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Galatas Magoula: Acropolis

PK	C1953
TITLE	Galatas Magoula: Acropolis
WGS84	37.500868° N, 23.424605° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.500868, 23.424605
LON/LAT	23.424605, 37.500868

DMS

37° 30' 3.1248" N

23° 25' 28.578" E

W3W	capture, schedules, registers
UTM	34 S, 714325, 4153199
EGSA87	448992, 4150305

Elevation m	38
Elevation feet	124.7
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006], 70    'Artefacts of bone found on the site comprised several pins ... '
2.    Lithics.   Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006], 70    'Lithic artefacts also included obsidian blades and flakes, sickle elements of flint ..., and a few beads of steatite.'
3.    Pottery.   Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006], 70    ' ..., the pottery found here may be classified under the following broad categories: a) Kitchenware, b) Incised ("Adriatic") coarse ware, c) "Grey Minyan", d) "Argive Minyan" (Dark Burnished), and e) Matt-Painted, fine or semi-fine ware.'
4.    Settlement.   BCH Online, 1935    'An elliptical fortification of unworked stone,...', 'Remains of a prosperous Middle Helladic settlement lay in the northern and southern sectors of the enclosure.'
5.    Settlement.   Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006], 69    ' ..., we may recognise here a walled Middle Helladic settlement, or rather an acropolis, as more house remains, most probably belonging to a lower town, can be distinguished on the north and south slopes ... '
6.    Tomb.   Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006], 70    'Within a Middle Helladic house a small cist grave dug out into the floor was found, ... '
7.    Wall.   Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006], 69    'The circuit wall was constructed out of medium-size rough stone, and may have had a mud-brick superstructure in its original form'

SITE SIZE

- BCH Online  p. 1935,  Size: 1000 sq. m.  '...an area of ca. 0.1 ha on the hill top ...'

- Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006]  p. 69,  Size: 1000 sq. m.  ' ... uncovered an elliptical fortification, enclosing an area of ca. 0.1 ha ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1935, ' ... along with a probable late EHIII greyware bowl.'
    b.    Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006]: 70, 'This bowl might be attributed to the late EH III, ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1935, ' ... along with an extensive scatter of MH-LH sherds.', 'The Middle Helladic pottery recovered consists largely of kitchenware, ... '
    b.    Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006]: 69, 'The rest of the structures, which were uncovered in trial trenches in the northern and southern sectors of the enclosure, may be assigned with certainty to the Middle Helladic period on the grounds of the pottery contained in their destruction layers ... and in their floor deposits.'
    c.    Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006]: 72, 'The repertoire and the quality of the ceramic finds from the acropolis at Magoula display close connections with the major Middle Helladic centre of pottery production on Aegina.'

3. Middle Helladic II: (1900 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006]: 71, '"Argive Minyan" appeared in two-handled bowls with out-turned rim and ridged shoulder, a type fossil for the MH II phase in the Argolid and elsewhere.',' ... in the standard MH II repertoire in the Northeastern Peloponnese ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1935, ' ... along with an extensive scatter of MH-LH sherds.'

NOTES

1. See the photograph collection accompanying the BCH notice, no. 1935, and many more photographs here.

2. The reader is encouraged to examine the excellent maps and photographs in Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006]. A fine map of the site is on p. 74, Fig. 1. A map of the acropolis/enclosure is on p. 75, Fig. 2. Photographs of the several artifacts may be found on p. 76, Figs. 3-10.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Megali Magoula, Galatas', no. 1935. Online here. Online here.

2. Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou [2006]: Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou, Eleni. ‘The Middle Helladic Establishment at Megali Magoula, Galatas (Troizinia)’, in Philippa-Touchais et al. [2006], pp. 67-76, 'The Middle Helladic Establishment at Megali Magoula, Galatas (Troizinia)', pg. 67. Online here.

3. Philippa-Touchais et al. [2006]: Philippa-Touchais, Anna, Gilles Touchais, Sofia Voutsaki and James Wright (eds.). Mesohelladika; La Grèce continentale au Bronze Moyen. Actes du colloque international organisé par L'École Française d'Athènes en collaboration avec l'American School of Classical Studies at Athens et le Netherlands Institute in Athens, Athènes, 8-12 mars 2006. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique Supplement no. 52., '',