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Vlakherna: Petra

PK	C524
TITLE	Vlakherna: Petra
WGS84	37.74466° N, 22.263351° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.74466, 22.263351
LON/LAT	22.263351, 37.74466

DMS

37° 44' 40.776" N

22° 15' 48.0636" E

W3W	tenuous, bleeped, surgically
UTM	34 S, 611305, 4178236
EGSA87	346844, 4178617

Elevation m	641
Elevation feet	2103
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 82    'Hope Simpson noted much obsidian and … '
2.    Lithics.   Simpson [1981], 98    'Much obsidian, some Early Helladic sherds, ..., were found here ...'
3.    Lithics.   Simpson [1981], 98    'Much obsidian, some Early Helladic sherds, and coarse wares resembling both Neolithic and Mycenaean types, were found here ...'
4.    Obsidian.   Simpson [1981], 98    '.. surrounded by polygonal walls. Much obsidian, some Early Helladic sherds, and coarse wares resembling both Neolithic and Mycenaean types, were found here ...'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 98    '.. surrounded by polygonal walls. Much obsidian, some Early Helladic sherds, and coarse wares resembling both Neolithic and Mycenaean types, were found here ...'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 81    'Much obsidian, some EH II sherds, and coarse ware resembling both LN and LH was found ...'
7.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 82    '.. with sherds of Late Helladic type coarse ware,...'
8.    Wall.   Simpson [1981], 98    '.. surrounded by polygonal walls. Much obsidian, some Early Helladic sherds, and coarse wares resembling both Neolithic and Mycenaean types, were found here ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 81, 'N? EH II LH? C'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 82, '.. Late Helladic type coarse ware ..'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 98, 'coarse wares resembling ... Mycenaean types, ..'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 81, 'N? EH II LH? C'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '2. Vlakherna (Bezeniko) - Petra', pg. 82. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Vlakherna: Petra', pg. 98. Online here.

3. 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 26 Vlakherna: Petra', pg. 81. Online here.