Site details

Loutraki: Aspra Chomata

PK	C6799
TITLE	Loutraki: Aspra Chomata
WGS84	37.959029° N, 22.992282° E
Accuracy	300 m.

LAT/LON	37.959029, 22.992282
LON/LAT	22.992282, 37.959029

DMS

37° 57' 32.5044" N

22° 59' 32.2152" E

W3W	fooling, scans, toxic
UTM	34 S, 675022.98, 4203141.35
EGSA87	411325, 4201461

Elevation m	65
Elevation feet	213.3
Region	Megaris

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 71    'A small site, about halfway between Loutraki and Loutraki station, ... '
2.    Lithics.   Wiseman [1978], 47    ' ... a large quantity of obsidian ... '
3.    Pottery.   Wiseman [1978], 47    ' ... a large quantity of obsidian and pottery sherds ... '
4.    Settlement.   Wiseman [1978], 47    '3) An extensive settlement is located on a hill ca. 2 km. east of the road between the railway station at the canal and Loutraki.'
5.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 60    'Auf diesem sowie auf 2 anderen, kleineren Hügeln südlich davon fand Gebauer Spuren von fruh- bis späthelladischer Besiedlung.'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 38    'Aspra Chomata is described as a small hill, about halfway between Loutraki and Loutraki railway station, ... '
7.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 476    'Sherd scatter on a hill ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 60, ' ... Spuren von früh- bis späthelladischer Besiedlung.'
    b.    Wiseman [1978]: 47, ' ... a large quantity of obsidian and pottery sherds ranging in date from the Early to the Late Helladic period.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH II MH LH'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 71, 'EH II MH LH'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 60, ' ... Spuren von früh- bis späthelladischer Besiedlung.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH II MH LH'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 71, 'EH II MH LH'
    d.    Wiseman [1978]: 47, ' ... a large quantity of obsidian and pottery sherds ranging in date from the Early to the Late Helladic period.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 60, ' ... Spuren von früh- bis späthelladischer Besiedlung.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH II MH LH'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 71, 'EH II MH LH'
    d.    Morgan [1999]: 476, 'LH'
    e.    Wiseman [1978]: 47, ' ... a large quantity of obsidian and pottery sherds ranging in date from the Early to the Late Helladic period.'

NOTE

1. The directions are difficult to reconcile with modern realities. Wiseman [1977] 47, no. 3, speaks of 'the railway station at the canal'. There appears to be no trace of it because that part of the railroad is no longer in use. I have placed the marker on a hill in the named area of Aspro Chomata. There are hills to the south which may be those of which Ålin says 'sowie auf 2 anderen, kleineren Hügeln südlich davon fand Gebauer Spuren von fruh- bis späthelladischer Besiedlung.' Perhaps. I have given the radius of uncertainty as 300 m which seems appropriate for this area.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Aspra Chomata', pg. 60.

2. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '36 Aspro Chomata', pg. 476.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 81 Loutraki: Aspra Chomata', pg. 38. 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., 'A 83 Loutraki: Aspra Chomata', pg. 71. Online here.

5. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '3) An extensive settlement is located on a hill ca. 2 km. east ... ', pg. 47.