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Garea: Khairolimnes

PKC1720
TITLEGarea: Khairolimnes
WGS84 37.43785° N, 22.443623° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 37.43785, 22.443623
LON/LAT 22.443623, 37.43785

DMS 37° 26' 16.26" N,22° 26' 37.0428" E

W3Wrecoding, materials, factor
UTM34 S, 627711, 4144424
EGSA87 362164, 4144295

Elevation m683
Elevation feet 2240.8
RegionArcadia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Figurine.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 77    'The finds include an EH figurine.'
2.    Figurine.   Howell [1970], 92    'The most interesting find ... was the head of a small terracotta figurine ...'
3.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 92    ' ..., two obsidian fragments ..., and a chert fragment ... were also found.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 77    'EH sherds were found for about 200 m. along a low ridge and on both flanks.'
5.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 92    '...Early Helladic sherds were found...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 92, '...Early Helladic sherds were found...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 77, 'The finds included an EH figurine. EH sherds were found ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 77, 'EH II'

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., '29. Garea (Mehemet Aga) - Khairolimnes', pg. 92. 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 5 Garea: Khairolimnes', pg. 77. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1720 is at 37.52507° N, 22.73111° E, a straight-line distance of 27 km and 188 m.