Tsaousitsa (Chauchitsa): IA Cem
| PK | C7040 |
| TITLE | Tsaousitsa (Chauchitsa): IA Cem |
| WGS84 | 41.073972° N, 22.647669° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 41.073972, 22.647669 |
| LON/LAT | 22.647669, 41.073972 |
| DMS | 41° 4' 26.2992" N | , | 22° 38' 51.6084" E |
| W3W | brigadier, denominator, betrayal |
| UTM | 34 T, 638419.09, 4548276.58 |
| EGSA87 | 386243, 4547564 |
| Elevation m | 46 |
| Elevation feet | 150.9 |
| Region | Macedonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015], 'Weapons and tools includes knives (cutlass or smaller knives). Jewellery are rich and the graves yielded a large number of spiral armlets, pins, beads and spectacle fibulae of bronze.'2. Artifacts. Hammond [1972], 351 See the list in Hammond [1972] 351.
3. Artifacts. Casson [1920], 10 Casson [1920] lists the artifacts found on this eastern mound on pp. 11-12.
4. Artifacts. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 103 The authors list some finds from here as: ' ... coiled bronze hair ornaments, arm bands, bronze shield bosses, iron weapons and gold plaques with impressed designs.'.
5. Cem. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015], 'Type: Necropolis', 'The graves were found on a natural rocky hill of 6 m high, 125 m. long and 45 m. wide, covered by a thin layer of earth.'
6. Cem. Hammond [1972], 349 'He (Casson, rhc) opened thirty-six graves.'
7. Cem. Casson [1920], 6 ' ..., and it soon became evident that the mound had been used as a burial-place.'
8. Cem. Casson [1924], 1 'In the second season a further twenty-two graves were opened, ... '
9. Cem. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 103 'On the most eastern of the smaller mounds thirty-six graves in an Early Iron Age cemetery were excavated.'
10. Pottery. Casson [1924], 17 Described on pp. 17-21.
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. Casson [1920]: 9, 'The graves on the mound ... all belong to a culture of the Iron Age.'
b. Casson [1924]: 28, 'The wide dating of 1100-650 B.C. ... can only be repeated here.'
2. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 103, ' ... an Early Iron Age cemetery ... '
b. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EIA to EA'
3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'The Chauchitsa cemetery, later in date than the Gunaikokastro cemetery, is dated by Savvopoulou 2004, 312 from the 8th to the 5th c. BC, ... '
4. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EIA to EA'
NOTES
1. Less than 100 m to the W, is another small mound. Of this Leekley and Efstratiou [1980] 103 say 'On the other small mound traces of walls and a few sherds similar to those found on the acropolis were found ... '
2. For a discussion of these IA graves see Stanley Casson, 'Excavations in Macedonia', The Annual of the British School at Athens (24) 1-33, 1919/1920 - 1920/1921. It is online here.
3. The relevant Aristeia Project page is here.
4. For a drawing of the layout of the tombs see Casson [1924] 2, Fig. 2.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Casson [1920]: Casson, Stanley. ‘Excavations in Macedonia’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (24) 1-33, '', pg. 5.
Online here.
2. Casson [1924]: Casson, Stanley. ‘Excavations in Macedonia -- II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (26) 1-29, 'Excavations in Macedonia -- II', pg. 1.
Online here.
3. Hammond [1972]: Hammond, N.G.L.. A History of Macedonia; Volume I, Historical geography and prehistory. Oxford University Press, At the Clarendon Press, 1972., ''In 1921 and 1922 Casson ... '', pg. 349.
4. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Tsaousitsa (Kilkis)', pg. 103.
5. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Chauchitsa (or Tsaousitsa)', Online here.