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Aigion (Aristidou)

PK	C490
TITLE	Aigion (Aristidou)
WGS84	38.252572° N, 22.089466° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.252572, 22.089466
LON/LAT	22.089466, 38.252572

DMS

38° 15' 9.2592" N

22° 5' 22.0776" E

W3W	hamburger, leisure, iceberg
UTM	34 S, 595325, 4234400
EGSA87	332680, 4235277

Elevation m	44
Elevation feet	144.4
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1984], 94
2.    Artifacts.   Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015], 319    ' ..., a seated figurine (Figs. 17a, 17b), was found at 2 Aristeidou Street ..., '
3.    Cem.   AD[1976], 97
4.    Cem.   Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006], 133    'Two graves were found in the same building lot at 2 Aristeidou Street.' One a large burial pithos, the other a cist grave.
5.    House.   Rizio [2010], 43    'In 1984, the remains of Mycenaean buildings of the HR IIIA-C period were excavated on the plot owned by V. Tsinouka (in the northeastern part of the city).' Translated from modern Greek.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]: 133, 'The vases of Aigion, ..., can be dated in the MH III/LH I period, when small, usually closed vessels, are added to the ceramic types of Minyan pottery. In this case, the intra muros burials are later than the MH pottery from the same place.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 320, ' ... Mycenaean deposits were poorly attested.'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]: 133, 'The vases of Aigion, ..., can be dated in the MH III/LH I period, when small, usually closed vessels, are added to the ceramic types of Minyan pottery. In this case, the intra muros burials are later than the MH pottery from the same place.'

4. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 320, 'The Aigion seated figurine seems to be an Argive import and is dated not later than the LH IIB/ IIIA1 period.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1976]: 97,
    b.    Rizio [2010]: 43, 'LH IIIA-C'

6. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 320, 'The Aigion seated figurine seems to be an Argive import and is dated not later than the LH IIB/ IIIA1 period.'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1984]: 94,
    b.    AD[1976]: 97,
    c.    Rizio [2010]: 43, 'LH IIIA-C'

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1976]: 97,
    b.    Rizio [2010]: 43, 'LH IIIA-C'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1976]: 97,

NOTES

1. 'Located at 2 Aristeidou Street in Aigion'

2. See photographs of the figurine described im Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015] on 320,, Figg. 17a-b.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1984]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 39, '', pg. 94.

2. AD[1976]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 31, '', pg. 97.

3. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]: Papazoglou-Manioudaki, Lena. ‘The Middle Helladic and Late Helladic I Periods at Aigion in Achaea’, Philippa-Touchais et al. [2006], 'The graves', pg. 133. Online here.

4. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: Papazoglou-Manioudaki, Lena. ‘The Early Mycenaean settlement at Aigion in Achaea and the western frontier of the north-east Peloponnese’, In Schallin and Tournavitou [2015], 313-324, 'Another unstratified find, ... ', pg. 319. Online here.

5. Rizio [2010]: Rizio, Arianna. ‘Μυκηναϊκή Τοπογραφία Αχαΐας’, Patras, Greece, 'ΚΤΙΡΙΟ ΟΔΟΥ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔΟΥ', pg. 43. Online here.

6. Schallin and Tournavitou [2015]: Schallin, Ann-Louise and Iphiyenia Tournavitou (eds.). Mycenaeans up to date; The archaeology of the north-eastern Peloponnese - Current concepts and new directions. ACTA INSTITUTI ATHENIENSIS REGNI SUECIAE, SERIES IN 4°, 56, Stockholm, 2015., '',