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Chadzi: Trapeza: Mycenaean Cemeteries

PK	C7232
TITLE	Chadzi: Trapeza: Mycenaean Cemeteries
WGS84	38.216471° N, 22.024966° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.216471, 22.024966
LON/LAT	22.024966, 38.216471

DMS

38° 12' 59.2956" N

22° 1' 29.8776" E

W3W	rower, inflating, feeder
UTM	34 S, 589725.24, 4230329.88
EGSA87	326950, 4231390

Elevation m	413
Elevation feet	1355
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Archaeology Wiki [2020],     'The grave goods are enriched with numerous seal stones and all kinds of beads and tesserae from various materials - glass, faience, gold, carnelian, rock crystal - that make up necklaces and ornate jewelry, ox head shaped gold-amulets indicating trading relations with the eastern Aegean and Cyprus.'
2.    Cem.   Archaeology Wiki [2020],     ' ... the five-year excavation programme at the Mycenaean necropolis of Trapeza, ... '
3.    Cem.   AD[2012], 281    ' ... η θέση του μυκηναϊκού νεκροταφείου.'
4.    Cem.   AD[2010], 910    ' ... συστάδα μυκηναϊκών τάφων.' == ' ... (a) cluster of Mycenaean tombs.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   AD[2012], 281    ' ... δύο θαλαμοειδείς τάφοι, ... '
6.    Pottery.   AD[2012], 281    Finds are given as two large amphorae, pitcher, skyphos, etc
7.    Sherds.   AD[2012], 281    ' ..., περισυνελέγησαν όστρακα που χρονολογούνται από την ΥΕ ΙΙ-ΙΙΙΑ περίοδο ... ' == ' ... ostraka were collected that range in date from the LH II - LH IIIA period ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AD[2010]: , ' ... τη χρήση του χώρου κατά τη μυκηναϊκή περίοδο, ... ' == ' ... use of the site during the Mycenaean period, ... '

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    AD[2012]: 281, ' ... την ΥΕ ΙΙ-ΙΙΙΑ περίοδο ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[2012]: 281, ' ... την ΥΕ ΙΙ-ΙΙΙΑ περίοδο ... '

4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Archaeology Wiki [2020]: , 'The necropolis, founded in the LH IIIA 1 period, ... '

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Archaeology Wiki [2020]: , 'A significant reuse of the tombs dates back to the 12th century BC, during the Post-Palatial period, probably after the early LH IIIC ... '
    b.    AD[2012]: 281, ' ... χρονολόγηση σαφώς εντός της όψιμης ΥΕ ΙΙΙΓ-υπομυκηναϊκής περιόδου ... ' == ' ... clearly dating to within the LH IIIC to submycenaean period ... '

6. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Archaeology Wiki [2020]: , ' ... until the end of the Bronze Age, probably in the advanced Sub-Mycenaean period.'
    b.    AD[2012]: 281, ' ... χρονολόγηση σαφώς εντός της όψιμης ΥΕ ΙΙΙΓ-υπομυκηναϊκής περιόδου ... ' == ' ... clearly dating to within the LH IIIC to submycenaean period ... '

NOTE

1. 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. AD[2012]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 67, '', pg. 281.

2. AD[2010]: Archaiologikon Deltion. Athens. Greece. v. 65, '', pg. 910.

3. Archaeology Wiki [2020]: Archaeology Newsroom. Archaeology Wiki, 26 Oct 2020, '', Online here.

4. 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., '',

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