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Litharia/Pefkes Chamber Tombs

PK	C7188
TITLE	Litharia∕Pefkes Chamber Tombs
WGS84	37.656326° N, 21.685217° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.656326, 21.685217
LON/LAT	21.685217, 37.656326

DMS

37° 39' 22.7736" N

21° 41' 6.7812" E

W3W	recounts, presenter, cookbook
UTM	34 S, 560440.26, 4167905.59
EGSA87	295659, 4169918

Elevation m	118
Elevation feet	387.1
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BCH [1996], 1168    'Leur mobilier, qui comprend des alabastres, de petites jattes à une anse, des perles en pâte de verre et un sceau en stéatite avec représentation de bouquetin, ... '
2.    Artifacts.   AR[1989], 31    ' ..., and in the dromos, pottery, glass jewelery, bronze rings and bracelets, and a sealstone showing a stag were recovered ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1996], 1168    'Deux tombes à chambre mycéniennes ont été découvertes fortuitement, en 1989, au lieu-dit Lithari, ... '
4.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1998], 783    'En 1991 on a fouillé, au lieu-dit Lithari, une troisième tombe à chambre de l'HR IIIA2 (v. BCH 120 [1996] Chron., p. 1168) ... ', 'Une quatrième tombe a été découverte en 1995.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1989], 31    'A bulldozer has revealed 2 Myc ChT's, of which 1 has been fully excavated; 5 burials heaped aside, in a pit ... '
6.    Chamber Tomb.   AD[1989], 103    'The opening of a fire road in a pine wood at Lithari, in the area of the community of Pefkes by Olympia, and on the left side of the road that leads from Olympia to Pefkes, led to the discovery of two carved chamber tombs.'
7.    Pottery.   BCH [1998], 783    ' ... qui contenait une abondante céramique.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1989]: 31, ' ... has revealed 2 Myc ChT's, ... '

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    BCH [1996]: 1168, ' ..., date de l'HR IIIA1-IIIA2.'
    b.    AD[1989]: 103, 'The pottery of the tomb dates to the end of the LH IIIA1 - LH IIIA2 period.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    BCH [1996]: 1168, ' ..., date de l'HR IIIA1-IIIA2.'
    b.    BCH [1998]: 783, ' ... tombe à chambre de l'HR IIIA2 ... '
    c.    AD[1989]: 103, 'The pottery of the tomb dates to the end of the LH IIIA1 - LH IIIA2 period.'

NOTE

1. I want to thank Brady Kiesling of Topostext.org for alerting me to this chamber tomb cemetery.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1996]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 120. 1996., 'Pèfkes.', pg. 1168. Online here.

2. BCH [1998]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 122, 1998., 'Pefkès.', pg. 783. Online here.

3. AR[1989]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (36) 1989-1990., 'Lithari.', pg. 31. Online here.

4. AD[1989]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 44, 'Pefkes', pg. 103. AD 44 (1989) [1995} Β Ί, p. 103-104