Plataea 2
| PK | C759 |
| TITLE | Plataea 2 |
| WGS84 | 38.222189° N, 23.273204° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.222189, 23.273204 |
| LON/LAT | 23.273204, 38.222189 |
| DMS | 38° 13' 19.8804" N | , | 23° 16' 23.5344" E |
| W3W | jinxed, allegations, exec |
| UTM | 34 S, 698990, 4232911 |
| EGSA87 | 436233, 4230430 |
| Elevation m | 327 |
| Elevation feet | 1072.8 |
| Region | Boeotia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Artifacts. PAE[1899], 512. Artifacts. Syriopoulos [1995], 1180
3. Settlement. Simpson [2018], 191 'It may have been the most important Mycenaean settlement in the Parasopia district.'
4. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 74 'Trial excavations by Skias on the uppermost northwestern part of the walled city revealed sherds ranging from "pre-Mycenaean" ... to Archaic.'
5. Sherds. AR[2000], 58 'LH pottery retrieved includes the whole range ...'
6. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 251 'trial excavations produced a range of material from pre-LH to A, including part of a LH III horse figurine.'
7. Sherds. Fossey [1988], 103 'It is in this area that we have sherds of Middle and Late Bronze Age, Geometric and Archaic times, and the earliest circuit walling;...'
8. Sherds. Farinetti [2011 AI11], 3
9. Town. Iliad, ' ..., and that held Plataea and dwelt in Glisas; ... '
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [2018] p. 190, Size: 120000 sq. m. ' ..., an area c. 400 m northeast to southwest by c. 300 m, i.e. c. 120,000 m2, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 251, 'N or EH MH? LH III(A-B) G A C H'
b. AR[2000]: 58, 'EH was abundant, in coarse as well as in finer ware.'
2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Farinetti [2011 AI11]: 3, Component PP_3, 'In the NW part of the city area MH and LH sherds were noticed earlier (HS&D 1979: G39; Fossey 1988: 103 - components PP_3 and PP_4) ...'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 251, 'N or EH MH? LH III(A-B) G A C H'
c. Fossey [1988]: 103, 'It is in this area that we have sherds of Middle and Late Bronze Age, Geometric and Archaic times, and the earliest circuit walling;...'
d. AR[2000]: 58, 'MH consisted of quite substantial quantities of Grey Minyan pottery of surprisingly good quality.'
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Farinetti [2011 AI11]: 3, Component PP_4, 'In the NW part of the city area MH and LH sherds were noticed earlier (HS&D 1979: G39; Fossey 1988: 103 - components PP_3 and PP_4) ...'
b. Simpson [1981]: 74, 'In 1959 a Mycenaean and a Geometric sherd were found on the surface ... '
c. Simpson [2018]: 190, 'Shias made a few trials in the northwest acropolis ... and recorded Pre-Mycenaean, Mycenaean, Geometric and Early Corinthian pottery.'
4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. AR[2000]: 58, 'LH pottery retrieved includes the whole range from the beginning of the LH sequence until at least mid III C.'
5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. AR[2000]: 58, 'LH pottery retrieved includes the whole range from the beginning of the LH sequence until at least mid III C.'
6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Fossey [1988]: 103, 'It is in this area that we have sherds of Middle and Late Bronze Age, Geometric and Archaic times, and the earliest circuit walling;...'
b. Simpson [1981]: 74, ' ... and part of a LH III animal figurine ... '
7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 251, 'N or EH MH? LH III(A-B) G A C H'
b. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1180,
c. AR[2000]: 58, 'LH pottery retrieved includes the whole range from the beginning of the LH sequence until at least mid III C.'
8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 251, 'N or EH MH? LH III(A-B) G A C H'
b. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1180,
c. AR[2000]: 58, 'LH pottery retrieved includes the whole range from the beginning of the LH sequence until at least mid III C.'
9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1180,
b. AR[2000]: 58, 'LH pottery retrieved includes the whole range from the beginning of the LH sequence until at least mid III C.'
10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. PAE[1899]: 51,
b. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1180,
c. Simpson [1981]: 74, 'In 1959 a Mycenaean and a Geometric sherd were found on the surface ... '
d. Simpson [2018]: 190, 'Shias made a few trials in the northwest acropolis ... and recorded Pre-Mycenaean, Mycenaean, Geometric and Early Corinthian pottery.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. PAE[1899]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1899., '', pg. 51.
2. AR[2000]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (47)., 'Plataiai', pg. 58.
Online here.
3. Farinetti [2011 AI11]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.11; The upper Asopos basin: Parasopia and Plataea. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '1. PLATAEA: Components PP_1 to PP_10; PP_76 and PP_77', pg. 1.
Specifically components PP_3, PP_4
4. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '1. Kokkla (mod. Plataiai) - PLATAIAI', pg. 102.
5. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.504', Online here.
6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 38 Ancient Plataea', pg. 74.
Online here.
7. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Plataia (Il. 2.504)', pg. 189.
Online here.
8. 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 39 Ancient Plataea', pg. 251.
Online here.
9. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1180.