Site details

Spilia tou Sarakinou

PK	C733
TITLE	Spilia tou Sarakinou
WGS84	38.452612° N, 23.204564° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.452612, 23.204564
LON/LAT	23.204564, 38.452612

DMS

38° 27' 9.4032" N

23° 12' 16.4304" E

W3W	screeching, shorts, deliverance
UTM	34 S, 692370, 4258337
EGSA87	430445, 4256048

Elevation m	175
Elevation feet	574.1
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cave

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 249    'Deposits in this vast cave ... '
2.    Cave.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979],     'MH period: the presence of grinding stones and spindle whorls shows habitation activities in the cave. Bones of goats and sheep, but also shells and fishes of the lake were found.'
3.    hab.   Farinetti [2011 AI7], 8    'MH period: the presence of grinding stones and spindle whorls shows habitation activities in the cave. Bones of goats and sheep, but also shells and fishes of the lake were found.'
4.    Sherds.   Phialon [2011], 63    ' ..., parfois riche en céramique, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 63, ' ..., principalement occupée à l'HA et au Néolithique, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 249, ' ... are reported to range from aceramic Neolithic to MH.'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI7]: 7, Specifically component AK_26
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 63, ' ..., des couches HM ont été mises au jour, ... ', 'La grotte a certainement été occupée jusqu'à la fin de l'HM.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 249, ' ... are reported to range from aceramic Neolithic to MH.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI7]: 7, Specifically component AK_27

NOTE

1. For material on the Neolithic period as well as helpful photographs of the cave and its surrounds see Orphanidis and Sampson [2015], esp. figs. 4-7 and the excavation plan of the cave floor, fig. 3

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Farinetti [2011 AI7]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.7; The Eastern Copais area: Akraiphiai. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '18. Spilia tou Sarakinou: Components AK_25 to AK_27', pg. 7. Specifically components AK_26 and AK_27

2. Orphanidis and Sampson [2015]: Orphanidis, Laia and Ad. Sampson. Figurines of Neolithic Boeotia from the Sarakenos Cave At Akraephnion. Athens, 2015, '', Online here.

3. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.2.32. Autres sites stratifiés', pg. 63.

4. 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., 'G 32 Akraiphnion: Spilia Sarakenou', pg. 248. Online here.