Site details

Alea: Palaiochori

PK	C533
TITLE	Alea: Palaiochori
WGS84	37.418672° N, 22.435679° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.418672, 22.435679
LON/LAT	22.435679, 37.418672

DMS

37° 25' 7.2192" N

22° 26' 8.4444" E

W3W	pats, cooks, reminders
UTM	34 S, 627041, 4142286
EGSA87	361426, 4142179

Elevation m	819
Elevation feet	2687
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 94    ' …, as well as a few obsidian and flint chips … '
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 339    'Probably the most significant of these (settlements discovered by Howell, rhc), and the largest, is Alea: Palaiochori ..., c. 300 m in diameter ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 77    'In the hollow to the W of the church of Ayia Sotira here LH and mediaeval sherds were found ... '
4.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 94    '... over an area of about 300 m. in diameter, Mycenaean and Medieval sherds were found.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 85    'In the hollow to west of the church of Ayia Sotira here Mycenaean and Medieval sherds observed over an area about 300 m. in diameter.'
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [2018], 339    ' ... with small early Mycenaean tombs of tholos type.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 77,  Size: 70686 sq. m.  ' ... found over an area c. 300 m. in diameter.'

- Howell [1970]  p. 94,  Size: 70686 sq. m.  ... over an area of about 300 m. in diameter, Mycenaean and Medieval sherds were found.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 94, '... over an area of about 300 m. in diameter, Mycenaean and Medieval sherds were found.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 77, ' ... here LH and mediaeval sherds were found ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 339, ? ' ... early Mycenaean ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 85, EH? LH I/II-III(A-B)

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 85, EH? LH I/II-III(A-B)

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., '32. Alea (Tegea, Piali) - Palaiokhori.', pg. 93. Online here.

2. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Tegea (Il. 2. 607)', pg. 338. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 5 Alea: Palaiochori', pg. 85. Online here.

4. 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 8 Alea: Palaiochori', pg. 77. Online here.