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Nauplio: Chamber Tomb Cem

PKC968
TITLENauplio: Chamber Tomb Cem
WGS84 37.56324° N, 22.807006° E
Accuracy 200 m.

LAT/LON 37.56324, 22.807006
LON/LAT 22.807006, 37.56324

DMS 37° 33' 47.664" N,22° 48' 25.2216" E

W3Wbranded, sagging, terribly
UTM34 S, 659593, 4158892
EGSA87 394489, 4157738

Elevation m35
Elevation feet 114.8
RegionArgolid





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 23    'A very extensive chamber tomb cemetery has been found on the northeast slope of the Palamidi hill and in its neighbourhood.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Desborough [1964/2007], 80    
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 48    '...but the most important prehistoric remains are the LH chamber tombs found on the NE slope of Palamidi and in its neighbourhood.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 46    '...von Kondakis, Kastorchis und Stais etwa 35 Kammergräber ausgegraben', 'Schliesslich hat Charitonidis 1953 einige Gräber in derselben Nekropole ausgegraben.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, 'N EH LH IIIA1-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 23, ' ..., but LH I-II is reported from the group most recently excavated; ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 23, ' ..., but LH I-II is reported from the group most recently excavated; ... '

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 46, 'dass mindestens die 5 genannten Gräber alle aus SH III sind...'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 80,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 46, 'Die publizierten Vasen sind aus IIIA und IIIB ...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 23, 'The contents were mainly of the LH IIIA and LH IIIB periods, ... '

6. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, 'N EH LH IIIA1-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

7. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, 'N EH LH IIIA1-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 80,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, 'N EH LH IIIA1-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 46, '...und hauptsächlich in IIIB verwendet wurden.'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 23, 'The contents were mainly of the LH IIIA and LH IIIB periods, ... '

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 80,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, 'One or two LH IIIC vases ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 46, '...zwei Bügelkannen mit Bügelknopf und Lüftungsloch und ein kleiner Skyphos, alle aus IIIC.'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 23, ' ...; and one or two LH IIIC vases ... '

10. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, 'N EH LH IIIA1-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

11. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 23, ' ... and some Sub-Mycenaean pit graves suggest that occupation was continuous into the Dark Age.'

12. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, '...and some SMyc. pit-graves suggest that occupation was continuous into the DA, ...'

13. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, 'N EH LH IIIA1-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Nafplion', pg. 46.

2.  Desborough [1964/2007]:  Desborough, V.R.d'A.. The Last Mycenaeans and Their Successors: An Archaeological Survey, c. 1200 - c. 1000 B.C.. Wipf & Stock, 2007. Originally published in 1964 by Oxford University Press. , 'The Peloponnese', pg. 80.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 11 Nauplion: Ancient Nauplia', pg. 23. 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 18 Nafplion: Ancient Nauplia', pg. 48. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C968 is at 37.56166° N, 22.8006° E, a straight-line distance of 592.1 m.