Site details

Kamares: Paliomylos

PK	C667
TITLE	Kamares: Paliomylos
WGS84	38.295926° N, 21.987409° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	38.295926, 21.987409
LON/LAT	21.987409, 38.295926

DMS

38° 17' 45.3336" N

21° 59' 14.6724" E

W3W	downgrade, hamburgers, regally
UTM	34 S, 586343, 4239111
EGSA87	323854, 4240278

Elevation m	94
Elevation feet	308.4
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Papadopoulos [1979], 34    'Epimeletes Nerantzoulis found a Mycenaean chamber tomb at the locality Paliomylos, and collected EH and LH sherds, as well as obsidian, stone blades and stone arrows from this hill.'
2.    Lithics.   Papadopoulos [1979], 34    'Epimeletes Nerantzoulis found ... obsidian, stone blades and stone arrows from this hill.'
3.    Tumulus.   Åström [1965], 106    'P. Nerantzoulis says that he found a Mycenaean tumulus at this locality, at the banks of the river Salmeniko, ... '
4.    Tumulus.   Giannopoulos [2008], 74     '...soll Nerantzoulis 1930 einen mykenischen Tumulus oder ein Kammergrab gefunden haben.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 34, '.. collected EH and LH sherds,...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 34, '.. collected EH and LH sherds,...'
    b.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 74, '...mykenischen... '
    c.    Åström [1965]: 106, ' ... a Mycenaean tumulus ... '

NOTES

1.  My location of 'Palaiomylos' ('The old mill') is based on the map in Papadopoulos, p. 16, fig. 24. Papadopoulos mentions a 'hill' and that agrees with the terrain around the marker. This local hill rises to an elevation of 165 to 175 m. I placed the marker on the east slopes and the actual radius of uncertainty is probably closer to 200 m.

2.  The Salmeniko(s) river is called Phoinix in Pausanias vii.

3.  An assemblage was collected on this hill.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Åström [1965]: Åström, Paul. ‘Mycenaean Pottery from the Region of Aigion, with a List of Prehistoric Sites in Achaia’, Opuscula Atheniensia, V, pp. 89-110, C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1965., 'Paliomylos.', pg. 106.

2. Giannopoulos [2008]: Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., 'Kamares (Paliomylos, Xerikon)', pg. 74.

3. Papadopoulos [1979]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '53 - 54. Kamarais (Xerikon, Paliomylos)', pg. 34.