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LHIIIC Tombs

PK	C7602
TITLE	LHIIIC Tombs
WGS84	39.087188° N, 26.075555° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.087188, 26.075555
LON/LAT	26.075555, 39.087188

DMS

39° 5' 13.8768" N

26° 4' 31.998" E

W3W	tankards, fled, page
UTM	35 S, 420048.3, 4326858.69
EGSA87	679366, 4328216

Elevation m	11
Elevation feet	36.1
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Lesbos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AD[1962], 266    'At the western entrance to the Gulf of Kalloni cist tombs were found...'
2.    Cist Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 209    'At the western entrance to the Gulf of Kalloni cist tombs were found...'
3.    Cist Tomb.   Spencer [1995/2019], 28    'Charitonidis noted 3 large cist tombs constructed with massive crudely-worked slabs ... '
4.    Cist Tomb.   Schaus and Spencer [1994], 415    'In the valley itself, Charitonidis noted three cist tombs of crudely worked blocks, which he compared to Late Mycenaean tombs at Eleusis and Psara.'
5.    Sherds.   Schaus and Spencer [1994], 415    'Although the tombs were devoid of grave goods, Early Bronze Age (and later Archaic/Classical) sherds from the site are in the collection of the British School at Athens, ... '
6.    Tomb.   Spencer [1995/2019], 28    'Charitonidis noted 3 large cist tombs constructed with massive crudely-worked slabs ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Schaus and Spencer [1994]: 415, 'Although the tombs were devoid of grave goods, Early Bronze Age (and later Archaic/Classical) sherds from the site are in the collection of the British School at Athens, ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 209, 'LH?', ' ... of a type similar to those at Psara ... ' Cist graves on Psara are described in this atlas at C1496 (Archontiki)

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Schaus and Spencer [1994]: 415, 'In the valley itself, Charitonidis noted three cist tombs of crudely worked blocks, which he compared to Late Mycenaean tombs at Eleusis and Psara.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1962]: 266,

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 28, ' ... which were compared with similar LH IIIC tombs on Psara, Chios (at Emporio) and at Eleusis.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1962]: Archaiologikon Deltion. Athens, Greece. v. 17, '', pg. 266.

2. Schaus and Spencer [1994]: Schaus, Gerald P. and Nigel Spencer. ‘Notes on the Topography of Eresos’, American Journal of Archaeology (98:3), 411-430., 'The enclosure furthest to the south ... ', pg. 415.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Makara', pg. 209. Online here.

4. Spencer [1995/2019]: Spencer, Nigel. A Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites in Lesbos. BAR International Series 623; BAR Publishing, Oxford UK., '131 Makara', pg. 28.