Site details

Thisbe

PK	C752
TITLE	Thisbe
WGS84	38.262294° N, 22.963504° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.262294, 22.963504
LON/LAT	22.963504, 38.262294

DMS

38° 15' 44.2584" N

22° 57' 48.6144" E

W3W	intend, troll, tankards
UTM	34 S, 671782.5, 4236740.91
EGSA87	409173, 4235138

Elevation m	243
Elevation feet	797.2
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Ålin [1962], 124    ' ..., antiker Akropolishügel westlich des Dorfes Kakosi, nicht weit von Domvraina. Heurtley fand 1922 minysche und viele SH III-Scherben hier.'
2.    Artifacts.   Fossey [1988], 180    'Mycenaean and Roman jewelry.'
3.    Settlement.   Heurtley [1923], 41    'That a prehistoric settlement existed at Thisbe is now certain ... '
4.    Settlement.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1180
5.    Settlement.   Farinetti [2011 AI10], 5    '... show occupation from the Mycenaean period onwards ...', 'Mycenaean, through Archaic, were found especially on the Paliokastro hill.'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 250    ' ... and the extensive slopes are strewn with fine LH IIIA-B sherds, and ... '
7.    Sherds.   Fossey [1988], 180    'Nevertheless the numerous surface sherds, of most of the same periods as found on the acropolis, ... '
8.    Wall.   Simpson [1981], 75    'On its northwest end are remains of a wall corner built of massive blocks, which seems to be the inner face of a "Cyclopean" circuit wall.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 250,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  'It measures c. 300 m. NW~SE by 100 tapering down to SE.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 5, 'EH (only Fossey 1988: 180 EH I-II as well as obsidian [AE1483]) ... are also reported from the site'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: EH I-II, ... '

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: EH I-II, ... '

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 6, '.. and MH (Heurtley 1923/25: 41; Syriopoulos 1968; HS&D 1979: G35, from the acropolis) are also reported from the site'
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: ..., MH (including Grey Minyan), ... '
    c.    Heurtley [1923]: 41, ' ..., Minyan and Late Helladic III. sherds can be found; ... '

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 4,
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 75, ' ... strewn with Mycenaean sherds of very fine quality, and there are few later sherds ... '

6. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: ..., LH IIA-IIIC, ... '

7. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: ..., LH IIA-IIIC, ... '

8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1180,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 124, 'Heurtley fand 1922 minysche und viele SH III-Scherben hier.'
    c.    Heurtley [1923]: 41, ' ..., Minyan and Late Helladic III. sherds can be found; ... '

9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: ..., LH IIA-IIIC, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 250, ' ... and the extensive slopes are strewn with fine LH IIIA-B sherds, and ... '

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: ..., LH IIA-IIIC, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 250, ' ... and the extensive slopes are strewn with fine LH IIIA-B sherds, and ... '

11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: ..., LH IIA-IIIC, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 250, ? ' ..., and few later.'

12. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 180, 'Pottery and Small Finds: ..., Archaic (EPC, LC, black glaze), ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Thisbe', pg. 124.

2. 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., '6. Kakosi-Thisvi (ancient THISBE): Components GC_19 to GC_25, GC_77 and GC_78', pg. 4. Specifically components GC_19, GC_20, GC_21

3. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., 'Pottery and Small Finds', pg. 180.

4. Heurtley [1923]: Heurtley, W. A.. ‘Notes on Harbours of South Boeotia and Sea-trade between Boeotia and Corinth in Prehistoric Times’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (26), pp. 38-45. 1925., '', pg. 41. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 43 Thisbe: Palaiokastro', pg. 75. Online here.

6. 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 35 Thisbe: Palaiokastro', pg. 249. Online here.

7. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1180.