Site details

Asopos - Boza

PK	C1934
TITLE	Asopos – Boza
WGS84	36.706035° N, 22.820234° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.706035, 22.820234
LON/LAT	22.820234, 36.706035

DMS

36° 42' 21.726" N

22° 49' 12.8424" E

W3W	freckled, adjustments, fanned
UTM	34 S, 662586, 4063807
EGSA87	394475, 4062623

Elevation m	9
Elevation feet	29.5
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Banou [2000], 188    Probably. ' On the top and at the eastern side, sherds are abundant and date from EH down to Roman times'
2.    hab.   Zavvou [2012], 18    '...a cist grave, remains of walls and a destruction layer in an EH building with storage rooms with parts of jars and pithoi still in situ.'
3.    Sherds.   Banou [1996], 74    '...und im SHI-II datierbaren Vasen von Demokopoulou geführt, ...'
4.    Sherds.   BCH Online, 316    'E. Zavvou reports surface finds of EH and MH, as well as Myc, PGeo and Geo sherds on the S and SW slopes of the peninsula...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Banou [2000]: 188, '...sherds are abundant and date from EH down to Roman times...'
    b.    BCH Online: 316, '...finds of EH and MH, as well as Myc,...', 'From the plateau of the peninsula come EH, Myc, Hel and Rom sherds...'
    c.    Zavvou [2012]: 18, '...in an EH building with storage rooms ...'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Banou [2000]: 188, 'Among them are ca. ten sherds dating to the end of MH...'
    b.    BCH Online: 316, '...finds of EH and MH, as well as Myc,...', 'From the plateau of the peninsula come EH, Myc, Hel and Rom sherds...'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Banou [2000]: 188, 'Some recently published early LH vases were also found at Boza...'
    b.    BCH Online: 316, '...finds of EH and MH, as well as Myc,...', 'From the plateau of the peninsula come EH, Myc, Hel and Rom sherds...'
    c.    Banou [1996]: 74, 'Wir haben auch drei mykenische Scherben und einen Obsidiansplitter aufgesammelt: ...'

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 74, '...und im SHI-II datierbaren Vasen ...'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 74, '...und im SHI-II datierbaren Vasen ...'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 316, 'E. Zavvou reports surface finds of EH and MH, as well as Myc, PGeo and Geo sherds on the S and SW slopes of the peninsula...'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 316, 'E. Zavvou reports surface finds of EH and MH, as well as Myc, PGeo and Geo sherds on the S and SW slopes of the peninsula...'

NOTE

1. Banou [1996] 74 says 'Der ganze westliche Hang und auch die plateauartige Spitze der Erhebung ist voll von Scherben.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Cape Malea', no. 316. Online here. Online here.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '60. Asopos: Boza', pg. 74.

3. Banou [2000]: Banou, Emilia. ‘Middle Helladic Laconia: New Evidence’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 42, pp. 175-199., '6. Asopos - Boza', pg. 188. Online here. Online here.

4. Zavvou [2012]: Zavvou, Eleni. ‘Early Helladic Laconia after the time of H. Waterhouse and R. Hope Simpson’, Pharos (18:1), 1-37, 2012., 'Bozas', pg. 18. Online here.