Site details

Siphae: Town

PK	C751
TITLE	Siphae: Town
WGS84	38.188558° N, 23.051672° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.188558, 23.051672
LON/LAT	23.051672, 38.188558

DMS

38° 11' 18.8088" N

23° 3' 6.0192" E

W3W	collider, solvers, lamb
UTM	34 S, 679678, 4228726
EGSA87	416803, 4226874

Elevation m	10
Elevation feet	32.8
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Fossey [1988], 168    '...its West peak provided the akropolis for the ancient city which lay in the smaller plain to the South.'
2.    hab.   Farinetti [2011 AI10], 2
3.    Wall.   Simpson [1981], 75    '..., and just below the summit traces of a wall of large blocks which he considered to be probably Mycenaean.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 2, 'The site shows continuity of occupation, from the EH to the LR period. On the acropolis site also Prehistoric material is known: EH, MH, LH.'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 171, 'EH I-II, MH ..., LH II, LH IIIA-B, ...'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 171, 'EH I-II, MH ..., LH II, LH IIIA-B, ...'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 2, 'The site shows continuity of occupation, from the EH to the LR period. On the acropolis site also Prehistoric material is known: EH, MH, LH.'
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 171, 'EH I-II, MH ..., LH II, LH IIIA-B, ...'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 75, Wall of '... probably Mycenaean' origin.

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 2, 'Fossey (1988: 171) reports LH II, IIIA-B;',' G37 report LH I/II? - LH IIIA-B.'

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 2, 'Fossey (1988: 171) reports LH II, IIIA-B;',' G37 report LH I/II? - LH IIIA-B.'
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 171, 'EH I-II, MH ..., LH II, LH IIIA-B, ...'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 2, 'Fossey (1988: 171) reports LH II, IIIA-B;',' G37 report LH I/II? - LH IIIA-B.'
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 171, 'EH I-II, MH ..., LH II, LH IIIA-B, ...'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 2, 'Fossey (1988: 171) reports LH II, IIIA-B;',' G37 report LH I/II? - LH IIIA-B.'
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 171, 'EH I-II, MH ..., LH II, LH IIIA-B, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Farinetti [2011 AI10]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.10; Three small chorai to the Gulf of Corinth: Siphai, Thisbe, Chorseiai. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '1. Aliki (ancient SIPHAI): Components GC_1 to GC_8', pg. 1. Specifically components GC_1, GC_2, GC_3

2. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '1. Aliki - SIPHAI', pg. 168.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 42 Halike (or Aliki): Ancient Siphai', pg. 75. Online here.