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Galataki: Tombs

PK	C953
TITLE	Galataki: Tombs
WGS84	37.847075° N, 22.976043° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.847075, 22.976043
LON/LAT	22.976043, 37.847075

DMS

37° 50' 49.47" N

22° 58' 33.7548" E

W3W	darkish, deck, semi
UTM	34 S, 673815.19, 4190737.03
EGSA87	409720, 4189105

Elevation m	81
Elevation feet	265.7
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 58    ' ..., Verdelis 1956 5 kleine, meistens sehr zerstörte Kammergräber ausgegraben.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 65    ' ... five chamber tombs were excavated, some of unusual type, dug into various parts of the hill; ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 37    '.. five Mycenaean chamber tombs were excavated.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Verdelis and Broneer [1962], 185    'The knoll on whose slope these discoveries were made proved to contain several chamber tombs cut in the rock, all from Mycenaean times (1600-1400 B.C).'
5.    Cult.   BCH [1958], 702    ' ... où l'on avait découvert fortuitement quantité de vases minuscules témoignant de la présence d'un dépôt sacré.'
6.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 65    ' ... (notably by a deposit of some 1000 vases and 50 figurines in one of the chambers) ... '
7.    Pottery.   Verdelis and Broneer [1962], 188    ' ..., and with it were three terracotta vessels of the Late Helladic I period.'
8.    Tomb.   Verdelis and Broneer [1962], 185    'Five more tombs were discovered in the same hill, but only one of these contained vases and remains of burials; ... '
9.    Tomb.   BCH [1958], 702    'Ces offrandes étaient déposées dans la chambre d'une petite tombe mycénienne ruinée, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 65, ' ... some early LH vases survived in two of the tombs.'
    b.    Verdelis and Broneer [1962]: 185, 'The knoll on whose slope these discoveries were made proved to contain several chamber tombs cut in the rock, all from Mycenaean times (1600-1400 B.C.).'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Verdelis and Broneer [1962]: 188, ' ..., and with it were three terracotta vessels of the Late Helladic I period.'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 58, ' ... und etwa 5 Vasen aus SH II.', ' ..., ein drittes ... 8 Vasen aus SH II.'
    b.    Verdelis and Broneer [1962]: 185, ' ..., a number of vases found in two of them revealed that they dated to Late Helladic times (I-IIIA).'

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 37, 'LH IIA - IIIA1 A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 65, 'LH IIA-IIIA1 SubG A C'

5. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 37, 'LH IIA - IIIA1 A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 65, 'LH IIA-IIIA1 SubG A C'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Verdelis and Broneer [1962]: 185, ' ..., a number of vases found in two of them revealed that they dated to Late Helladic times (I-IIIA).'

7. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 37, 'LH IIA - IIIA1 A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 65, 'LH IIA-IIIA1 SubG A C'

8. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 58, ' ... und enthielte etwa 1000 kleine Vasen aus spätgeometrischer ... Zeit, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 37, ' ... and 50 figurines, ranging from "Sub-Geometric" to the early 5th century B.C.'
    c.    BCH [1958]: 702, ' ... subgéométrique ... '
    d.    BCH [1958]: 702, '... d'une petite tombe mycénienne ruinée, ... '

9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 58, ' ... und enthielte etwa 1000 kleine Vasen aus ... archaischer Zeit, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 65, 'An archaic sanctuary was later found c. 50 m. to N, ... '

NOTES

1. The location was determined by, from the marked location, reproducing in Google Earth the landscape in the photograph of the temple ruin in Verdelis and Broneer [1962] 186.

2. Good photographs of the pottery can be found in Verdelis and Broneer [1962].

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1958]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 82, 1958., 'Galataki', pg. 702. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Galataki', pg. 58.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 76 Galataki', pg. 37. Online here.

4. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'A 61 Galataki', pg. 65. Online here.

5. Verdelis and Broneer [1962]: Verdelis, Nicholas M. and Oscar Broneer. ‘A Sanctuary at Solygeia’, Archaeology (15:3) 184-192. 1962, '', pg. 185. Online here.