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Polygira/Polygyra

PK	C701
TITLE	Polygira∕Polygyra
WGS84	38.534418° N, 22.957764° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.534418, 22.957764
LON/LAT	22.957764, 38.534418

DMS

38° 32' 3.9048" N

22° 57' 27.9504" E

W3W	weeps, replicate, blinked
UTM	34 S, 670639, 4266929
EGSA87	409012, 4265340

Elevation m	113
Elevation feet	370.7
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Activity.   Farinetti [2011 AI4], 8
2.    Artifacts.   Bulle [1909], 116
3.    Artifacts.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 196
4.    Pottery.   Phialon [2011], 63    ' ... ont livré de la céramique mycénienne et à peinture mate, ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1965], 115    'A small settlement, on a low spur on the north edge of the lake, near a spring.'
6.    Settlement.   Fossey [1988], 360    'This ridge is the site of an ancient settlement...'
7.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 62    'The site is probably that of ancient Tegyra.'
8.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 237    'A small settlement on a low spur, ...'
9.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 122    'Bei der mykenischen Fundstelle scheint so eine Nachbesiedlung zu fehlen.'
10.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 122    'Auf einer Terrasse unternahm Bulle eine kleinere Ausgrabung. Dabei fanden sich Scherben aus N, MH und SH Zeit, ... '
11.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 237    ' ... one sherd from the LH IIIB-C transition ... '
12.    Sherds.   Simpson [1965], 115    'On a visit in 1959 I noted EH Urfirnis, a sherd possibly LH II, and others ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 237,  Size: 11310 sq. m.  'The hilltop is c. 120 m. in diameter ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 361, '...EH (including EHI)...'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'N EH I MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 361, '...EH (including EHI)...'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 8,
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 61, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'N EH I MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 122, '...Scherben aus N, MH und SH Zeit, ...'
    e.    Fossey [1988]: 361, '...MH (Grey and yellow Minyan and Matt painted, ...'
    f.    Phialon [2011]: 63, ' ..., ce qui pourrait constituer une couche HM-HR.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 8,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 122, '...Scherben aus N, MH und SH Zeit, ...'
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 63, ' ..., ce qui pourrait constituer une couche HM-HR.'

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 61, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'N EH I MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    c.    Fossey [1988]: 361, '...LH I/II?...'

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 61, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'N EH I MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    c.    Fossey [1988]: 361, '...LH I/II?...'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 61, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'N EH I MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    c.    Bulle [1909]: 116,
    d.    Simpson [1965]: 114, ' ... LH IIIA/B ... '
    e.    Fossey [1988]: 361, '...LH IIIA/B...'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 61, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'N EH I MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    c.    Bulle [1909]: 116,
    d.    Simpson [1965]: 114, ' ... LH IIIA/B ... '
    e.    Fossey [1988]: 361, '...LH IIIB...'

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 61, 'MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'N EH I MH LH I/II? LH III(A-)B LH IIIC?'
    c.    Bulle [1909]: 116,
    d.    Fossey [1988]: 361, '...LH IIIC?...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Polyjira', pg. 122.

2. Bulle [1909]: Bulle, Heinrich. Orchomenos: I. Die älteren Ansiedlungsschichten. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1909., '', pg. 116.

3. Farinetti [2011 AI4]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.4; The Copais area: Orchomenos. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '9. Polygira: Components O_28 to O_34', pg. 8. Specifically components O_30,O_31

4. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., 'Site A. Polyyira', pg. 360.

5. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.2.32. Autres sites stratifiés', pg. 63.

6. Simpson [1965]: Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., ''397 Polyira'', pg. 114.

7. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 2 Poliyira', pg. 61. Online here.

8. 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., 'G 2 Poliyira', pg. 237. Online here.

9. Wace and Thompson [1912]: Wace, Alan John Bayard and Maurice Scott Thompson. Prehistoric Thessaly; Being Some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Borders of Macedonia. . Cambridge at the University Press, 1912., '', pg. 196. Online here.