Site details

Thouria: Hab. C

PK	C403
TITLE	Thouria: Hab. C
WGS84	37.103657° N, 22.049327° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.103657, 22.049327
LON/LAT	22.049327, 37.103657

DMS

37° 6' 13.1652" N

22° 2' 57.5772" E

W3W	unlike, everything, detachable
UTM	34 S, 593240, 4106887
EGSA87	326514, 4107864

Elevation m	142
Elevation feet	465.9
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1966], 123
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1957], 245
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 163    ' ..., the LH settlement is on the central ridge and its upper W slope, ... ','Ellenika is ... a large and important site, possibly to be classed as a major site.'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 129    'The Mycenaean settlement occupied the central part of the ridge and its upper western slopes..'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 129,  Size: 60000 sq. m.  'The Mycenaean settlement occupied the central part of the ridge and its upper western slopes, an area at least 400 m. north to south by 150 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 163,  Size: 60000 sq. m.  In LH the site was '...at least 400 m. N-S by 150 m. in extent, and may have extended considerably further down the W slopes.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 163,  Size: 60000 sq. m.  'It was at least 400 m. N-S by 150 m. in extent, and may have extended considerably further down the W slopes.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, ' ... LH IIIA2-B ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 163, 'EH II MH LH IIIA2-B "PG" G? A? C H', 'The LH site is certified by several good quality LH IIIA2 and LH IIIB kylix and deep bowl fragments.'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, ' ... LH IIIA2-B ... '
    b.    Simpson [1966]: 123,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 163, 'EH II MH LH IIIA2-B "PG" G? A? C H', 'The LH site is certified by several good quality LH IIIA2 and LH IIIB kylix and deep bowl fragments.'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1966]: 123,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 121 Aithaia: Ellinika (Ancient Thouria)', pg. 129. Online here.

2. Simpson [1966]: Simpson, Richard Hope. ‘The Seven Cities Offered by Agamemnon to Achilles (Iliad ix. 149 ff., 291 ff.)’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, 113-131. 1966., '', pg. 123. Online here.

3. Simpson [1957]: Simpson, Richard Hope. ‘Identifying a Mycenaean State’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 52, 231-259. 1957., '', pg. 245. Online here.

4. 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., 'D 137 Aithaia: Ellinika (Ancient Thouria)', pg. 163. Online here.