Site details

Phychtia: Cem

PK	C831
TITLE	Phychtia: Cem
WGS84	37.722328° N, 22.723827° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	37.722328, 22.723827
LON/LAT	22.723827, 37.722328

DMS

37° 43' 20.3808" N

22° 43' 25.7772" E

W3W	playroom, toddling, transcript
UTM	34 S, 651922, 4176406
EGSA87	387383, 4175486

Elevation m	100
Elevation feet	328.1
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 36    'Frau Papaspyridi-Karousou grub hier 1931 ein Kammergrab aus, und vermutlich aus diesem stammen die 17 Vasen in Museum von Nafplion.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1931], 476    'A l'O. de Mycènes, à (Phychtia), Mme Karouzo (Semni Papaspyridi), ...., à fouillé un tombeau à coupole mycénien.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Bintliff [1977], 291    ' ... and a chamber tomb of LH3 date excavated by Karousou was published in 1931 (BCH 1931: 476 - where it is incorrectly called a tholos!).'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 18    'A chamber tomb excavated near Phychtia is said by Ålin to have produced LH IIIA and LH IIIB pottery.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH [1931]: , ' ... mycénien ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977]: , ' ... and a chamber tomb of LH3 date ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 18, ' ... is said by Ålin to have produced LH IIIA and LH IIIB pottery.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 36, 'Fast sämtliche sind in IIIA zu datieren, ...'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 18, ' ... is said by Ålin to have produced LH IIIA and LH IIIB pottery.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 36, ' ..., einige der letzteren könnten wohl aus IIIB sein, keine Vase ist aber später.', 'Sicherlich auch aus einem Grab kommen 3 Vasen im British Museum, die zusammen gefunden worden sein sollen und in IIIB zu datieren sind.'

NOTES

1. Ålin [1962] 36 describes these finds as 5 small stirrup jars, 5 single handle jugs, an amphora, a krater, and a kylix.

2. Simpson [1981] 17 refers to page 292 in Bintliff [1977] for this chamber tomb. Dr. Bintliff's description actually appears on p. 291.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1931]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 55, 1931., 'Mycènes.', pg. 476. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Phychtia', pg. 36.

3. Bintliff [1977]: Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part i. BAR Supplementary Series 28(i). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., '', pg. 291. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 2A Phychtia', pg. 18. Simpson seems not to know exactly where it is located.
Online here.