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Erythrai: Pantanassa Chapel

PK	C764
TITLE	Erythrai: Pantanassa Chapel
WGS84	38.223311° N, 23.340519° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.223311, 23.340519
LON/LAT	23.340519, 38.223311

DMS

38° 13' 23.9196" N

23° 20' 25.8684" E

W3W	relight, passably, justify
UTM	34 S, 704880, 4233182
EGSA87	442126, 4230510

Elevation m	365
Elevation feet	1197.5
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Pritchett [1957], 15
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 74    ' ... and part of a LH III animal figurine were found on the surface, ... '
3.    Pottery.   Fossey [1988], 114    'Pottery and Small Finds LH III, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 251    '...a range of material from pre-LH to A, including part of a LH III horse figurine'
5.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 120    'Bölte fand hier mykenische Scherben.'
6.    Sherds.   Fimmen [1921], 6    'Ein paar mykenische Scherben fand Bölte nach brieflicher Mitteilung.'
7.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 74    'The two Mycenaean sherds from "Erythrai" found by Bölte (Fimmen loc. cit) were presumably from this site; and in 1961 some fragments of LH III deep bowl handles and part of a LH III animal figurine were found on the surface, ... '
8.    Sherds.   Farinetti [2011 AI11], 12    'LH potsherds are reported from the site (Pritchett AJA 1957: 12-15; Syriopoulos 1968; HS&D 1979 G40).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 251, 'MH? LH III(A-B) G A C H', '...pre-LH...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI11]: 12,
    b.    Pritchett [1957]: 15,
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 120, ' ... mykenische Scherben.'
    d.    Fimmen [1921]: 6, 'Ein paar mykenische Scherben ... '
    e.    Simpson [1981]: 74, ' ... two Mycenaean sherds ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 114, 'Pottery and Small Finds LH III, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 251, 'MH? LH III(A-B) G A C H', '...including part of a horse figurine.'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 74, ' ...LH III deep bowl handles ... '

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 74, 'LH III(A-B) C H'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 74, 'LH III(A-B) C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Erythrä', pg. 119.

2. 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., '26. Erythrai - Pantanassa: Components PP_34 to PP_38', pg. 12. Specifically component PP_34

3. Fimmen [1921]: Fimmen, Dietrich. Die Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur. Verlag und Druck von B.G. Teubner, Leipzig und Berlin. 1921., 'Erythrä', pg. 6. Online here.

4. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '2. Kriekouki (mod. Erythrai), Pantanassa - HYSIAI', pg. 112.

5. Pritchett [1957]: Pritchett, W. Kendrick. ‘New light on Plataia’, American Journal of Archaeology, (61:1), pp. 9-28. 1957., '', pg. 15. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 37 Erythrai: Pantanassa', pg. 74. Online here.

7. 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 40 Erythrai: Pantanassa', pg. 251. Online here.