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Kirra/Xeropigado: Hab NE

PK	C1610
TITLE	Kirra∕Xeropigado: Hab NE
WGS84	38.431259° N, 22.44674° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.431259, 22.44674
LON/LAT	22.44674, 38.431259

DMS

38° 25' 52.5324" N

22° 26' 48.264" E

W3W	outsell, sinister, pursuit
UTM	34 S, 626276, 4254657
EGSA87	364277, 4254521

Elevation m	7
Elevation feet	23
Region	Phocis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Orgeolet [2016],     '...plusieurs inhumations de très jeunes enfants indiquent que la phase consécutive a vu la conversion de la zone en espace funéraire infantile.'
2.    hab.   AD[2001], 417
3.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 78    'It is centered on the church of the Dormition, but remains of a prehistoric habitation have now been identified at least 100 m. to east of the main site.' The church of the Dormition referred to is at present the Ieros Naos Panagias (F2433)
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 258    'The settlement appears to have been founded in EH II and was destroyed by fire in that phase, but continued in occupation.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB G?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, 'The settlement appears to have been founded in EH II ... '

2. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB G?'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB G?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, ' ... an impportant series of MH strata and substantial late MH buildings and graves ... '

4. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Orgeolet [2016]: , 'Il se trouvait accompagné d'une petite cruche au décor peint, assignable à l'HM III'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Orgeolet [2016]: , '...par la présence de deux petits fours de potier du début de l'Helladique Récent.'

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB G?'

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB G?'

8. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, ' and graves ranging ... to LH IIB are the most important finds; ... '

9. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, 'There is now better evidence for LH III occupation ... '

10. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB G?'
    b.    AD[2001]: 417,

11. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Orgeolet [2016]: , 'Dans la même zone se trouvait également un creusement circulaire dont le comblement comportait une grande quantité de vases d'époque mycénienne, des coupes pour l'essentiel (HR III A1 et A2).'

12. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Orgeolet [2016]: , 'Dans la même zone se trouvait également un creusement circulaire dont le comblement comportait une grande quantité de vases d'époque mycénienne, des coupes pour l'essentiel (HR III A1 et A2).'

13. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Orgeolet [2016]: , 'Plusieurs phases architecturales datées par la céramique de l'HR IIIB confirment la présence au sommet du tell d'un habitat, ...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB G?'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, ' ..., but the site does not seem to have survived LH IIIB.'

NOTE

1. Location is to the left of the mouth of the Pleistos contra Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 258 who have it on the east side.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[2001]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 56, '', pg. 417.

2. Orgeolet [2016]: Orgeolet, R.. École Française d'Athènes, June 2016, 'La zone NE (est)', Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 53 Kirrha: Magoula Xeropigado', pg. 78. This magoula is in the center of the town of Kirrha whose previous name was 'Xeropigado'.
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., 'G 58 Kirrha: Magoula Xeropigado', pg. 258. Online here.