Site details

Aigina: Palaiochora

PK	C7120
TITLE	Aigina: Palaiochora
WGS84	37.75096° N, 23.488605° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.75096, 23.488605
LON/LAT	23.488605, 37.75096

DMS

37° 45' 3.456" N

23° 29' 18.978" E

W3W	impulse, fade, renting
UTM	34 S, 719247.11, 4181100.23
EGSA87	454800, 4178020

Elevation m	257
Elevation feet	843.2
Region	Saronic
Subregion	Aigina

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 60    'Two fragments of large Matt-painted vases are reported from this site, which we are not able to locate.'
2.    Sherds.   Harland [1925], 30    ' ... at the foot of Palaiochora, I found two fragments of large Mattpainted vessels, both of Group I, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 60, 'MH'
    b.    Harland [1925]: 31, 'In such a case these Mattpainted fragments woulld indicate a settlement in the region in the Middle Helladic Period or ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Harland [1925]: 31, ' ... even in the Late Helladic Period ... '

NOTE

1. For a discussion of the location and toponomy of Palaiochora see Harland [1925] 29.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Harland [1925]: Harland, James Penrose. Prehistoric Aigina; A History of the Island in the Bronze Age. Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, Quai Malaquais, 5, Paris, France. 1925., '6. Palaiochora', pg. 29.

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 49 Aigina: Palaiochora', pg. 60. Online here.