Site details

Sevasto: Liminari Hill: Goutsoura (PS 12)

PK	C5040
TITLE	Sevasto: Liminari Hill: Goutsoura (PS 12)
WGS84	39.416819° N, 20.487391° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.416819, 20.487391
LON/LAT	20.487391, 39.416819

DMS

39° 25' 0.5484" N

20° 29' 14.6076" E

W3W	blipped, contracted, consonant
UTM	34 S, 455874, 4363158
EGSA87	197442, 4368636

Elevation m	113
Elevation feet	370.7
Region	Epirus

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Forsén et al. [2011], 79    'On top of the EBA cultural layer in Area 2 a grave tumulus with a diameter of ca. 9 m ...'
2.    hab.   BCH Online, 815    ' Pottery of the FNeo and EBA, as well as some of MBA and LBA date, was found ...'

SITE SIZE

- Forsén et al. [2011]  p. 81,  Size: 14000 sq. m.  'The total size of the site is probably ca. 140x100 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 815, 'The early sherds were found mixed with FNeo and EBA pottery and spindle-whorls.'
    b.    Forsén et al. [2011]: 79, 'EBA to LBA settlement with cemetery.', 'The trial trenches revealed a thick EBA cultural layer in Area 2...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 815, 'Most of the EBA parallels are EHII.'

3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Forsén et al. [2011]: 79, 'EBA to LBA settlement with cemetery.', ' samples taken from charcoal found in connection with the cremation grave date it to the MBA'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 815, '... the 2 samples taken next to the wall date to the MBA and LBA.'
    b.    Forsén et al. [2011]: 79, 'EBA to LBA settlement with cemetery.', 'The terrace wall could be dated to the beginning of the LBA...'

NOTES

1. For the Thesprotia Expedition start here.

2. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray of the University of Toronto.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Thesprotia Expedition', no. 815. Online here. Online here.

2. Forsén et al. [2011]: Forsén, Björn and Jeannette Forsén, Kassiani Lazari, Esko Tikkala . ‘Catalogue of Sites in the Central Kokytos Valley’, Forsén and Tikkala [2011], pp. 73-122., 'PS 12 ', pg. 79. See a good diagram of the site on p. 80 (fig. 3).
Online here.