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Makrovouni: Hab

PKC5296
TITLEMakrovouni: Hab
WGS84 37.653707° N, 22.711349° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 37.653707, 22.711349
LON/LAT 22.711349, 37.653707

DMS 37° 39' 13.3452" N,22° 42' 40.8564" E

W3Wwage, tracks, doormat
UTM34 S, 650961, 4168772
EGSA87 386178, 4167887

Elevation m67
Elevation feet 219.8
RegionArgolid





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Bintliff [1977], 300    '...a settlement of Neolithic date surrounded by a fortification wall of small stones, with traces of a gate facing the main torrent of the side-plain, the Xerias.'
2.    Settlement.   Blegen [1928], 209    ' ... (the Early Helladic establishment of Argos apparently lay on a hill called "Makrovouni," a short distance to the west of the Aspis toward the ravine of Charadra; ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 45    'Blegen notes that MH (sherds, rhc) is apparently lacking.'
4.    Sherds.   Blegen [1928], 210    ' ... the potsherds found here are Early Helladic, not neolithic) ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977]: 330, 'In 1928 Blegen announced that the pottery was in fact EH in date ...'
    b.    Blegen [1928]: 209, ' ... (the Early Helladic establishment of Argos ... ', ' ... the potsherds found here are Early Helladic, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 45, 'EH II'

NOTE

1.  Blegen [1928] 221, n. 1 mentions Makrovouni as one of the sites in this area never occupied again after the EH.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Bintliff [1977]:  Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part i. BAR Supplementary Series 28(i). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., 'Makrovouni', pg. 330. Online here.

2.  Blegen [1928]:  Blegen, Carl W.. Zygouries; A Prehistoric Settlement in the Valley of Cleonae. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1928., '', pg. 209. At bottom of p. 209.
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., 'A 8A Argos: Makrovouni (or Makryrachi)', pg. 45. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5296 is at 37.58575° N, 22.74952° E, a straight-line distance of 8 km and 280 m.