Site details

Leontion: Ayios Andreas

PK	C514
TITLE	Leontion: Ayios Andreas
WGS84	38.113058° N, 21.926541° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	38.113058, 21.926541
LON/LAT	21.926541, 38.113058

DMS

38° 6' 47.0088" N

21° 55' 35.5476" E

W3W	linguistics, subsystem, surfed
UTM	34 S, 581224, 4218765
EGSA87	318076, 4220102

Elevation m	677
Elevation feet	2221.1
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 65    'Kyparissis untersuchte hier 1931-32 einer Kammergräbernekropolen.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Åström [1965], 102    'Kyparissis excavated some chamber tombs below the spring of water above the village, ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 92    'Near Ayios Andreas chapel, to south of Leontion, below the spring above the village, some chamber tombs were found.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 91    'Some chamber tombs were found below the spring above the village.'
5.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 91    ' ... from it came LH IIIC pottery ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Åström [1965]: 102, 'Among the finds was also an Early Helladic jug.'

2. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'EH III? LH IIIB-C', ' ... and a vase assigned to EH III ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 91, ' ... and a vase that has been assigned to EH III ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 65, ' ..., einige Bügelkannen sind aber anscheinend aus IIIB.'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'EH III? LH IIIB-C', 'Only one was intact, and from it came LH IIIC pottery ... '
    b.    Åström [1965]: 102, 'It contained an amphora with four handles, stirrup vases, piriform jars, amphorae, of Mycenaean III C date.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 65, 'Die IIIC - Keramik dominiert eindeutig, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 91, ' ... LH IIIC pottery and ... '

NOTES

1. For a map see Meyer, Peloponnesische Wanderungen, Map VII. Planneskizze von Hg. Andreas, and the discussion in Ch. 10. Also Bild XXXI.

2. Simpson [1981] p. 92: 'Near Ayios Andreas chapel, to south of Leontion, below the spring above the village, some chamber tombs were found.'

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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., 'Gourzoumisa', pg. 65.

2. Åström [1965]: Åström, Paul. ‘Mycenaean Pottery from the Region of Aigion, with a List of Prehistoric Sites in Achaia’, Opuscula Atheniensia, V, pp. 89-110, C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1965., 'Gourzoúmisa', pg. 102.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 43 LEONTION (Formerly GOURZOUMISA): AYIOS ANDREAS etc.', pg. 92. Online here.

4. 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 60 Leontion (formerly Gourzoumisa)', pg. 91. Online here.