PKey Report
PKC288
TITLEAgrapidochori: Armatova Hill: MH Settlement: Area A
WGS84 37.901435° N, 21.520316° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.901435, 21.520316
LON/LAT 21.520316, 37.901435

DMS 37° 54' 5.166" N,21° 31' 13.1376" E

W3Wfrostbite, newsy, violas
UTM34 S, 545743.59, 4195006.72
EGSA87 281833, 4197491

Elevation m101
Elevation feet 331.4
RegionElis







GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1965], 217    

2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 93    'A simple interment at the E end of the hill...', 'Three tumuli at the SE edge, ...'

3.    Lithics.   Coleman and Abramovitz [1986], 15    'A ground-stone axe (A47) and flaked-stone objects of flint, chert, and obsidian (A48-A63) were the only other Middle Helladic finds besides pottery.','During the excavations many artifacts of chert or flint and obsidian were noted, ... '

4.    Mound.   Boyd [2001], 193    'possible burial mounds, cist graves.'

5.    Pottery.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'The principal deposit of G pottery in the Elis region comes from a well at Agrapidochori.'

6.    Pottery.   Coleman and Abramovitz [1986], 11    ' ... the pottery found immediately above sterile earth in Trenches A1-A8 was of Middle Helladic date.','All the prehistoric pottery found appears to be handmade, and all may be assigned to the Middle Helladic period'

7.    Settlement.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Settlement'

8.    Settlement.   Coleman and Abramovitz [1986], 3    'The center of ancient habitation was the low, flat-topped hill Armatova ... '

9.    Sherds.   BCH [1968], 833    '...a mis au jour un puits contenant de la céramique de la fin de l'epoque géometrique ... et du début de l'archaisme.'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)

    a.    Boyd [2001]: 193, 'middle Helladic'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 93, 'A simple interment, ..., is certainly MH; ...'

    c.    Coleman and Abramovitz [1986]: 5, 'The earliest remains yet identified at Armatova or its vicinity are those of a small and very badly preserved Middle Helladic settlement at the eastern end of the hill ... '

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    AD[1965]: 216,

    b.    BCH [1968]: 833, '...a mis au jour un puits contenant de la céramique de la fin de l'epoque géometrique ... et du début de l'archaisme.'

    c.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From G to EA'

    d.    Coleman and Abramovitz [1986]: 5, 'The hilltop Armatova was again the focus of human activity in the latest phase of the Geometric period ... '

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)

    a.    BCH [1968]: 833, '...a mis au jour un puits contenant de la céramique de la fin de l'epoque géometrique ... et du début de l'archaisme.'

4. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)

    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From G to EA'


NOTES

1.  I have placed the marker where Coleman and Abramovitz [1986] show area A on Map 4. This is the site of the MH settlement.

2.  See the invaluable maps and plates in Coleman and Abramovitz [1986] (maps 1-4 and figs. 1-5) as well as the multitude of useful photographs.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BCH [1968]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, Volume 92. 1968., 'Armatova', pg. 832. Sites in this report are to the W side of the Armatova hill.
Online here.

2.  AD[1965]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 20, '', pg. 217. Author: P.G. Thémelis

3.  Boyd [2001]:  Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '51: Armatova', pg. 193. Online here.

4.  Coleman and Abramovitz [1986]:  Coleman, John E., Katherine Abramovitz. Excavations at Pylos in Elis (1986). Hesperia Supplements, Vol. 21., 'II The Finds; Part A. Middle Helladic', pg. 11. Online here.

5.  Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]:  Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Ancient Pylos', Online here.

6.  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 66 Agrapidochori: Armatova', pg. 93. Online here.