Site details

Rovies: Frankish Tower

PK	C1245
TITLE	Rovies: Frankish Tower
WGS84	38.807779° N, 23.231088° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.807779, 23.231088
LON/LAT	23.231088, 38.807779

DMS

38° 48' 28.0044" N

23° 13' 51.9168" E

W3W	birdman, flatten, sloping
UTM	34 S, 693726, 4297810
EGSA87	433089, 4295440

Elevation m	13
Elevation feet	42.7
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 270    'Some EH II, MH Grey and Yellow Minyan ware, and later sherds were found near the tower in Roview village, ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 83    'Some Early and Middle Helladic and later sherds were found near the Frankish tower in the village itself, ...'
3.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 46    'The slight mound round the tower has E.H., M.H., ?L.H., ?Geometric, and Medieval sherds, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 46, 'The slight mound round the tower has E.H., M.H., ? L.H., ? Geometric, and Medieval sherds, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH II MH ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, 'Some EH II, MH Grey and Yellow Minyan ware, and later sherds were found ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH II MH ... '
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 46, 'The slight mound round the tower has E.H., M.H., ? L.H., ? Geometric, and Medieval sherds, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, 'Some EH II, MH Grey and Yellow Minyan ware, and later sherds were found ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 47, 'The slight mound round the tower has E.H., M.H., ? L.H., ? Geometric, and Medieval sherds, ... '

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], '19. Rovies (Orobiai): Ayios Ilias)', pg. 46. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 83 Rovies: Ayios Ilias and Paliokhori etc.', pg. 83. Online here.

3. 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., 'G 95 Rovies: Ayios Ilias', pg. 270. Online here.