Site details
Mesogephyra
| PK | C2972 |
| TITLE | Mesogephyra |
| WGS84 | 40.065943° N, 20.592893° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 40.065943, 20.592893 |
| LON/LAT | 20.592893, 40.065943 |
| DMS | 40° 3' 57.3948" N | , | 20° 35' 34.4148" E |
| W3W | consistently, reassured, redoubts |
| UTM | 34 T, 465283, 4435156 |
| EGSA87 | 209270, 4440354 |
| Elevation m | 393 |
| Elevation feet | 1289.4 |
| Region | Epirus |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts
TYPE
1. Artifacts. AE [1956], 1312. Artifacts. AE [1969], 193
3. Artifacts. Syriopoulos [1995], 959
4. Wall. Hammond [1967], 274 '...the scanty remains of a circuit-wall, 1.50 m. wide. The blocks are of local hard brown sandstone, rectangular and well fitting, ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. AE [1956]: 131,
b. AE [1969]: 193,
c. Syriopoulos [1995]: 959,
2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. AE [1956]: 131,
b. AE [1969]: 193,
c. Syriopoulos [1995]: 959,
NOTE
1. Hammond [1967] 274 mentions another site just about 270 m. to the N of this. He says 'To the north of this site and on the right bank of the Vijose, opposite the monastery of Molivdhoskepastos, a large mound under cultivation has a number of sherds on its slopes. I was unable to determine the date of the site; it is, however, of a type more suitable for occupation in the prehistoric period than in the classical period.' I make its position to be here: 40.066002 N, 20.590037 E. There are swords from Mesogephyra which Hammond [1967] describes on p. 318, items A. and B. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AE [1956]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1956, '', pg. 131.
2. AE [1969]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1969, '', pg. 193.
3. Hammond [1967]: Hammond, N.G.L.. Epirus; The geography, the ancient remains, the history and the topography of Epirus and adjacent areas. . Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1967., 'The Middle Valley of the Vijos?', pg. 272.
4. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 959.