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Pilonas: Aspropilia Cem

PK	C884
TITLE	Pilonas: Aspropilia Cem
WGS84	36.109437° N, 28.042359° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.109437, 28.042359
LON/LAT	28.042359, 36.109437

DMS

36° 6' 33.9732" N

28° 2' 32.4924" E

W3W	pillowcases, hourglass, foil
UTM	35 S, 593817, 3996590
EGSA87	863770, 4003371

Elevation m	119
Elevation feet	390.4
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Rhodes

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Georgiadis [2003], 39    'The vegetation is similar in the Pylona cemetery, known as Aspropilia (B43), ... Six tombs have been recovered, ... '
2.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1998], 111    'Levelling work on the low hill of Aspropelia revealed the first two Myc chamber tombs ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Karantzali [2001], 14

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Karantzali [2001]: 14,
    b.    AR[1998]: 111, Tomb 1 contained pottery '...mostly LH IIIA2 (late), ...'
    c.    Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ..., which were in use from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 111, '...and a little IIIA2/IIIB; ...'
    b.    Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ..., which were in use from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'

3. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Karantzali [2001]: 14,

4. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Karantzali [2001]: 14,

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Karantzali [2001]: 14,
    b.    Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ..., which were in use from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'

NOTES

1. A review of Karantzali's "The Mycenaean Cemetery at Pylona on Rhodes" is here: http://ajaonline.org/online-review-book/458

2. Cf. the photograph in Georgiadis [2003] 292, Fig. 5.48.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1998]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (45) 1998., 'Pylona (near Lindos).', pg. 111. Online here.

2. Georgiadis [2003]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period; Islands, landscape, death and ancestors. BAR International Series 1196. 2003., '', pg. 39. Online here.

3. Karantzali [2001]: Karantzali, Efi. The Mycenaean Cemetery at Pylona on Rhodes. Archeopress, Oxford, 2001., 'The Aspropilia Cemetery', pg. 14.