Site details

Kotroni: Hab

PK	C1117
TITLE	Kotroni: Hab
WGS84	37.159608° N, 22.715089° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.159608, 22.715089
LON/LAT	22.715089, 37.159608

DMS

37° 9' 34.5888" N

22° 42' 54.3204" E

W3W	boosts, prattle, laminated
UTM	34 S, 652289, 4113955
EGSA87	385761, 4113063

Elevation m	875
Elevation feet	2870.7
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 110    'The Mycenaean settlement was apparently the hill of Kotroni, a rocky hill with a flat top and terraced slopes on the northeast outskirts of Palaiochori.'
2.    Settlement.   Laconia II, 135    'The site of the Helladic settlement was the hill of Kotroni...'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 124    'There was a settlement at Kotroni, a rocky hill with flattish top ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 124    'The identifiable sherds were EH II, but MH and LH may be represented also.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 135, 'The sherds found were predominantly Early Helladic ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'The identifiable sherds were EH II, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, 'The identifiable sherds were EH II, ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, ' ..., but MH and LH also appear to be represented.'
    b.    Laconia II: 135, ' ..., one pithos fragment ... may be M.H., ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, ' ..., but MH and LH may be represented also.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, ' ..., but MH and LH also appear to be represented.'
    b.    Laconia II: 135, ' ..., and a few worn scraps appear to be L.H.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, ' ..., but MH and LH may be represented also.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 51 Palaiochori: Kotroni', pg. 110. Online here.

2. 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 62 Palaiochori: Kotroni etc.', pg. 124. Online here.

3. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Palaiokhori', pg. 132. Online here.