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Prophitis Ilias: Cem

PK	C822
TITLE	Prophitis Ilias: Cem
WGS84	38.33599° N, 23.640351° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.33599, 23.640351
LON/LAT	23.640351, 38.33599

DMS

38° 20' 9.564" N

23° 38' 25.2636" E

W3W	joyously, illogical, allergic
UTM	34 S, 730773, 4246394
EGSA87	468419, 4242869

Elevation m	55
Elevation feet	180.4
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Fossey [1988], 58    '...1.5 km to the East (of C1926, rhc) have been found, according to local information, tombs of Middle Helladic date.'
2.    Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 120    'In der Nähe fanden sich 2 Kistengräber mit einigen Vasen und einem Eisenmesser, die wohl nachmykenisch waren.'
3.    Tomb.   Farinetti [2011 AI14], 11    '1.5km to the E of the Prophitis Ilias site tombs of MH date are reported by locals (component TA_55) - Fossey 1988: 58.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 11, Specifically Component TA_55
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 58, 'tombs of Middle Helladic date.'

2. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 120, ?? '... die wohl nachmykenisch waren.'

NOTES

1. Placing is notional and based on map in Farinetti [2009 AI14], pg. 1, fig. 2, point 33. Actual location is controversial. See note in Farinetti, op. cit., pg. 11, '32/33. Prophitis Ilias: ...' Fossey [1988], pg. 57 gives directions which put it in or near a military area but even this seems not to agree with his map on p. 28, fig. 3.

2. I am assuming that these are the same tombs reported by Brown [1905/1906] 95. Brown says 'iron nail' but Ålin says 'Eisenmessen'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ajios Elias', pg. 120.

2. Farinetti [2011 AI14]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.14; The Tanagra plain and Eastern Boeotia. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '32/33. Prophitis Ilias: Components TA_50 to TA_54 (32) and TA_55 (33)', pg. 11. Specifically Component TA_55

3. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '5. Prophitis Elias', pg. 57.