Site details

Petra

PK	C1288
TITLE	Petra
WGS84	39.499168° N, 22.749899° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	39.499168, 22.749899
LON/LAT	22.749899, 39.499168

DMS

39° 29' 57.0048" N

22° 44' 59.6364" E

W3W	stemmed, fetches, improvising
UTM	34 S, 650461, 4373634
EGSA87	392365, 4372631

Elevation m	90
Elevation feet	295.3
Region	Pelasgiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 165    'If the circuit walls are indeed Mycenaean, as is claimed, this would be the largest fortified Mycenaean site yet known.'
2.    Sherds.   BCH [1957], 597    'Cette année encore on a trouvé des tessons H. R. III à la pointe ouest du tumulus central et sur la partie sud du "mur du stade", à l'Est.'
3.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 142    'Die auf den Hugeln gefundenen mykenischen Scherben ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 165,  Size: 1000000 sq. m.  This is the area enclosed by the outermost wall.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 165, 'N EB I MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 165, 'N EB I MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    BCH [1957]: 597, ' ... on a trouvé des tessons H. R. III ... '

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 165, 'N EB I MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 165, 'N EB I MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 142, ' ... Scherben stammten hauptsachlich aus IIIB.'

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 165, 'N EB I MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C'

NOTE

1. From the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites for 'Petra in Thessaly': "Petra: Modern name of a hill of three peaks on the W side of Lake Boibe (Karla), ca. 5 km E of Gerli (now Armenion). It was an island in antiquity. It is the site of a prehistoric settlement with extensive Cyclopean walls (ca. 4 km in length), estimated to be the largest Mycenaean walled site known in Greece. There was also an archaic-Hellenistic settlement here; sherds, some building remains, etc. are to be seen. It is sometimes identified as Armenion (Strab. 11.503, 530, a city between Larissa and Pherai) and sometimes as Kerkinion, a city somewhere near the Boibe Lake, taken by the Aitolians and Athymanians under Amynander in 200 B.C. when it had a Macedonian garrison (Livy 31.41. 2f)."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1957]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 81, 1957., ''A Pétra, ... '', pg. 597. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Petra', pg. 142.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 16 Stephanovikeion: Petra', pg. 165. Online here.