Asteri: Dhragatsoula
| PK | C1105 |
| TITLE | Asteri: Dhragatsoula |
| WGS84 | 36.830838° N, 22.733328° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.830838, 22.733328 |
| LON/LAT | 22.733328, 36.830838 |
| DMS | 36° 49' 51.0168" N | , | 22° 43' 59.9808" E |
| W3W | thrilling, tactic, begs |
| UTM | 34 S, 654572, 4077509 |
| EGSA87 | 386895, 4076567 |
| Elevation m | 23 |
| Elevation feet | 75.5 |
| Region | Laconia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. hab. Laconia I, 89 'This small prehistoric site was occupied throughout the Bronze Age.'2. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 115 ? 'A small flat-topped hillock, c. 500 m. ESE of Asteri, ... '
3. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 106 'Sherds here were mainly EH II, and only two LH III were found.'
4. Sherds. Simpson and Janko [2011], 108 'Only two MH and two LH III diagnostic sherds were found, probably indicating no more than a Mycenaean 'farm'. '
5. Sherds. Ålin [1962], 95 'Simpson fand hier Scherben aus FH, MH und SH, ... '
6. Sherds. Banou [1996], 56 '... wo Hope Simpson in alle Perioden der Bronzezeit datierbare Scherben gefunden hatte...'
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [1981] p. 106, Size: 16800 sq. m. 'The site itself is not impressive.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Laconia I: 89, 'This small prehistoric site was occupied throughout the Bronze Age.'
2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Simpson and Janko [2011]: 108, 'EH (sherds, RHC) were by far the most abundant.'
b. Ålin [1962]: 95, 'Simpson fand hier Scherben aus FH, MH und SH, ... '
3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 106, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 115, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 106, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Janko [2011]: 108, 'Only two MH ... sherds were found. ...'
c. Ålin [1962]: 95, 'Simpson fand hier Scherben aus FH, MH und SH, ... '
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 115, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Janko [2011]: 108, '... two LH III diagnostic sherds were found, ...'
b. Banou [1996]: 57, '... die (Sherds, RHC) im SHIII datieren...'
c. Ålin [1962]: 95, 'Simpson fand hier Scherben aus FH, MH und SH III, aus der letzten Periode 2 Kylixfragmente.'
6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 106, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 115, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 106, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 115, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Dhragatsoula', pg. 95.
2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '33. Asteri: Dragatsoula', pg. 56.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 23 Asteri: Dhragatsoula', pg. 106.
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 26 Asteri: Dhragatsoula', pg. 115.
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, '23. Asteri: Dragatsoula', pg. 108.
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, 'Asteri (Dhragatsoula)', pg. 89.
Online here.