Site details

Asminion: Divouni

PK	C5224
TITLE	Asminion: Divouni
WGS84	38.983994° N, 23.167476° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	38.983994, 23.167476
LON/LAT	23.167476, 38.983994

DMS

38° 59' 2.3784" N

23° 10' 2.9136" E

W3W	handpick, faded, loved
UTM	34 S, 687737, 4317235
EGSA87	427744, 4315043

Elevation m	18
Elevation feet	59.1
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Sackett et al. [1966], 41    'A considerable quantity of sherds and some obsidian were gathered here in September 1963.'
2.    Mound.   Sackett et al. [1966], 41    'The low, circular mound of Divouni ...'
3.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 41    'A considerable quantity of sherds and some obsidian were gathered here in September 1963.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 268    'Further on, to W of the road, EH was found on a small mound on the ridge which runs down to the coastal plain.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 41, '...a body sherd coated on both sides with a poorly reserved red glaze, may be E.H.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 268, ' ..., EH was found ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 41, 'There are also a few pieces which seem to be of L.H. and Geometric date.'

NOTE

1. Placed notionally based on Sackett's description: '... Divouni lies north of the road from Vistritsa to Asminion, at least 2 km. back from the sea.' Vistritsa is the present-day Neochori at F6137 (although I find no record of a name change. See C7089). Site position suggested by Dr. Alex Knodell (Carleton College).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '9. Asminion: Divouni', pg. 41. Online here.

2. 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., 'G 89 Histiaia: Vistritsa: Ayia Paraskevi', pg. 268. Online here.