Site details

Patra: Smyrna/Laskaris

PK	C499
TITLE	Patra: Smyrna∕Laskaris
WGS84	38.237112° N, 21.737954° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.237112, 21.737954
LON/LAT	21.737954, 38.237112

DMS

38° 14' 13.6032" N

21° 44' 16.6344" E

W3W	destiny, iron, shiny
UTM	34 S, 564582, 4232381
EGSA87	301878, 4234256

Elevation m	26
Elevation feet	85.3
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Moschos [2007], 21    ' ... cist graves of the transitional MH III/LH I period have come to light.'
2.    Cem.   Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006], 133    ' some six built cist graves and another two with walls constructed of vertical slabs.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]: 133, '..suggest a date in the transitional MH III/LH I period.''
    b.    Moschos [2007]: 21, ' ... of the transitional MH III/LH I period ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]: 133, '..suggest a date in the transitional MH III/LH I period.''
    b.    Moschos [2007]: 21, ' ... of the transitional MH III/LH I period ... '

NOTES

1. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006] 133: ' ... a group of graves that represent the earliest habitation in what is today the centre of Patras. Excavated at 145 Smyrna and Laskaris Streets, near Psila Alonia, were some six built cist graves and another two with walls constructed of vertical slabs.'

2. Moschos [2007] 21 says ' .... (145 Smyrnis and Laskareos str.) ... '

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Moschos [2007]: Moschos, Ioannes. Οι Μυκηναίοι στην Αχαϊα (Mycenaeans in Achaia). ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟΣ I, Patra, 2007., '', pg. 21. Online here.

2. 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.