Plitra: Goulas
| PK | C1145 |
| TITLE | Plitra: Goulas |
| WGS84 | 36.693449° N, 22.82192° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.693449, 22.82192 |
| LON/LAT | 22.82192, 36.693449 |
| DMS | 36° 41' 36.4164" N | , | 22° 49' 18.912" E |
| W3W | bargained, rockier, merry |
| UTM | 34 S, 662764, 4062413 |
| EGSA87 | 394608, 4061225 |
| Elevation m | 105 |
| Elevation feet | 344.5 |
| Region | Laconia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. hab. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 116 'An acropolis hill (...) about 2 km. N of Plitra and at the S edge of the Molaoi plain.'2. Settlement. Banou [1996], 65 '...Die Existenz einer mykenischen Akropole auf dem Hügel ist aufgrund der Lage und der Funde sehr wahrscheinlich.'
3. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 107 'The Bronze Age sherds, which include typical LH III kylix and bowl fragments, were mainly found on this summit, where there are also the remains of the foundations of small rectangular buildings.'
4. Settlement. Laconia II, 139 'On the summit are various remains of the foundations of small rectangular buildings.'
5. Sherds. Banou [1996], 65 '...darunter ein paar aus Schalen und Kylike stammende mykenische Scherben aufgesammelt ...'
6. Sherds. Ålin [1962], 96 'Waterhouse meldet von hier Scherben aus ... '
SITE SIZE
- Simpson and Dickinson [1979] p. 116, Size: 18000 sq. m. '...top surface c. 180 m. N-S by 100 m. ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Laconia II: 139, 'The hill was occupied ... throughout the Bronze Age.'
2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 96, ' ... aus FH, MH und SH III.'
3. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N EH I-II MH LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 116, 'N EH I-II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
4. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N EH I-II MH LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 116, 'N EH I-II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N EH I-II MH LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 116, 'N EH I-II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
c. Ålin [1962]: 96, ' ... aus FH, MH und SH III.'
6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Banou [1996]: 65, '...mykenische...'
7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 96, ' ... aus FH, MH und SH III.'
8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 107, 'The Bronze Age sherds, which include typical LH III kylix and bowl fragments, ...'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 116, 'N EH I-II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 107, 'The Bronze Age sherds, which include typical LH III kylix and bowl fragments, ...'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 116, 'N EH I-II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
NOTE
1. Marker placed by referring to Laconia II, illus. 26c. There can be no doubt that this is the hill depicted in that photograph. It is also consistent with illus. 21c in Simpson [1981] and abb. 53 in Banou [1996]. The jumble of rocks at the top may be what suggested the image of a castle created by Nature to Simpson, in Banou [1996] 65, '...wie Hope Simpson schon bemerkt hat, erweckt den Eindruck einer natürlichen Burg.'
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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., 'Plitra', pg. 96.
2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '48. Plytra: Goulas', pg. 65.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 28 Plitra: Goulas', 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 32 Plitra: Goulas', pg. 116.
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, 'Goulas (Plitra)', pg. 139.
Online here.