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Pharsala: Fetih-Tsami

PK	C1305
TITLE	Pharsala: Fetih–Tsami
WGS84	39.288216° N, 22.387947° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	39.288216, 22.387947
LON/LAT	22.387947, 39.288216

DMS

39° 17' 17.5776" N

22° 23' 16.6092" E

W3W	stirring, earlobes, wetsuits
UTM	34 S, 619698, 4349679.16
EGSA87	360824, 4349713

Elevation m	340
Elevation feet	1115.5
Region	Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 170    '...produced material ranging from Late Neolithic to Mycenaean and later.'
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 290    'Trials on the NE slope of the Fetih-Tsami (Ayia Paraskevi) ridge, ..., produced material ranging from LN to LH III and later.'
3.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 140    'Auf dem nahegelegenen Hügel von Phetich-Tsani sind 3 mykenische Gräber gefunden worden.'
4.    Pottery.   Simpson [1965], 159    'The pottery recovered from the tombs was mainly LH IIIB-C, but the earliest vases may be LH IIIA ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1965], 159    ' ..., it was my impression (on a visit in 1958) that the Mycenaean settlement here was of mediocre importance ... and presumably of less account than some of the other settlements in this area ... '
6.    Sherds.   Fimmen [1921], 2    'Auf der Akropolis mykenische Scherben.'
7.    Tomb.   AR[1998], 76    '... and a sub-Myc/PG stone-built circular tholos tomb with a dromos.'
8.    Tomb.   Simpson [1965], 159    'A Mycenaean cist grave was found under the north wall of the late Archaic tholos tomb below the ridge, and other Mycenaean graves were found nearby ... '
9.    Tomb.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1072

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 76, ' ... part of a BA defensive peribolos ... '

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 159, 'N EH MH LH IIIA-C:1 A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 290, ' ..., produced material ranging from LN to LH III and later.'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 159, 'N EH MH LH IIIA-C:1 A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 290, ' ..., produced material ranging from LN to LH III and later.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'N EH MH LH IIIA-C:1 A C H'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 140, ' ... mykenische Gräber ... '
    c.    Fimmen [1921]: 2, ' ... mykenische Scherben.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 290, ' ..., produced material ranging from LN to LH III and later.'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 290, ' ..., produced material ranging from LN to LH III and later.'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 159, 'N EH MH LH IIIA-C:1 A C H', ' ... but the earliest vases may be LH IIIA ... '
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1072,

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 159, 'N EH MH LH IIIA-C:1 A C H', 'The pottery recovered from the tombs was mainly LH IIIB-C ...'
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1072,

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1072,

9. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 159, 'N EH MH LH IIIA-C:1 A C H', 'The pottery recovered from the tombs was mainly LH IIIB-C ...'

10. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 76, ' ... and a sub-Myc/PG stone-built circulalr tholos tomb with a dromos.'

11. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 76, ' ... and a sub-Myc/PG stone-built circulalr tholos tomb with a dromos.'

12. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 159, 'N EH MH LH IIIA-C:1 A C H'

NOTE

1. I (rhc) am not entirely confident that this is the ridge of Fetih-Tsami.

rhc

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1998]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (45) 1998., 'Pharsala.', pg. 76. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Pharsalos', pg. 140.

3. Fimmen [1921]: Fimmen, Dietrich. Die Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur. Verlag und Druck von B.G. Teubner, Leipzig und Berlin. 1921., 'Pharsalos', pg. 2. Online here.

4. Simpson [1965]: Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., ''534 Feth-Tsami (Pharsala)'', pg. 159.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 51 Pharsala: Fetih-Tsami', pg. 170. Online here.

6. 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., 'H 48 Pharsala: Fetih-Tsami', pg. 290. Online here.

7. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1072.