Almiri - Bechri Hill
| PK | C7720 |
| TITLE | Almiri – Bechri Hill |
| WGS84 | 37.84661° N, 22.998651° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.84661, 22.998651 |
| LON/LAT | 22.998651, 37.84661 |
| DMS | 37° 50' 47.796" N | , | 22° 59' 55.1436" E |
| W3W | blacklist, vests, blotted |
| UTM | 34 S, 675849.99, 4190678.55 |
| EGSA87 | 411751, 4188981 |
| Elevation m | 27 |
| Elevation feet | 88.6 |
| Region | Corinthia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Kassimi [2015], 507 ' ... a large number of finds: vessels, Phi- and Psi-type figurines, animal figurines, small bronze objects, and seals.'2. Artifacts. Morgan [1999], 475 ' ..., 14 Psi and Phi figurines, an enthroned female figure, 2 animal figures, 5 sealstones, almost 800 beads, and a number of bronzes including a spearhead, ring, sheet, and pin.'
3. Cem. Kassimi [2015], 505 'Almiri and the site of lofos Bechri, where the extensive Mycenaean cemetery is located, ... '
4. Chamber Tomb. Kassimi [2015], 505 ' Nineteen richly furnished chamber tombs were excavated here in 1980 ... '
5. Chamber Tomb. Morgan [1999], 475 'Nineteen chamber tombs excavated on the Bechri ridge, ... '
6. Pottery. Wiseman [1978], 58 'The fragment is from a kylix and preserves a carelessly drawn spiral in reddish-brown glaze.'
7. Pottery. Kassimi [2015], 507 'Bones and vessels were found on the floor in clusters, ... ' This is Tomb XIII.
8. Pottery. Morgan [1999], 475 ' ..: preliminary reports note 367 vases, ... '
9. Sherds. Wiseman [1978], 58 'Early Helladic. A few sherds only; ... '
10. Sherds. Morgan [1999], 475 'A sherd scatter on the nearby Vigla ridge includes LH material.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Wiseman [1978]: 58, 'Early Helladic. A few sherds only; ... '
2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Wiseman [1978]: 58, 'Middle Helladic. One matte-painted sherd.'
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Wiseman [1978]: 58, 'Late Helladic. Only one certain sherd.'
4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Morgan [1999]: 475, 'LH IIIA-C'
5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Kassimi [2015]: 505, 'All the chamber tombs date from the LH IIIA2 to the LH IIIB period ... '
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Kassimi [2015]: 505, 'All the chamber tombs date from the LH IIIA2 to the LH IIIB period ... '
b. Morgan [1999]: 475, 'LH IIIA-C'
7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Morgan [1999]: 475, 'LH IIIA-C'
NOTES
1. Good color photographs and floor-plan drawings may be found in Kassimi [2015] 505, Fig. 10; 506, Fig. 11; 507, Figs. 12 and 13; 508, Figs. 14,15, and 16.
2. A detailed article about this cemetery may be found here. (German language)
3. I want to thank Ms. Sophie Cushman of Berkeley for alerting me to the Kassimi [2015] paper. Additionally thanks go to Dimitri Nakassis who kindly furnished me with a copy of it.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Kassimi [2015]: Kassimi, Panagiota. ‘The Mycenaean cemeteries of north-eastern Corinthia and the early tholos tomb at Ancient Corinth’, In Schallin and Tournavitou [2015], pp. 503-514., 'Almiri-Rachi Bechri', pg. 505.
2. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '23 Kato Almyri', pg. 475.
3. Schallin and Tournavitou [2015]: Schallin, Ann-Louise and Iphiyenia Tournavitou (eds.). Mycenaeans up to date; The archaeology of the north-eastern Peloponnese - Current concepts and new directions. ACTA INSTITUTI ATHENIENSIS REGNI SUECIAE, SERIES IN 4°, 56, Stockholm, 2015., '',
4. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, 'Vígla is the prominent elevation ... ', pg. 58.
PHOTOS AND IMAGES
Mycenaean Cemetery starts between these two houses at Bechri Hill, Kato Almyri, Corinthia.
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