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Rakhes: Fourni

PK	C1612
TITLE	Rakhes: Fourni
WGS84	38.879503° N, 22.793314° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.879503, 22.793314
LON/LAT	22.793314, 38.879503

DMS

38° 52' 46.2108" N

22° 47' 35.9304" E

W3W	silliest, couched, ingredients
UTM	34 S, 655555, 4304933
EGSA87	395183, 4303810

Elevation m	0
Elevation feet	0
Region	Malis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   AR[1961], 31    '..., with masses of sherds from at least Early Helladic to Mycenaean.' A candidate for Homeric Alope?
2.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 266    'Sherds were widespread over the promontory and slopes, ...'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 82    '... indicates an area of settlement about 120 m. north to south by 100 m., on the promontory and on its slopes.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 82    'The spread of surface pottery ... on the promontory and on its slopes.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 82,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  'indicates an area of settlement about 120 m. north to south by 100 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    AR[1961]: 31, '...at least Early Helladic to Mycenaean.'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, N EH I-III MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? C
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 266, '...and include EH I-III, ...'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, N EH I-III MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? C
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 266, '...and include EH I-III, ...'

4. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, N EH I-III MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? C
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 266, '...and include EH I-III, ...'

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, N EH I-III MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? C
    b.    AR[1961]: 31, '...at least Early Helladic to Mycenaean.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 266, '..., MH grey Minyan, ...'

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1961]: 31, '...at least Early Helladic to Mycenaean.'

7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 266, '..., and fine LH III.'

8. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, 'Mycenaean sherds include one which must be LH IIIA1 at the latest.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 266, 'One sherd must be LH IIIA1 at latest.'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, N EH I-III MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? C

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, N EH I-III MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? C

NOTE

1. Equally likely promontories are close by: 38.880784°, 22.797679°, or 38.878708°, 22.789581°, or 38.876709°, 22.785122°.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1961]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (8) 1961., '', pg. 31. At the words 'East of Lamia, on the north shore of the Gulf of Malis ... '
Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 76 Rakhes: Fourni', pg. 82. Online here.

3. 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 82 Rakhes: Fourni', pg. 266. Online here.