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Systematic 14C Dating of a Unique Early and Middle Bronze Age Cemetery at Xeropigado Koiladas, West Macedonia, Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Y Maniatis  and
Ch Ziota
Y Maniatis*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Archaeometry, NCSR “Demokritos,” 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece.
Ch Ziota
Affiliation:
Λ' Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Archaeological Museum of Aiani, 50004 Aiani, Kozani, Greece.
*
Corresponding author. Email: maniatis@ims.demokritos.gr.
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Systematic radiocarbon dating was performed on a unique EBA-MBA cemetery at Xeropigado Koiladas situated at the edge of the Kitrini Limni basin in the Kozani area, northwest Greece. It was found that this cemetery had a particularly long period of use of ~700 yr (between about 2420 and 1730 BC), which is especially pronounced if compared with the relatively small number of burials totaling 222. The dating revealed no spatial differentiation with time; the entire area of the cemetery was used throughout the time. There is a tendency of the dates to concentrate mostly in the time ranges 2200–2030 and 2000–1850 BC, which may tentatively suggest a more intense use of the cemetery during these periods. The results from multiple or consequent burials revealed that this cemetery was a landmark visible to the people of that time for at least 500 yr, if not for the entire period of its use. Some of the graves were built on top of, or adjacent to, older ones without disturbing the old burials. This implies that the Xeropigado cemetery was an important place of reference for at least 25 generations! No settlements have been found yet in the area that could be associated with the Xeropigado cemetery. Some synchronizations with various other sites in west Macedonia, for which 14C dates are available, are presented.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , 2011 , pp. 461 - 478
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Copyright © 2011 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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