Site details

Psakhna: Pirgos

PK	C1236
TITLE	Psakhna: Pirgos
WGS84	38.556509° N, 23.645212° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.556509, 23.645212
LON/LAT	23.645212, 38.556509

DMS

38° 33' 23.4324" N

23° 38' 42.7632" E

W3W	linear, suspecting, sangria
UTM	34 S, 730495, 4270881
EGSA87	468938, 4267336

Elevation m	7
Elevation feet	23
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 54    'Early and Middle Helladic sherds were found for more than 300 m. to south and 100 m. to west of Pirgos.'
2.    Settlement.   Sackett et al. [1966], 54    'This was probably the main farming settlement of the area during E.H. and M.H. times, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 168,  Size: sq. m.  Area not determined and there has been river erosion.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'Early and Middle Helladic sherds were found for more than 300 m. to south and 100 m. to west of Pirgos.'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 54, '...during E.H. and M.H.times, ...'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'Early and Middle Helladic sherds were found for more than 300 m. to south and 100 m. to west of Pirgos.'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 54, '...during E.H. and M.H.times, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '31. Psakhna: Pirgos', pg. 54. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 60 Psakhna: Ayios Ilias and Pirgos', pg. 54. Online here.