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Pyrgos: Sherds

PK	C705
TITLE	Pyrgos: Sherds
WGS84	38.512969° N, 23.034016° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.512969, 23.034016
LON/LAT	23.034016, 38.512969

DMS

38° 30' 46.6884" N

23° 2' 2.4576" E

W3W	fatalist, amount, ponytail
UTM	34 S, 677339, 4264693
EGSA87	415633, 4262887

Elevation m	133
Elevation feet	436.4
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Buck [1979], 7
2.    Artifacts.   Bulle [1909], 116
3.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1983
4.    Artifacts.   Wallace [1979], 3
5.    Artifacts.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 196
6.    Cem.   Simpson [1965], 115    'The Mycenaean tombs near the bank of a stream to north-west of Pyrgos village presumably belong to this settlement.'
7.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 62    'The Mycenaean settlement here appears to have been large, ... '
8.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 122    ' ...., jedoch liess sich Besiedlung in MH und SH sowie auch in klassischer Zeit feststellen.'
9.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 238    'The settlement was large, c. 250 m. N-S by 150 m., and LH occupation appears to have extended further, ...'
10.    Settlement.   Simpson [1965], 115    'Trial excavations revealed MH and Mycenaean occupation, ... ', 'The settlement was undoubtedly important in the LH III period ... '
11.    Sherds.   Farinetti [2011 AI4], 12    'As for the MH and the LH period (III A-C), HS&D 1979 report surface sherds of a high quality.'
12.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 62    ' ... LH III sherds of good quality were found all over the hill ... '
13.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 122    ' ... fand Bulle Mauerreste und Scherben.'
14.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 238    ' ... MH and LH surface sherds are of high quality.'
15.    Sherds.   Simpson [1965], 115    'MH Minyan and LH IIIA-B sherds were of fine quality, ... '
16.    Tomb.   Simpson [1965], 115    ' ..., and the remains of a cist grave.'
17.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 238    ' ... a slab-built cist grave with contracted burial; ... '
18.    Wall.   Simpson [1965], 115    'In 1959 I noted remains of Cyclopean circuit walls on their lower southern slope, ... '
19.    Wall.   Ålin [1962], 122    ' ... fand Bulle Mauerreste und Scherben.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 62,  Size: 37500 sq. m.  ' ... all over the hill (which measures about 250 m. north to south by 150 m.) ... '

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 238,  Size: 37500 sq. m.  '...c. 250 m. N-S by 150 m., ...'

- Simpson [1965]  p. 115,  Size: 37500 sq. m.  'The hill is sizeable (about 250 m. by 150 m.), and the Mycenaean settlement extends farther, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'EH? MH LH IIIA-B A C'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 12, 'As for the MH and the LH period (III A-C)...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 62, 'MH LH IIIA-B'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'EH? MH LH IIIA-B A C'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 122, ' ... liess sich Besiedlung in MH und SH sowie auch in klassischer Zeit feststellen.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 122, ' ... liess sich Besiedlung in MH und SH sowie auch in klassischer Zeit feststellen.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 12, 'As for the MH and the LH period (III A-C)...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 62, 'MH LH IIIA-B'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'EH? MH LH IIIA-B A C'
    d.    Buck [1979]: 7,
    e.    Bulle [1909]: 119,
    f.    Simpson [1965]: 115, ' ... LH IIIA-B ... '
    g.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1968,
    h.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1983,
    i.    Wallace [1979]: 3,
    j.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: 196,

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 12, 'As for the MH and the LH period (III A-C)...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 62, 'MH LH IIIA-B'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'EH? MH LH IIIA-B A C'
    d.    Buck [1979]: 7,
    e.    Bulle [1909]: 119,
    f.    Simpson [1965]: 115, ' ... LH IIIA-B ... '
    g.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1968,
    h.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1983,
    i.    Wallace [1979]: 3,
    j.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: 196,

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 12, 'As for the MH and the LH period (III A-C)...'
    b.    Buck [1979]: 7,
    c.    Bulle [1909]: 119,
    d.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1968,
    e.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1983,
    f.    Wallace [1979]: 3,
    g.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: 196,

7. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, 'EH? MH LH IIIA-B A C'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

2. Buck [1979]: Buck, Robert J.. A History of Boeotia. The University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 1979., '', pg. 7.

3. Bulle [1909]: Bulle, Heinrich. Orchomenos: I. Die älteren Ansiedlungsschichten. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1909., '', pg. 119.

4. Farinetti [2011 AI4]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.4; The Copais area: Orchomenos. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., 'Pyrgos: Components O_48 to O_56', pg. 11.

5. Simpson [1965]: Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., ''399 Pyrgos'', pg. 115.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 3 Pyrgos', pg. 62. Online here.

7. 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 4 Pyrgos', pg. 237. Online here.

8. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1983.

9. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1968.

10. 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.

11. Wallace [1979]: Wallace, P.W.. ‘The Dikes in the Kopais’, Fossey and Schachter [1979], pp. 3-6, Montreal, 1979., '', pg. 3.