Site details

Paizoulia

PK	C1131
TITLE	Paizoulia
WGS84	36.796485° N, 22.585677° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.796485, 22.585677
LON/LAT	22.585677, 36.796485

DMS

36° 47' 47.346" N

22° 35' 8.4372" E

W3W	shred, riddling, dataset
UTM	34 S, 641468, 4073469
EGSA87	373672, 4072941

Elevation m	33
Elevation feet	108.3
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Ålin [1962], 95    ' ... fand Simpson Keramik ... '
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 112    '...indicating a settlement of medium size.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 108    '... sherds, mainly Mycenaean, were found over a considerable extent, indicating a settlement of medium size, in a small coastal valley here.'
4.    Sherds.   Banou [1996], 49    '...wo Hope Simpson zahlreiche Scherben gefunden hatte ...'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 109    '...Bronze Age sherds, mainly Mycenaean, were found over a considerable extent, ...'
6.    Sherds.   Laconia I, 105    '..pottery was found..'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 108,  Size: 10200 sq. m.  '... of about 170 m. east to west by 60 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 112,  Size: 10200 sq. m.  '...over an area about 170 m. E-W by 60 m., ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 105, 'On the southern slopes E.H., M.H., and L.H. II-III pottery was found, ...'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 49, 'Sie wurden (Sherds, RHC) im FH, MH, SH II-III und auch in späteren Zeiten datiert.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH II MH LHI/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II MH LH I/II LH IIIA-B C H'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH II MH LHI/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    b.    Laconia I: 105, 'On the southern slopes E.H., M.H., and L.H. II-III pottery was found, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II MH LH I/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    d.    Banou [1996]: 49, 'Sie wurden (Sherds, RHC) im FH, MH, SH II-III und auch in späteren Zeiten datiert.'

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH II MH LHI/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II MH LH I/II LH IIIA-B C H'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH II MH LHI/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    b.    Laconia I: 105, 'On the southern slopes E.H., M.H., and L.H. II-III pottery was found, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II MH LH I/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    d.    Banou [1996]: 49, 'Sie wurden (Sherds, RHC) im FH, MH, SH II-III und auch in späteren Zeiten datiert.'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 95, 'Aus SH II stammen Fragmente von Tassen, ... '

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 105, 'On the southern slopes E.H., M.H., and L.H. II-III pottery was found, the last predominating.'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 49, 'Sie wurden (Sherds, RHC) im FH, MH, SH II-III und auch in späteren Zeiten datiert.'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH II MH LHI/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II MH LH I/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 95, ' ..., aus IIIA - B Fragmente von Skyphoi und Kylikes.'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH II MH LHI/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II MH LH I/II LH IIIA-B C H'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 95, ' ..., aus IIIA - B Fragmente von Skyphoi und Kylikes.'

NOTE

1. The identification of the Roman or Hellenistic building at 36.796758° N, 22.586589° E makes the placement of C1131 certain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Paizoulia', pg. 95.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '21. Pezoulia', pg. 49.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 39 Paizoulia', pg. 108. 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 16 Paizoulia', pg. 112. Online here.

5. 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, 'Paizoulia', pg. 105. Online here.