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Ayios Ioannis: Cem

PK	C712
TITLE	Ayios Ioannis: Cem
WGS84	38.549875° N, 23.050826° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.549875, 23.050826
LON/LAT	23.050826, 38.549875

DMS

38° 32' 59.55" N

23° 3' 2.9736" E

W3W	caved, rosebuds, unattached
UTM	34 S, 678713, 4268821
EGSA87	417141, 4266967

Elevation m	200
Elevation feet	656.2
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Farinetti [2011 AI5], 5    'A group of 17 robbed chamber tombs (component HO_18) were found on a hill to the SE of component HO_16'
2.    Cem.   Fossey [1990], 56    ' ... about 20 years ago arkhaiokapiloi discovered a group of Mykenaian family tombs by a church of Ayios Ioannes ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 237    'On the hill of Ayios Ioannis on the N edge of Lake Copais, 18 LH chamber tombs were discovered, and another group of 17 robbed chamber tombs on a hill to SE.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [2000], 872    ...an eleventh chamber tomb has been explored (my translation, rhc)
5.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1998], 817    ...in the Mycenaean cemetery of Ai Yiannis two new chamber tombs have been cleared, ... (my translation, rhc)
6.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1996], 1203    ...in the Mycenaean cemetery of Ai-Yiannis, four new chamber tombs, ...
7.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1995], 919    '...four new Mycenaean chamber tombs, ... ' (my translation, rhc)
8.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1995], 24    'The rescue excavation is reported, after tomb robbery, of a ChT at the Myc cemetery.'
9.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 62    '.. and another group of 17 robbed chamber tombs on a hill to southeast of Ayios Ioannis.'
10.    Tomb.   BCH [1990], 771    'Five of the twenty-seven pillaged tombs of Kyrtoni ...' (My translation, rhc)

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI5]: 5,
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 62, 'LH'
    c.    BCH [1998]: 817, ...Mycenaean...
    d.    BCH [1995]: 919, '...Mycenaean...'
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, ' ..., 18 LH chamber tombs were discovered, ... '
    f.    Fossey [1990]: 56, ' ... Mykenaian ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    BCH [1990]: 771, '...some sherds of the LH III A-B.' (My translation, RHC)

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    BCH [1996]: 1203, 'The ceramics from one of them date to the LH IIIA2-B1, that of the others to LH IIIB.' (my translation, RHC)
    b.    AR[1995]: 24, '...produced pottery of LH IIIA2 - B1.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    BCH [1996]: 1203, 'The ceramics from one of them date to the LH IIIA2-B1, that of the others to LH IIIB.' (my translation, RHC)
    b.    BCH [1990]: 771, '...some sherds of the LH III A-B.' (My translation, RHC)

5. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    BCH [2000]: 872, 'The material dates to the LH IIIB1-2.' (my translation, RHC)
    b.    BCH [1996]: 1203, 'The ceramics from one of them date to the LH IIIA2-B1, that of the others to LH IIIB.' (my translation, RHC)
    c.    AR[1995]: 24, '...produced pottery of LH IIIA2 - B1.'

6. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    BCH [2000]: 872, 'The material dates to the LH IIIB1-2.' (my translation, RHC)

NOTE

1. For more on this area cf. C711.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1990]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 114. 1990., 'Kyrtoni (Kolaka)', pg. 771. Online here.

2. AR[1995]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (42) 1995-1996., 'Kyrtoni (Lokris)', pg. 24. Online here.

3. BCH [2000]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 124., 'Kyrtoni (Kolaka).', pg. 872. Online here.

4. BCH [1998]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 122, 1998., 'Kyrtoni (Kolaka).', pg. 817. Online here.

5. BCH [1996]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 120. 1996., 'Kyrtoni (Kolaka).', pg. 1203. Online here.

6. BCH [1995]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 119, 1995., 'Kyrtoni.', pg. 919. Online here.

7. Farinetti [2011 AI5]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.5; The Northern mountains of the Copaïs: HYETTIA. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '8/9/10. Kolaka-Agios Ioannis: Components HO_15 (8) and HO_16 (9) and HO_18 (10)', pg. 5. Specifically component (10) HO_18.

8. Fossey [1990]: Fossey, John M.. The Ancient Topography of Opountian Locris. J.C. Gieben, Publisher. Amsterdam 1990, 'And see fn. 2.', pg. 56.

9. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 5 Kolaka: Ayios Ioannis', pg. 62. Online here.

10. 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., 'G 3 Kolaka: Ayios Ioannis', pg. 237. Online here.