Site details

Stringon-Ayios Ilias

PK	C1717
TITLE	Stringon–Ayios Ilias
WGS84	37.454963° N, 22.391418° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.454963, 22.391418
LON/LAT	22.391418, 37.454963

DMS

37° 27' 17.8668" N

22° 23' 29.1048" E

W3W	singular, investigates, smallish
UTM	34 S, 623065, 4146254
EGSA87	357578, 4146272

Elevation m	666
Elevation feet	2185
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 92    'Over the knoll, and to the south of it, Early Helladic sherds were found in an area about 100 m. in diameter.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 76    'EH sherds were found over an area c. 100 m. in diameter.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 76,  Size: 7854 sq. m.  ' ... found over an area c. 100 m. in diameter.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 92, 'Over the knoll, and to the south of it, Early Helladic sherds were found in an area about 100 m. in diameter.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 76, 'EH II'

NOTE

1. Howell (HOW, 92, '25. Stringon-Ayio Ilias') defines Ayios Ilias as a church about 500 m. north-west of the knoll. He may have meant the present day church of Ayios Dimitrios (F2690) which is located about a km. away to the north-west but at which the N/S track does, in fact, turn E/W.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '25. Stringon-Ayios Ilias', pg. 91. Online here.

2. 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., 'B 2 Stringon: Ayios Ilias', pg. 76. Online here.