Site details

Ellopia

PK	C4450
TITLE	Ellopia
WGS84	38.269971° N, 23.122126° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	38.269971, 23.122126
LON/LAT	23.122126, 38.269971

DMS

38° 16' 11.8956" N

23° 7' 19.6536" E

W3W	sailboats, trembling, coconuts
UTM	34 S, 685642, 4237899
EGSA87	423059, 4235847

Elevation m	295
Elevation feet	967.8
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AR[2009], 81    'Finds include a Naue II sword, three pins of which two are of Deshayes type 1 (with a sphere on the shank just below the disc head), a needle, rings and two spiral tubes ...'
2.    Cem.   AD[2000], 397
3.    Tomb.   AR[2009], 81    'These tombs include three slab cists containing grave offerings, a simple inhumation ... and an infant enchytrismos...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AR[2009]: 8, A late date in the LH might be possible based on the finding of the Naue II type sword.

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AD[2000]: 397,
    b.    AR[2009]: 81, '...and a pyre of the Submycenaean to Protogeometric period, ...'

3. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    AR[2009]: 8, '...and a pyre of the Submycenaean to Protogeometric period, ...'

NOTE

1. The constraints (AR 2009, 81, 'Ellopia, Mornos.') say 3 km. SW of Thespiae and on the Mornos Canal. This marker was placed notionally about 4.5 km. SW of the town of Thespiae and on the Mornos Canal. A spot that better fits the constraints might be at 38.272862°, 23.150972° which is just over 3 km. S (not SW) of Thespiae and also on the Mornos Canal. Site contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[2000]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 55, '', pg. 397.

2. AR[2009]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (56) 2009., 'Ellopia, Mornos canal.', pg. 81. Online here.