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Astakos: Hagios Nikolaos

PK	C634
TITLE	Astakos: Hagios Nikolaos
WGS84	38.515362° N, 21.052014° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.515362, 21.052014
LON/LAT	21.052014, 38.515362

DMS

38° 30' 55.3032" N

21° 3' 7.2504" E

W3W	revisit, thursdays, greased
UTM	34 S, 504534.55, 4262999.3
EGSA87	242821, 4266830

Elevation m	141
Elevation feet	462.6
Region	Acarnania

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 136    'Hier fand S. Benton in einer Höhle ausser viel neolithischer und etwas hellenistischer Keramik auch eine mykenische Scherbe aus SH III, ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 183    ' ... a single LH III sherd was found with N material.'
3.    Sherds.   Benton [1947], 173    'Sherd. Wheel-made from a closed vase, perhaps a stirrup vase.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 160    '.. a single Mycenaean sherd was found with Neolithic material.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Benton [1947]: 173, 'Sherd. Wheel-made from a closed vase, perhaps a stirrup vase. L.H. III'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 137, ' ... auch eine mykenische Scherbe aus SH III, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 183, ' ... a single LH III sherd was found ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'LH III(A-B)', ' ..., a single Mycenaean sherd was found ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'LH III(A-B)', ' ..., a single Mycenaean sherd was found ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ajios Nikolaos', pg. 136.

2. Benton [1947]: Benton, Sylvia. ‘Hagios Nikolaos near Astakos in Akarnania’, Annual of the British School at Athens (42), 156 - 183, 1947., '', pg. 173. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 40 Astakos: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 160. 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., 'E 7 Astakos: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 183. Online here.