Site details

Tris Langadhas/Tris Langades

PK	C615
TITLE	Tris Langadhas∕Tris Langades
WGS84	38.443483° N, 20.634341° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.443483, 20.634341
LON/LAT	20.634341, 38.443483

DMS

38° 26' 36.5388" N

20° 38' 3.6276" E

W3W	blows, oboes, vitality
UTM	34 S, 468090, 4255086
EGSA87	206103, 4260102

Elevation m	197
Elevation feet	646.3
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Ithaca

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 186    'Remains of several LH buildings were found on various terraces, ... '
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 159    'The rather poorly preserved remains of some Mycenaean buildings were found on various terraces of a steep hillside above Polis Bay ...'
3.    hab.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 93    '...remains of walls which, according to the excavators, belonged to the same complex.'
4.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 186    ' ..., with abundant pottery; ... '
5.    Settlement.   Benton and Waterhouse [1973], 1    ' ..., presumably a sizeable house, ...', ' ... the remains of three small curvilinear huts, impinging upon one another, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 159    'Mycenaean pottery, also poorly preserved, was relatively abundant, and generally of better quality than at most sites on Ithaca.'
7.    Sherds.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 93    'Area TL was the site of the main building and produced most of the LH pottery (LH IIIA1-LH IIIB) but not structures in situ.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 158, 'MH LH IIIA1-B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 186, ' ...; some true MH sherds, ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 186, 'Remains of several LH buildings ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 93, 'Area TL was the site of the main building and produced most of the LH pottery (LH IIIA1-LHIIIB) ... '
    b.    Benton and Waterhouse [1973]: 1, ' ... the rest of the pottery is unmixed Mycenaean, a large proportion being L.H. IIIA, ... '

4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 158, 'MH LH IIIA1-B'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 93, 'Area TL was the site of the main building and produced most of the LH pottery (LH IIIA1-LHIIIB) ... '
    c.    Benton and Waterhouse [1973]: 23, 'The bulk of its pottery ... finds parallels in L.H. IIIA, some only in L.H. IIIA 1.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 186, ' ... LH IIIA1-B'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 158, 'MH LH IIIA1-B'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 93, 'Area TL was the site of the main building and produced most of the LH pottery (LH IIIA1-LHIIIB) ... '
    c.    Benton and Waterhouse [1973]: 1, ' ..., the rest L.H. IIIB.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 186, ' ... LH IIIA1-B'

6. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 93, 'The walls uncovered in area T did not form a clear plan, but the main one was dated to the LH III period (LH IIIA and LH IIIB1).'

NOTES

1.  Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999] 94, says that 'In 1994 - 95 T. Papadopoulos renewed excavations at the site, bringing to light parts of other Bronze Age walls.' and (p. 117, fn. 7) 'The results of his excavations were announced by Professor T. Papadopoulos at a public lecture in Ithaki in August 1995.'

2.  Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 186, 'E 17' " ..., it could be argued that this site was more important than E 14."   E 14 is Ithaca Pelikata (C609)

3.  '..remains of some Mycenaean buildings ...'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Benton and Waterhouse [1973]: Benton, Sylvia and Helen Waterhouse. ‘Excavations in Ithaca: Tris Langadas’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (68) 1-24. 1973., 'House TL', pg. 1. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 29 Stavros: Tris Langadhas', pg. 158. 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., 'E 17 Ithaca: Tris Langadhas', pg. 186. Online here.

4. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Tris Langades (50)', pg. 93. Online here.