Site details

Akhillion

PK	C1313
TITLE	Akhillion
WGS84	39.266661° N, 22.420484° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	39.266661, 22.420484
LON/LAT	22.420484, 39.266661

DMS

39° 15' 59.9796" N

22° 25' 13.7424" E

W3W	recreational, downing, tunnels
UTM	34 S, 622542, 4347330
EGSA87	363589, 4347271

Elevation m	298
Elevation feet	977.7
Region	Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1964], 261
2.    Artifacts.   Thessalika 4, 71
3.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 170    '...A deposit of vases was found...'
4.    Pottery.   Hood [1961], 14    'Mycenaean vases have been found at Akhillion near Farsala (Vima, 19th September, 1961).'
5.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 292    'A deposit of vases was found near this village ...; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Hood [1961]: 14, 'Mycenaean vases ...'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1964]: 261,
    b.    Thessalika 4: 71,

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'LH IIIA1(-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 292, ' ...; those on show in Volos Museum in 1967 included LH IIIA1 jars and later types.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'LH IIIA1(-B)'
    b.    AD[1964]: 261,
    c.    Thessalika 4: 71,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 292, 'LH IIIA1(-B)'

NOTE

1. Neither Hood (H61, p. 14) nor Simpson [1981], 170, 'H 54 Akhillion' gives the location of this cache beyond referring to 'Akhillion'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1964]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 19, '', pg. 261.

2. Thessalika 4: Thessalika: archaiologikon periodikon dēmosieuma, Vol. 4, 1962, '', pg. 71. Online here.

3. Hood [1961]: Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Archaeology in Greece, 1961-62’, Archaeological Reports, viii, pp. 3-31, 1961-1962., '', pg. 14. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 54 Akhillion', 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 56 Akhillion', pg. 292. Online here.