Site details
Old Orchomenos
| PK | C709 |
| TITLE | Old Orchomenos |
| WGS84 | 38.483513° N, 23.033° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.483513, 23.033 |
| LON/LAT | 23.033, 38.483513 |
| DMS | 38° 29' 0.6468" N | , | 23° 1' 58.8" E |
| W3W | premixed, agreement, joyously |
| UTM | 34 S, 677322, 4261422 |
| EGSA87 | 415510, 4259620 |
| Elevation m | 95 |
| Elevation feet | 311.7 |
| Region | Boeotia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab
TYPE
1. hab. Farinetti [2011 AI4], 19 'The authors suggest the identification of the place with old-Orchomenos, abandoned because it was 'swallowed up' by the lake, as reported by Strabo (IX 2.18 - together with Eleusis and Athenai - and IX 2.42).'2. hab. Knauss [1991], 32
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 18, Component O_40
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 18, Component O_41
b. Knauss [1991]: 32,
NOTE
1. Visible perhaps as light white smearing at this lat/lon pair in Google Earth. See Dr. Farinetti's full discussion of the location of this site loc. cit., pp. 18-19 and fn. 42 on p. 18.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Farinetti [2011 AI4]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.4; The Copais area: Orchomenos. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '18. Old Orchomenos: Components O_23, O_38 to O_43', pg. 18.
Specifically components O_40, O_41
2. Knauss [1991]: Knauss, Jost. Kopais 3: Wasserbau und Geschichte Minysche Epoch-Bayerische Zeit. München, Lehrstuhl für Wasserbau und Wassermengenwirtschaft im Inst. für Bauingenieurwesen IV, 1991., '', pg. 32.