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Ayios Ioannis: Acropolis

PK	C1140
TITLE	Ayios Ioannis: Acropolis
WGS84	36.741041° N, 23.010726° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.741041, 23.010726
LON/LAT	23.010726, 36.741041

DMS

36° 44' 27.7476" N

23° 0' 38.6136" E

W3W	puppy, versatility, strumming
UTM	34 S, 679522, 4068031
EGSA87	411530, 4066314

Elevation m	91
Elevation feet	298.6
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Simpson [1981], 107    '...whose top surface measures only about 60 m. by 50 m. On its upper southeast slope were found a few EH and LH III sherds and some obsidian chips, indicating at most a small settlement.'
2.    Lithics.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 117    'On the upper SE slope were found obsidian and a few EH and LH III sherds.'
3.    Lithics.   Laconia II, 137    'On the upper slope were a few E.H. and L.H. III sherds and obsidian.'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 107    '...whose top surface measures only about 60 m. by 50 m. On its upper southeast slope were found a few EH and LH III sherds and some obsidian chips, indicating at most a small settlement.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 117    'On the upper SE slope were found obsidian and a few EH and LH III sherds.'
6.    Sherds.   Banou [1996], 72    'Es ist nicht leicht aufgrund eines Surveys den Charakter dieses Fundortes zu bestimmen...'
7.    Sherds.   Laconia II, 137    'On the upper slope were a few E.H. and L.H. III sherds and obsidian.'
8.    Tomb.   AD[1965], 163

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 107,  Size: 3000 sq. m.  '...only about 60 m. by 50 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'On its upper southeast slope were found a few EH and LH III sherds, ... '
    b.    Laconia II: 137, 'On the upper slope were a few E.H. and L.H. III sherds and obsidian.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, '...and a few EH and LH III sherds.'
    d.    Banou [1996]: 72, "'...frühelladische ... Scherben ...'"

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 72, "'...späthelladische Scherben...'"

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'Some Mycenaean surface sherds were found on the summit and upper slopes...'
    b.    Laconia II: 137, 'On the upper slope were a few E.H. and L.H. III sherds and obsidian.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, '...and a few EH and LH III sherds.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1965]: 163,

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1965]: 163,

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1965]: 163,

NOTE

1. See the useful sketch map in Waterhouse and Simpson [1961] ('Laconia II') on p. 137 (fig. 10).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1965]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 20, '', pg. 163.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '58. Ayios Ioannis', pg. 72.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 31 Ayios Ioannis', pg. 107. 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 36 Ayios Ioannis', pg. 117. 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, 'Ayios Ioannis', pg. 137. Online here.