Site details
Filisi
| PK | C5267 |
| TITLE | Filisi |
| WGS84 | 36.878948° N, 22.662006° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 36.878948, 22.662006 |
| LON/LAT | 22.662006, 36.878948 |
| DMS | 36° 52' 44.2128" N | , | 22° 39' 43.2216" E |
| W3W | proclaimed, renewal, bakes |
| UTM | 34 S, 648119, 4082733 |
| EGSA87 | 380610, 4081991 |
| Elevation m | 35 |
| Elevation feet | 114.8 |
| Region | Laconia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Pottery. Zavvou [2012], 10 '...a three-handled pyxis of the EH period ...'2. Pottery. AR[2007], 36 '..., an EH pyxis probably comes from a tomb.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. AR[2007]: 36, '..., an EH pyxis probably comes from a tomb.'
b. Zavvou [2012]: 10, '...of the EH period...'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AR[2007]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (54) 2007., 'Central part of Plain of Helos: Filisi', pg. 36.
Online here.
2. Zavvou [2012]: Zavvou, Eleni. ‘Early Helladic Laconia after the time of H. Waterhouse and R. Hope Simpson’, Pharos (18:1), 1-37, 2012., 'Filissi', pg. 10.
'The vase was delivered to the Sparta Museum by a private individual, and the exact circumstances of its discovery remain unknown. However its good state of preservation suggests that it comes from a grave.'
Online here.