Site details

Kato Samiko: Hab

PK	C304
TITLE	Kato Samiko: Hab
WGS84	37.530939° N, 21.59042° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.530939, 21.59042
LON/LAT	21.59042, 37.530939

DMS

37° 31' 51.3804" N

21° 35' 25.512" E

W3W	operational, decider, treatable
UTM	34 S, 552166, 4153938
EGSA87	286939, 4156214

Elevation m	20
Elevation feet	65.6
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Boyd [2001], 186    ? 'Klidhí is a jagged akropolis ... ', 'Surface survey on the akropolis showed material of early, middle and late Helladic types; there is also a "cyclopaean" wall ... '
2.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 79    ' ..., sowie einige Hausmauern ... '
3.    Settlement.   Sperling [1942],     ' ..., this fortified Greek settlement ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 95    'Surface sherds of all historic periods listed were found, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Boyd [1999]  p. ,  Size: 15000 sq. m.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 186, 'Surface survey on the akropolis showed material of early, middle and late Helladic types; there is also a "cyclopaean" wall ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 79, 'An der Oberfläche konnten sie Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III, ..., feststellen.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'EH II-III ... '

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'EH II-III ... '

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 186, 'Surface survey on the akropolis showed material of early, middle and late Helladic types; there is also a "cyclopaean" wall ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 95, ' ... MH ... '
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 79, 'An der Oberfläche konnten sie Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III, ..., feststellen.'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 79, 'Aus MH und SH fanden sie auch vile grobe Keramik.'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 186, 'Surface survey on the akropolis showed material of early, middle and late Helladic types; there is also a "cyclopaean" wall ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 79, 'Aus MH und SH fanden sie auch vile grobe Keramik.'

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, ' ... LH I - IIIB ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 79, 'An der Oberfläche konnten sie Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III, ..., feststellen.'

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, ' ... LH I - IIIB ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 79, 'An der Oberfläche konnten sie Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III, ..., feststellen.'

8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 79, 'An der Oberfläche konnten sie Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III, ..., feststellen.'

9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, ' ... including several fragments of LH IIIA - B kylikes and kraters.'

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, ' ... including several fragments of LH IIIA - B kylikes and kraters.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 79, ' ..., bes. IIIB-Fragmente von Kylikes und Krateren, feststellen.'

11. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Sperling [1942]: 85, ' ..., but the settlement was established in the Archaic Greek Period, ... ', 'I noticed only a single potsherd which may be archaic, ... '

NOTE

1. Find a good ground plan of the fortified acropolis area in Bisbee [1937] 526, Fig. 1.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Klidhi', pg. 79. ' ..., kleine Felsenhügel ... '

2. Bisbee [1937]: Bisbee, Harold L.. ‘Samikon’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (6:4) 525-538. 1937., 'Samikon', pg. 525. Online here.

3. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, ''45: Káto Samikó Klidhí'', pg. 186. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 68 Kato Samikon: Klidhi', pg. 95. Online here.

5. Sperling [1942]: Sperling, Jerome. ‘Explorations in Elis, 1939’, American Journal of Archaeology (46:1), 77-89. 1942., '34. Samikon', pg. 85. Online here.