Site details

Vrondama

PK	C1001
TITLE	Vrondama
WGS84	36.957291° N, 22.624265° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.957291, 22.624265
LON/LAT	22.624265, 36.957291

DMS

36° 57' 26.2476" N

22° 37' 27.354" E

W3W	minerals, prowess, projected
UTM	34 S, 644607, 4091367
EGSA87	377371, 4090731

Elevation m	83
Elevation feet	272.3
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 112    'A small acropolis c. 2 km. W of Vrondama, ...'
2.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 94    ' ... auch einige Fragmente von Kylikes aus SH III und Pithoi.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 105    'on whose top surface were found a few Mycenaean sherds. Later sherds were far more abundant and spread over a wider area, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Laconia I, 83    'A few fragments of L.H. III kylikes and L.H. pithoi were found ...'
5.    Sherds.   Banou [1996], 45    '...wurden ein paar mykenische, aus Kylikes und Pithoi stammende Scherben gefunden (Hope Simpson 1960, 83-84), ...'
6.    Tomb.   BSA [1988], 23

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 83, 'A few fragments of L.H. III kylikes and L.H. pithoi were found on top of the hill...'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    BSA [1988]: 23,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'The LH III pottery was found on the top of the hill ...'
    c.    Laconia I: 83, 'A few fragments of L.H. III kylikes and L.H. pithoi were found on top of the hill...'
    d.    Banou [1996]: 45, '... die für die Existenz einer kleinen Siedlung im SH III hier sprechen.'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 94, ' ... auch einige Fragmente von Kylikes aus SH III und Pithoi.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 105, 'LH III(A-B) ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 111, 'LH III(A-B) C H'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 105, 'LH III(A-B) ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 111, 'LH III(A-B) C H'

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    BSA [1988]: 23,

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    BSA [1988]: 23,

NOTE

1. The proposed location seems to accord well with Laconia I, 85, fig. 8.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1988]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (83) 1988., '', pg. 23. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Vrondama', pg. 94.

3. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '16. Vrondamas', pg. 45.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 12 Vrondama', pg. 105. Online here.

5. 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., 'C 13 Vrondama', pg. 111. Online here.

6. Laconia I: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'Vrondama', pg. 83. Online here.