Site details

Belmina

PK	C7185
TITLE	Belmina
WGS84	37.274847° N, 22.25569° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.274847, 22.25569
LON/LAT	22.25569, 37.274847

DMS

37° 16' 29.4492" N

22° 15' 20.484" E

W3W	reef, alternately, interrupt
UTM	34 S, 611325.33, 4126101.64
EGSA87	345203, 4126501

Elevation m	565
Elevation feet	1853.7
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 101    'Hope Simpson reports a few obsidian chips ... on a level terrace, about half-way up the mountain on the south-west side.'
2.    Lithics.   Laconia II, 125    ' ... a few obsidian chips and ... '
3.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 101    ' ... and some early-looking sherds .... '
4.    Sherds.   Laconia II, 125    'Half-way up on the south-west side is a level terrace, fairly extensive where there were ... early-looking sherds.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 125, ' ... early-looking sherds.'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 101, ' ... and some early-looking sherds (possibly Early Helladic) on a level terrace, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '53. Skortsinos - Khelmos (anc. Belmina).', pg. 101. Online here.

2. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Belmina', pg. 125. Online here.