right of the road.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Borgna and De Angeli [2020]: 146, 'The Achaean funerary evidence concerning the proto-Mycenaean phases (MH III - LH II/IIIA1) ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 75, '... mykenische Kammergräber...'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Borgna and De Angeli [2020]: 146, 'The Achaean funerary evidence concerning the proto-Mycenaean phases (MH III - LH II/IIIA1) ... '

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Borgna and De Angeli [2020]: 146, 'The Achaean funerary evidence concerning the proto-Mycenaean phases (MH III - LH II/IIIA1) ... '

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Moschos [2000]: 35, 'LH IIIA - B, C(?), SM, Early Iron Age, G'

6. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Borgna and De Angeli [2020]: 146, 'The data collected so far seem to indicate that the cemetery was used for a long span of time starting most probably from LH IIIA1 ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Moschos [2000]: 35, 'LH IIIA - B, C(?), SM, Early Iron Age, G'

8. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Moschos [2000]: 35, 'LH IIIA - B, C(?), SM, Early Iron Age, G'

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Moschos [2000]: 35, 'LH IIIA - B, C(?), SM, Early Iron Age, G'

10. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Moschos [2000]: 35, 'LH IIIA - B, C(?), SM, Early Iron Age, G'

11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Moschos [2000]: 35, 'LH IIIA - B, C(?), SM, Early Iron Age, G'

NOTES

1.  The kandylakia (F800) is located at 38.214965, 22.023635 next to the road and not far from the chapel of Hagios Dhimitrios itself (F799 at 38.215193, 22.024159). Around the kandylakia are remains of Cyclopean walls and there are, according to Papadopoulos [1979] 35, '61. Chadzi (Trapeza)', also remains of chamber tombs, both here and to the north, but plundered and no longer visible.

2.  Additional: Liciardello, Agata: 'A Note on Some Pictorial Finds from the Dromos of Tomb 1 of the Mycenaean Cemetery of Trapeza; Traces of Funerary Rites Performed after the Burial of the Dead', 2017. Online here.

3.  A primary source for the cemeteries in this area is Borgna and De Angeli [2020]. See the valuable map on p. 147, Fig. 8.1.1 (inset) which maps all the tombs.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Chadzi', pg. 63.

2.  Åström [1965]:  Åström, Paul. ‘Mycenaean Pottery from the Region of Aigion, with a List of Prehistoric Sites in Achaia’, Opuscula Atheniensia, V, pp. 89-110, C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1965., 'Trapeza', pg. 108.

3.  Borgna and De Angeli [2020]:  Borgna, Elisabetta and Gaspare De Angeli. ‘The Chamber Tombs of the Trapeza, Aigion; Preliminary Observations on the Complex Funerary Rituals of a Small Mycenaean Community’, in Murphy [2020], pp. 145 ff., 'The Chamber Tombs of the Trapeza, Aigion', pg. 145.

4.  Giannopoulos [2008]:  Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., 'CHATZI (Trapeza) - ACHLADIES (Achouria - Vareliossa)', pg. 74.

5.  Murphy [2020]:  Murphy, Joanne M.A. (ed.). Death in Late Bronze Age Greece; Variations on a Theme. Oxford University Press 2020, '', Online here.

6.  Papadopoulos [1979]:  Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '61. Chadzi (Trapeza)', pg. 35. '..arrives at the eikonisma of Ayios Dhimitrios on the left with a deep ravine in front.'

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