Palaiopyrgos
| PK | C482 |
| TITLE | Palaiopyrgos |
| WGS84 | 37.544246° N, 21.955029° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.544246, 21.955029 |
| LON/LAT | 21.955029, 37.544246 |
| DMS | 37° 32' 39.2856" N | , | 21° 57' 18.1044" E |
| W3W | bursar, patriot, spool |
| UTM | 34 S, 584366, 4155679 |
| EGSA87 | 319192, 4156927 |
| Elevation m | 221 |
| Elevation feet | 725.1 |
| Region | Arcadia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Charneux and Ginouvès [1956], 537 'Toute cette région comportait une très vaste nécropole, ... '2. Cem. Ålin [1962], 73 'In der Gegend Palaiopyrgos befindet sich eine grosse Nekropole ... '
3. Cem. Simpson [1981], 88 Extensive Chamber Tomb Cemetery
4. Cem. Simpson [2018], 344 'Here over 100 Mycenaean tombs have been excavated; ... '
5. Cem. Syriopoulos [1995], 1194
6. Cemetery. Salavoura [2016], 409 ' ..., 10 km north of the Mount Lykaion altar, lies the large cemetery of Palaiokastro-Palaiopyrgos (no. 25) ... '
7. Chamber Tomb. Salavoura [2016], 409 ' ... with more than a hundred chamber tombs.'
8. Chamber Tomb. Howell [1970], 102 ' ... six chamber tombs, one of which contained eight vases; another, tholos-shaped, contained fragments of a bronze spear, a Naue type II sword and two daggers as well as many sherds. There were six burials in this tomb altogether. The BCH report of 1956 mentions traces of many chamber tombs forming a large cemetery in this area. Two of these were tholos- shaped, one with a side chamber. ... Three or four Mycenaean vases of unknown provenance in the Dhimitsana museum may have come from this cemetery.'
9. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 83 'Below the hill, some distance to NW at Palaiopyrgos, is an extensive chamber tomb cemetery, which includes several large and well-cut tombs. One of these, T.6, imitates a tholos, ...'
10. Pottery. Salavoura [2016], 409 ' ... a Yellow Minyan kantharos and a jug with cutaway neck.' (And see others in the Period section)
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Salavoura [2016]: 409, ' ..., while the cemetery was in use even in MH times, ... '
2. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Salavoura [2016]: 409, 'Among others, a MH III/LH I dagger ... '
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Charneux and Ginouvès [1956]: 537, ' ... où le propriétaire, en nivelant le sol, a trouvé des squelettes et un vase mycénien que nous avons pu acheter ... '
b. Howell [1970]: 102, 'Khristou also identified some Mycenaean walls there, ... '
4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Salavoura [2016]: 409, 'Five small globular or straight-sided cups/jars with a ring handle o n the rim, ..., also belong to the MH/LH I phase, ... '
5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Salavoura [2016]: 409, ' ... characteristic finds prove that the first chamber tombs were cut in LH II, ... '
6. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Salavoura [2016]: 409, ' ... and a LH IIA-B alabastron (FS 80) ... '
7. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Salavoura [2016]: 409, ' ... and a LH IIA-B alabastron (FS 80) ... '
8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 88, 'LH IIIC A C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 83, 'LH IIIC A C H'
c. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1194,
d. Ålin [1962]: 73, ' ... stammt eine Bügelkanne im Museum von Dimitsana, die in einem Grab zusammen mit Bestattungen gefunden werde. Sie ist aus IIIC.'
e. Simpson [2018]: 344, ' ...; the pottery is mainly LH IIIC.'
f. Salavoura [2016]: 409, ' ..., a thriving centre in LH IIIC ... '
9. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 73, 'Nach Mitteilung von Christou geht die Keramik auch in der Nekropole bis in die submykenische Zeit.'
b. Howell [1970]: 102, ' ... and Mycenaean sherds including some which he calls Submycenaean.'
NOTE
1. Related to C341
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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., 'Palaiokastro', pg. 73.
2. Charneux and Ginouvès [1956]: Charneux, Pierre and René Ginouvès. ‘Reconnaissances en Arcadie. Fortifications de Paliocastro, Saint Nicolas et Hellenico’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 80, 1956., '', pg. 537.
Online here.
3. Eder and Zavadil (eds.) [2016]: Eder, Birgitta with Michaela Zavadil. (Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, '', Online here.
4. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '55. Palaiokastro-Ayia Sotira and Palaiopyrgos (anc. Bouphagion)', pg. 101.
Online here.
Online here.
5. Salavoura [2016]: Salavoura, Eleni. ‘Early Mycenaean Arkadia: Space and Place(s) of an Inland and Mountainous Region’, In Eder and Zavadil (eds.) [2016] 423-452, ''Along a small fertile valley of the Alpheios, ... '', pg. 409.
Online here.
6. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Parrhasia (Il. 2. 608)', pg. 344.
Online here.
7. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 17 Palaiokastro: Ayia Sotira and Palaiopyrgos', pg. 88.
Related to C341
Online here.
8. 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 32 Plaiokastro: Ayia Sotira and Palaiopyrgos', pg. 83.
Online here.
9. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1194.