Site details

Melitaia: Ayios Yeoryios

PK	C1309
TITLE	Melitaia: Ayios Yeoryios
WGS84	39.038285° N, 22.447203° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	39.038285, 22.447203
LON/LAT	22.447203, 39.038285

DMS

39° 2' 17.826" N

22° 26' 49.9308" E

W3W	scrag, bothers, parkway
UTM	34 S, 625251, 4322022
EGSA87	365460, 4321885

Elevation m	598
Elevation feet	1961.9
Region	Achaea Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1970], 244
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1965], 164    'Wace and Thompson recorded a broken gem of red carnelian in the possession of a peasant at Avaritsa.'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson [1965], 164    'Hunter found MH pottery here (including Minyan ware).'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 170    'A prehistoric settlement was found by Hunter about a kilometre to southwest of Melitaia (formerly Avaritsa), and about 500 m. from the west end of the walls of ancient Melitaia.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1965], 164    'Prehistoric settlement about 500 metres from the west end of the walls of ancient Melitaia ... '
6.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 293    'A prehistoric settlement was found by Hunter c. 1 km. SW of Melitaia centre...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'N MH LH IIIA? H'
    b.    Simpson [1965]: 164, 'MH LH IIIA(?) ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 293, 'Both here and on a small plateau nearby MH pottery was found on the surface, ...'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'N MH LH IIIA? H'
    b.    Simpson [1965]: 164, 'MH LH IIIA(?) ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 293, '...an alabastron... It appears to be of LH IIIA date.'
    d.    AD[1970]: 244,

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1970]: 244,

NOTE

1. The Avaritsorevma of Simpson is now the Meliteorema and marked by F1887. On the east bank of the M., about a km. from Melitaia (measuring from the center of the town) there is a small ravine on the E side that defines the NE side of a semi-isolated hill. The chapel of Ayios Yeoryios is at F3223. The distance from the acropolis of Ancient Melitaia (F1888) is about 700 m., not Simpson's 500. The intended site may be what Kaczmarek [2015] 408 means by 'Tzouka' at 39.038889° N, 22.448333° E.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1970]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 25, '', pg. 244.

2. Kaczmarek [2015]: Kaczmarek, Crysta. A Name And A Place: Settlement And Land Use Patterns, Identity Expression, And Social Strategies In Hellenistic And Roman Thessaly. Volume 1, Text. Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. University of Leicester. UK. 2015., 'Tzouka', pg. 408. Online here.

3. Simpson [1965]: Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., '551 Ayios Yeoryios (Melitaia)', pg. 164.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 58 Melitaia: Ayios Yeoryios', pg. 170. Online here.

5. 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 62 Melitaia: Ayios Yeoryios', pg. 293. Online here.