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Artemision (Kakourion): Ayios Ilias

PKC539
TITLEArtemision (Kakourion): Ayios Ilias
WGS84 37.650052° N, 22.383222° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 37.650052, 22.383222
LON/LAT 22.383222, 37.650052

DMS 37° 39' 0.1872" N,22° 22' 59.5992" E

W3Wlivelihoods, collage, challenge
UTM34 S, 622021, 4167889
EGSA87 357225, 4167930

Elevation m657
Elevation feet 2155.5
RegionArcadia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 80    'Sherds from the E slope include an early LH goblet stem.'
2.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 86    '..a Mycenaean goblet stem and possibly another Mycenaean sherd were found ...'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 87    '.. sherds from the east slope include an early Mycenaean goblet stem.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 86, '...on the eastern slope of the hill, below the tree-covered area, a Mycenaean goblet stem and possibly another Mycenaean sherd were found ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 80, ' .. an early LH goblet stem.'

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 87, LH (II-IIIA1)
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 80, 'LH (II - IIIA1)'

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 87, LH (II-IIIA1)
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 80, 'LH (II - IIIA1)'

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., '10. Artemision (Kakourion) - Ayios Ilias', pg. 86. Online here.

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 11 Artemision: Ayios Ilias', pg. 87. 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 20 Artemision: Ayios Ilias', pg. 80. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C539 is at 37.56324° N, 22.71727° E, a straight-line distance of 31 km and 3 m.