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The Destruction at the Palace of Ayios Vasileios and Its Synchronisms

    Adamantia Vasilogamvrou, Eleftheria Kardamaki, Nektarios Karadimas

Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces, pp. 161-192, 2022/12/15


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Abstract

The newly discovered palace at Ayios Vasileios offers the first evidence for the use of Linear B clay tablets in Laconia. The palace was destroyed by a severe fire during which the room that hosted the Linear B archive was burnt down The suggested date of this destruction is placed close to LH IIIB Middle The present paper discusses the related evidence from the pottery and stratigraphy available so far Moreover, the destruction of Ayios Vasileios is placed in a wider geographical context, suggesting that the mid-13th century in southern Greece was marked by several similar events. Finally, the paper offers some preliminary results about the date and character of reoccupation in the area of the court

Keywords: Ayios Vasileios, Laconia, palace destruction, pottery, LH IIIB Middle