Site details

Neapolis

PK	C1135
TITLE	Neapolis
WGS84	36.519648° N, 23.045871° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.519648, 23.045871
LON/LAT	23.045871, 36.519648

DMS

36° 31' 10.7328" N

23° 2' 45.1356" E

W3W	coolest, potato, clever
UTM	34 S, 683184, 4043534
EGSA87	414424, 4041723

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Banou [1996], 70
2.    Cem.   AD[2001], 216
3.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 119    'LH III sherds were found here, ... Ruined chamber tombs were found in the slopes of this and other ridges.'
4.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 108    'Mycenaean sherds were plentiful and extend over an area about 100 m. in diameter. The site may have been considerably larger ...'
5.    hab.   Laconia II, 143    '... the main prehistoric site lay on a very low hill near the shore, to left of the road.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 108,  Size: 7854 sq. m.  '...and extend over an area about 100 m. in diameter'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 119, '...and a few EH with obsidian, ...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AD[2001]: 216,

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 144, 'Here L.H. III sherds and obsidian are plentiful.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 119, 'LH III sherds were found here, ...'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 70,

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 108, 'EH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 70,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[2001]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 56, '', pg. 216.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '56. Neapolis', pg. 70.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 36 Neapolis', 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 43 Neapolis', pg. 119. Online here.

5. 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, 'Neapolis (Vatika)', pg. 142. And see fig. 13 on p. 143.
Online here.