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Prosymna: Cem 1

PKC835
TITLEProsymna: Cem 1
WGS84 37.693049° N, 22.772343° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.693049, 22.772343
LON/LAT 22.772343, 37.693049

DMS 37° 41' 34.9764" N,22° 46' 20.4348" E

W3Woysters, chewed, suppertime
UTM34 S, 656260, 4173237
EGSA87 391616, 4172180

Elevation m120
Elevation feet 393.7
RegionArgolid





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 18    'A large cemetery of Mycenaean chamber tombs extends over the slopes to north and northwest of the sanctuary hill.'
2.    Hab.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1106    
3.    Hab.   Caskey and Amandry [1952], 173    


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'The earliest tombs (Nos. 25, 26, and 52) are of the LH I period, and the latest of the LH IIIB period, ...'
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1106,
    c.    Caskey and Amandry [1952]: 173,

NOTES

1.  For a detailed diagram of the Prosymna complex see Cavanaugh and Mee [1998] 198, fig. 5.5. That map shows this area as LH IIIA chamber tombs.

2.  Together with C834, C836, C837, C838, C839, and C6555.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Caskey and Amandry [1952]:  Caskey, J.L. and Pierre Amandry. ‘Investigations at the Heraion of Argos’, Hesperia, xxi, pp. 165-221, 1952., '', pg. 173. Online here.

2.  Cavanagh and Mee [1998]:  Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., '', pg. 198.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 6 Prosymna: The Ancient Argive Heraion, 2. The Chamber Tombs', pg. 18. Online here.

4.  Syriopoulos [1995]:  Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1106.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C835 is at 37.59085° N, 22.77148° E, a straight-line distance of 11 km and 377 m.