Site details

Vayenas area necropolis E9

PK	C7263
TITLE	Vayenas area necropolis E9
WGS84	37.02587° N, 21.69082° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.02587, 21.69082
LON/LAT	21.69082, 37.02587

DMS

37° 1' 33.132" N

21° 41' 26.952" E

W3W	sashimi, circuses, stipulated
UTM	34 S, 561446.03, 4097965.29
EGSA87	294443, 4099947

Elevation m	149
Elevation feet	488.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Boyd [2001], 151    ' ... a button and some bone fragments.', ' ... three pots and two figurines.', etc.
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Zavadil [2012], 389    'Nur 8 m westlich des Grabes E-8 ergrub W. P. Donovan 1966 das Kammergrab E-9 ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Boyd [2001], 149    'Chamber tomb E9'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 391, 'Vermutlich wurde das Grab in SH IIA errichtet.'

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 152, ' ...; its earliest pottery is however of LHIIB date, ... '
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 152, ' ...; the other alabastron in this group is dated LHIIB-IIIA1 by the excavator.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 152, 'The rest of the pottery in the tomb is of LHIIIA-B date.'

4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 152, ' ...; the other alabastron in this group is dated LHIIB-IIIA1 by the excavator.'

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 391, ' ...; gesichert ist die Belegung des Grabes bis SH IIIA2.'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 391, 'Nach Donovan war es bis in das späte SH IIIB in Verwendung; diese Datierung bedarf aber einer Überprüfung; ... '
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 152, 'The rest of the pottery in the tomb is of LHIIIA-B date.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, 'Chamber tomb E9', pg. 149. Online here.

2. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'E-9', pg. 389. Online here.