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Lithares: Stroulongo

PKC775
TITLELithares: Stroulongo
WGS84 38.387875° N, 23.28169° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 38.387875, 23.28169
LON/LAT 23.28169, 38.387875

DMS 38° 23' 16.35" N,23° 16' 54.084" E

W3Wsuperiority, undergo, sunspot
UTM34 S, 699279, 4251317
EGSA87 437118, 4248809

Elevation m332
Elevation feet 1089.2
RegionBoeotia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Activity

TYPE

1.    Activity.   Farinetti [2011 AI12], 13    'activity focus', 'On Stroulongo/Serlongos hill, W of Lithares peninsula site (Fossey 1988: 245) EH, LH and Hellenistic deposits were excavated ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Fossey [1988], 245    'Bronze axes, dagger blade, bands and pin.'
3.    Cem.   Fossey [1988], 245    'The large cemetery excavated in 1968 dated to EH times except for one tomb of MH date; this Early Bronze Age nekropolis when fully published will be a most important addition to our very scant knowledge of EH burial customs. Some of the tombs observed by Papadhimitriou seemed to be of Mycenaean date.'
4.    Lithics.   Fossey [1988], 245    'Large quantities of obsidian (flakes and cores).', 'Polished stone axes.'
5.    Sherds.   Fossey [1988], 245    'Pottery and Small Finds; EH I-II, ... ', etc.
6.    Tomb.   Syriopoulos [1995], 70    


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 13, Component T_70
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 245, '...where EH, LH and Hellenistic deposits...'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 245, 'Neo, EH I-III, ... '

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 245, 'Neo, EH I-III, ... '

4. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 245, 'Neo, EH I-III, ... '

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 245, 'Neo, EH I-III, MH, ... '

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 13, Component T_71
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 70,
    c.    Fossey [1988]: 245, ' ..., LH (including LH III) ... '

7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 245, ' ..., LH (including LH III) ... '

8. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 245, ' ..., Archaic, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Farinetti [2011 AI12]:  Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.12; The Theban plain and the area of the lakes: Thebaïs. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '29/30. Lithares Stroulongo: Components T_70 to T_72 (29) and T_151 (30)', pg. 13. Specifically components T_70, T_71

2.  Fossey [1988]:  Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., ''Overlooking the site from the West is the "akropolis" of Stroulongo ... where EH, LH and Hellenistic deposits have been excavated ...'', pg. 245.

3.  Syriopoulos [1995]:  Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 70.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C775 is at 38.49739° N, 23.33241° E, a straight-line distance of 12 km and 968 m.