Site details

Chlemoutsi Castle

PK	C565
TITLE	Chlemoutsi Castle
WGS84	37.890211° N, 21.141005° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.890211, 21.141005
LON/LAT	21.141005, 37.890211

DMS

37° 53' 24.7596" N

21° 8' 27.618" E

W3W	haunted, nightshirt, nurse
UTM	34 S, 512398, 4193643
EGSA87	248438, 4197200

Elevation m	230
Elevation feet	754.6
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 153    'Trial excavations by Servais ... have revealed considerable MH deposits, including late MH types which may develop with early Mycenaean. There was also a small amount of LH III pottery, and a Mycenaean tomb was found nearby.'
2.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 71    'J. Servais fand hier 1960 eine mykenische Scherbe, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 194    ' ... the bulk of excavated material is MH, ...', ' ... a jar filled with burnt grain.'
4.    Tomb.   BCH [1957], 568    'Des tombes géométriques ont été découvertes à Cyllènè, en Élide, près de la forteresse médiévale de Chlémoutsi: elles semblent appartenir à une vaste nécropole.'
5.    Tomb.   Servais [1964], 21
6.    Town.   Iliad,     'And they that dwelt in Buprasium and goodly Elis, all that part thereof that Hyrmine and Myrsinus on the seaboard ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Servais [1964]: 21, 'Tessons de l'Helladique Moyen. Ils forment, avons-nous dit, la quasi-totalité de la céramique identifiable.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 153, '...have revealed considerable MH deposits, including late MH types which may develop with early Mycenaean.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 71, ' ... auch eine mittelhelladische Vase.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, ' ... the bulk of excavated material is MH, ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 71, ' ... eine mykenische Scherbe, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, ' ... and a LH tomb was found nearby.', ' ... types that may overlap with early LH; ... '

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 153, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, ' ... LH I/II? ... '

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 153, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, ' ... LH I/II? ... '

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, 'There is a little LH III material ... '

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 153, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Servais [1964]: 21,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, ' ... LH III(A-B) G ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 153, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, ' ... LH III(A-B) G ... '

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Servais [1964]: 21, 'Ces diverses caractéristiques invitent à dater ce tesson ... de l'HR III c. Deux autres fragments ... paraissent également appartenir à l'HR III c...'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    BCH [1957]: 568, 'Des tombes géométriques ont été découvertes...'
    b.    Servais [1964]: 21,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, ' ... LH III(A-B) G ... '

NOTE

1. '.. considerable MH deposits, including LH types which may develop with early Mycenaean. ... a small amount of LH III pottery and a Mycenaean tomb was found nearby.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1957]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 81, 1957., '', pg. 568. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Khlemoutsi', pg. 71.

3. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., 'Hyrmine (Il. 2. 616)', pg. 348. Online here.

4. Servais [1964]: Servais, Jean. ‘Le site helladique de Khlémoutsi et l'Hyrminé homérique’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. (88:1), 1964., '', pg. 21. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 2 Neochori: Chlemoutsi Castle (Kastro)', pg. 153. Online here.

6. 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., 'E 41 Neochori: Chlemoutsi Castle (Kastro)', pg. 194. Online here.