Site details

Merkovounion: Ayiolias

PK	C541
TITLE	Merkovounion: Ayiolias
WGS84	37.54273° N, 22.383462° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.54273, 22.383462
LON/LAT	22.383462, 37.54273

DMS

37° 32' 33.828" N

22° 23' 0.4632" E

W3W	resorting, pranksters, spacesuit
UTM	34 S, 622218, 4155981
EGSA87	357041, 4156022

Elevation m	751
Elevation feet	2463.9
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 79    'On the top and the upper slopes a thin scatter of prehistoric sherds was found and one C sherd.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 87    '... a thin scatter of prehistoric sherds ... was found, including a few Mycenaean.'
3.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 89    '...thin scatter of prehistoric sherds was found, ... Middle Helladic ... and Mycenaean ..'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 89, 'On the top and the upper slopes of the hill, a thin scatter of prehistoric sherds was found, including ..., Early Helladic ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 79, 'N? EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 87, N? EH II MH LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Howell [1970]: 89, 'On the top and the upper slopes of the hill, a thin scatter of prehistoric sherds was found, including ..., Middle Helladic ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 79, 'N? EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 89, 'On the top and the upper slopes of the hill, a thin scatter of prehistoric sherds was found, including ..., and Mycenaean ... '

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 87, N? EH II MH LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 79, 'N? EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 87, N? EH II MH LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 79, 'N? EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'

7. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 79, 'N? EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'

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., '17. Merkovounion-Ayiolias', pg. 89. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 7 Merkovounion: Ayiolias', 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 15 Merkovounion: Ayiolias', pg. 79. Online here.