Site details

Distomon or Schiste Hodos

PK	C1255
TITLE	Distomon or Schiste Hodos
WGS84	38.474442° N, 22.682321° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.474442, 22.682321
LON/LAT	22.682321, 38.474442

DMS

38° 28' 27.9912" N

22° 40' 56.3556" E

W3W	preach, hooter, briefly
UTM	34 S, 646751, 4259798
EGSA87	384909, 4258993

Elevation m	445
Elevation feet	1460
Region	Phocis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 84    'terracotta "anchor" ornaments', 'A sword of the Naue" II type'
2.    Artifacts.   Phialon [2011], 115    ' ... de vestiges HA.'
3.    Artifacts.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 202    ' ... a large number of knives of obsidian and flint, ... '
4.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 255    'EH II remains were found in excavation, and other objects considered contemporary with Orchomenos III ... A sword of "Naue II" type found here has most recently been considered of G date despite being of bronze ... It can hardly be earlier than late LH IIIB.'
5.    Lithics.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 202    ' ... a large number of knives of obsidian and flint, ... '
6.    Settlement.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 202    'Here Sotiriadhis has excavated a prehistoric settlement on the small hill where stands the monument of Meghas.'
7.    Sherds.   Fossey [1986], 44    'EHII MH? EHII-III anchor ornaments EH Spindle whorls Bronze "Naue II" type sword; LHIIIB or PG or G'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 44, '...EH spindle whorls...'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 115, ' ... de vestiges HA.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 84, 'EH II MH? LH or PG or G'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH II MH? LH or PG or G'
    c.    Fossey [1986]: 44, anchor ornaments

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 44, anchor ornaments

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 84, 'EH II MH? LH or PG or G'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH II MH? LH or PG or G'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 84, 'EH II MH? LH or PG or G'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH II MH? LH or PG or G'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 44, '...Bronze "Naue II" type sword; LHIIIB or PG or G'

NOTES

1. See a more modern bibliography in Phialon [2011] 115, footnote 58.

2. This small hill is the location of the Monument to Megas.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Fossey [1986]: Fossey, John M.. The Ancient Topography of Eastern Phokis. Gieben, Amsterdam, 1986., '8. Megas Monument', pg. 44.

2. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.5. La bordure nord de l'ancien lac Kopaïs et ses affluents', pg. 114.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Distomon: The Ancient Schiste Odos', pg. 84. 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., 'G 50 DISTOMON: The Ancient Schiste Odos', pg. 255. Online here.

5. Wace and Thompson [1912]: Wace, Alan John Bayard and Maurice Scott Thompson. Prehistoric Thessaly; Being Some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Borders of Macedonia. . Cambridge at the University Press, 1912., 'H. The Schiste.', pg. 202. Online here.