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A Middle Helladic tomb complex at Xeropolis (Lefkandi)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

E. Sapouna-Sakellaraki
E. Sapouna-Sakellaraki
Affiliation:
Chalkis Museum
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Abstract

In a joint Greek-British excavation in 1993–4 on the E slope of the hill of Xeropolis, an interesting tomb complex of MH date was revealed, consisting of two chambers covered by slabs. Above the slabs was a stone-mound. The tomb complex, which had been robbed, recalls the tombs in the tumuli that are either built or in cist form. The pottery collected dates it to the MH period, but the tomb had been built on top of an EH layer. EH or LH pottery was also found in the fill of the tomb, apparently fallen from the settlement on the hill.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 90 , November 1995 , pp. 41 - 54
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1995

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References

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2 I thank both MP and HS for reading a first draft of this article and for useful comments. I owe the plans, Figs. 1–3, to HS, and also thank him for the translation.

3 Cf. Lefkandi 1968 (n. 1), 95.

4 Ibid. 96.

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