Site details

Sourpi Magoula

PK	C1350
TITLE	Sourpi Magoula
WGS84	39.068662° N, 22.893918° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.068662, 22.893918
LON/LAT	22.893918, 39.068662

DMS

39° 4' 7.1832" N

22° 53' 38.1048" E

W3W	overexposed, workbooks, chirps
UTM	34 S, 663845, 4326103
EGSA87	404164, 4324691

Elevation m	56
Elevation feet	183.7
Region	Achaea Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 278    'MH Minyan ware was reported to be abundant here, and LH habitation appears likely.'
2.    Mound.   Simpson [1965], 148    'The high mound of Magoula is about 2 km. south of the village of Sourpi, near a mill.'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson [1965], 148    'Minyan ware was reported to be common here.'
4.    Sherds.   Reinders [2016], 16    'Fine grey Minyan ware was well represented among this selection of artefacts.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 171    'MH Minyan Ware was reported to be abundant here. Mycenaean habitation also appears likely.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 171,  Size: sq. m.  Size not given but: "Mycenaean habitation also appears likely."

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 278, 'N MH'
    b.    Reinders [2016]: 16, Roughly. '...the later phases of the Middle Bronze Age.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 171, '..Mycenaean..'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 278, '...LH habitation appears likely.'
    c.    Simpson [1965]: 148, ' ... LH (?)'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Reinders [2016]: 16, '...the later phases of the Middle Bronze Age.'

NOTE

1. This marker was place in accordance with the map in Dr. Reinder's article, p. 16, fig. 1.3.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Reinders [2016]: Reinders, H. Reinder. ‘Inland and coastal sites ’, Wiersma et al. [2016], pp. 13-24. 2016., '', pg. 16. Online here.

2. Simpson [1965]: Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., '' 495 Magoula (Sourpi)'', pg. 148.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Sourpi: Magoula', pg. 171. 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., 'H 12 Sourpi: Magoula', pg. 278. Online here.

5. Wiersma et al. [2016]: Wiersma, Corien and Dimitris Agnousiotis, Evangelia Karimali, Wietske Prummel, H. Reinder Reinders. Magoúla Pavlína; A Middle Bronze Age site in the Soúrpi Plain (Thessaly, Greece). Groningen Archaeological Studies (31), Barkhuis Publishing & University of Groningen Library, Groningen. 2016., '', pg. 16. Online here.