Lekas (South)
| PK | C1094 |
| TITLE | Lekas (South) |
| WGS84 | 36.840543° N, 22.626543° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.840543, 22.626543 |
| LON/LAT | 22.626543, 36.840543 |
| DMS | 36° 50' 25.9548" N | , | 22° 37' 35.5548" E |
| W3W | targets, outshone, woodstove |
| UTM | 34 S, 645031, 4078418 |
| EGSA87 | 377388, 4077776 |
| Elevation m | 14 |
| Elevation feet | 45.9 |
| Region | Laconia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Banou [1996], 53 Sherds and pieces of Lapis Lacedaimonius: ' ... hatte Hope Simpson Scherben gefunden, ... ', ' ... auch elf Stücke von Lapis Lakedaimonius ... '2. hab. Simpson and Janko [2011], 104 'The surface sherds within the c. 150 m by c. 120 m area of the site ...'
3. hab. Laconia I, 97 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. III pottery was recovered, ...'
4. hab. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 113 '...a low mound, c. 150 m. N-S by 120 m., on the W edge of the former marsh.'
5. Pottery. Ålin [1962], 95 ' ... wurde Keramik, ... gesichert.'
6. Settlement. Banou [1996], 53 'Der Hügel hätte eine kleine Siedlung bilden sollen, was auf eine dichte Besiedlung der westlichen Ebene von Helos hinweist.'
7. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 105 'Most of the sherds here were pre-Mycenaean but two LH III fragments were found and eleven pieces of Lapis Lacedaemonius.'
SITE SIZE
- Simpson and Janko [2011] p. 104, Size: 18000 sq. m. '..this would probably have been only a 'farm', occupying only part of the site.'
- Laconia I p. 97, Size: 18000 sq. m.
- Simpson and Dickinson [1979] p. 113, Size: 18000 sq. m. '...a low mound, c. 150 m. N-S by 120 m., ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Banou [1996]: 53, ' ..., hatte Hope Simpson Scherben gefunden, die in allen Perioden der Bronzezeit datieren ... '
2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Simpson and Janko [2011]: 104, '... (sherds, RHC) were mainly EH and MH, ...'
b. Laconia I: 97, 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. III pottery was recovered, ...'
c. Ålin [1962]: 95, ' ..., vermutlich aus N, aus FH, MH und SH III gesichert.'
3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 105, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 113, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 105, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
b. Simpson and Janko [2011]: 104, '... (sherds, RHC) were mainly EH and MH, ...'
c. Laconia I: 97, 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. III pottery was recovered, ...'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 113, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
e. Ålin [1962]: 95, ' ..., vermutlich aus N, aus FH, MH und SH III gesichert.'
5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Janko [2011]: 104, 'Mycenaean activity was evidenced only by two sherds from LH III stemmed bowls.'
b. Laconia I: 97, 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. III pottery was recovered, ...'
c. Ålin [1962]: 95, ' ..., vermutlich aus N, aus FH, MH und SH III gesichert.'
6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 105, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 113, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 105, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 113, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
c. Ålin [1962]: 95, ' ... fanden sich anscheinend nur 2 Fragmente von Schalen aus IIIB.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Lekas', pg. 95.
2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '24. Stephania: Lekas Südlich', pg. 52.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 15 Stephania: Lekas (South)', pg. 105.
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., 'C 18 Stephania: Lekas (South)', pg. 113.
Online here.
5. Simpson and Janko [2011]: Simpson, Richard Hope and Richard Janko. ‘Ayios Stephanos in Southern Laconia and the Locations of Ancient Helos’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 53, pp. 97-130, 2011, '15. Stephania: Lekas (South)', pg. 104.
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, 'Lekas, South', pg. 97.
Online here.