Makrovouni: Hab
| PK | C5296 |
| TITLE | Makrovouni: 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 |
| W3W | wage, tracks, doormat |
| UTM | 34 S, 650961, 4168772 |
| EGSA87 | 386178, 4167887 |
| Elevation m | 67 |
| Elevation feet | 219.8 |
| Region | Argolid |
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.
rhc
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.