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Chantsa: MH Houses

PKC726
TITLEChantsa: MH Houses
WGS84 38.51499° N, 23.227879° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 38.51499, 23.227879
LON/LAT 23.227879, 38.51499

DMS 38° 30' 53.964" N,23° 13' 40.3644" E

W3Werror, completions, altogether
UTM34 S, 694237, 4265309
EGSA87 432537, 4262952

Elevation m91
Elevation feet 298.6
RegionBoeotia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    House.   Simpson [1981], 65    'Apsidal house foundations and a cemetery of cist graves recorded here may be of the Middle Helladic period.'
2.    Settlement.   Farinetti [2011 AI6], 9    '...and the site was probably also a MH settlement site.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 65, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Farinetti [2011 AI6]: 8, '...also a MH settlement site.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Farinetti [2011 AI6]:  Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.6; The Copais area: Copai and the North-East bay. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '14/15. Chantza (14) and Chantza nearby (15): Components NC_33 to NC_37', pg. 8. 'Primarily component NC_33'

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 10 Chantsa', pg. 65. ''
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Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C726 is at 38.56063° N, 23.28443° E, a straight-line distance of 7 km and 75 m.