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Orchomenos: Palace

PK	C698
TITLE	Orchomenos: Palace
WGS84	38.493832° N, 22.976084° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.493832, 22.976084
LON/LAT	22.976084, 38.493832

DMS

38° 29' 37.7952" N

22° 58' 33.9024" E

W3W	gnome, resealed, scooter
UTM	34 S, 672333, 4262459
EGSA87	410559, 4260818

Elevation m	107
Elevation feet	351
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Building

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Ålin [1962], 121    ' ... zahlreiche Freskenfragmente und verbrannte Ziegelreste gefunden. Auch an ein paar anderen Stellen fanden sich einige Freskenfragmente.'
2.    Building.   Simpson [1981], 61    '...and here, in front of Skripou church, large buildings, some of whose rooms were said to be of the LH IIIA2 period, have been found on the low hillock. They are interpreted as part of the Mycenaean palace.'
3.    Structure.   Farinetti [2011 AI4], 4    'while the existence of a 'palace' in the area occupied later by the Skripou church was inferred from finds of wall frescoes among structures of that period '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 4, 'remains of a Late Helladic settlement are known from the site ...'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 61, 'Many fresco fragments and some plain whole vases of LH III type were found with them.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 61, ' ...; and here, in front of Skripou church, large buildings, some of whose rooms were said to be of the LH IIIA2 period, have been found on the low hillock. They are interpreted as part of the Mycenaean palace.'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 121, ? 'Diese Fresken in Orchomenos sind alle wegen der schlechten Qualität vermutlich spät anzusetzen. Rodenwaldt datiert sie gleichzeitig mit denen des jüngeren Palastes zu Tiryns.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 121, 'In der mykenischen Schicht der Grabung soll viel Keramik aus SH III gefunden worden sein, nichts ist aber publiziert.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Orchomenos', pg. 121.

2. Farinetti [2011 AI4]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.4; The Copais area: Orchomenos. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., 'Component O_5', pg. 4.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 1 Ancient Orchomenos', pg. 61. Online here.