Site details

Methana: Isthmus

PK	C7076
TITLE	Methana: Isthmus
WGS84	37.560512° N, 23.363975° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.560512, 23.363975
LON/LAT	23.363975, 37.560512

DMS

37° 33' 37.8432" N

23° 21' 50.31" E

W3W	depriving, appetites, swipe
UTM	34 S, 708798.55, 4159681.39
EGSA87	443678, 4156957

Elevation m	27
Elevation feet	88.6
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 55    'A small hill site on the neck of the isthmus connecting Methana with the Troizen plain.'
2.    Lithics.   Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997], 167    ' ... obsidian.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 55    'EH II sherds and obsidian were found.'
4.    Sherds.   Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997], 167    'Artefacts. Maximum 47, mean 22.4. Pottery - 71%, tile - 29%; UP, obsidian.'

SITE SIZE

- Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]  p. 167,  Size: 1810 sq. m.  'Site Size. 1810m^2. ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 167, 'EH: The EH pottery is RCGR .... and include four red-slipped sherds, one of which is incised and might be a frying-pan base.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 55, 'EH II'

NOTE

1. Simpson and Dickenson [1979] 55, 'A 33A' say, quoting Welter [1941], 10 (to which I did not have access) that the site has been named "Isthmos, Hügel III".

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: Mee, Christopher and Hamish Forbes. A Rough and Rocky Place: The Landscape and Settlement History of the Methana Peninsula, Greece. Liverpool University Press, 1997., 'MS204', pg. 167.

2. 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 33A Methana: Isthmus', pg. 55. Online here.

3. Welter [1941]: Welter, Gabriel. Troizen und Kalaureia. Verlag Gebr. Mann, Berlin. 1941., '',