Site details

Mouriki-Kamelovrisi Hab

PK	C782
TITLE	Mouriki–Kamelovrisi Hab
WGS84	38.4344° N, 23.31297° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.4344, 23.31297
LON/LAT	23.31297, 38.4344

DMS

38° 26' 3.84" N

23° 18' 46.692" E

W3W	decomposed, amends, reversible
UTM	34 S, 701881, 4256548
EGSA87	439889, 4253951

Elevation m	127
Elevation feet	416.7
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Farinetti [2011 AI12], 20    '... HS&D 1979 report on a possible MH settlement on the hill ...'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 252    'Traces of a possible MH settlement are reported...'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 72    'Traces of a prehistoric settlement, apparently Middle Helladic, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 20, 'MH', 'On a low hill on S shore of Lake Paralimni, ca. 5km NW of Mouriki, HS&D 1979 report on a possible MH settlement on the hill and LH chamber tombs in E slope.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 252, '...of a possible MH settlement are reported ...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 72, '..., apparently Middle Helladic, ...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 72, '..., and possibly also Mycenaean, ...'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'A tumulus of the Geometric period was excavated here ...'

4. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 252, 'This is the site of a rich LG tumulus ...'

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 252, '...and later cemetery.', 'MH? LH G A'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'MH? LH G A'

NOTE

1. These two lists match the several components in Farinetti [2011] to the place keys in this catalog.

Farinetti: Chapter 12

43 Oungra: Chelonokastro (= C779)
44 Paralimni Oungra (= C780)
45 Paralimni Oungra (= C780)
46 Paralimni Oungra (= C781)
47 Paralimni Oungra Area (Classical, no equiv. in MycAtPr)
48 Paralimni S hills (Geometric and Archaic) (= C7073)
49 Paralimni S hills - not relevant
50 Paralimni S hills - not relevant
51 Mouriki - Kamelovrisi T103 (= C783)
51 Mouriki - Kamelovrisi T152 (= C782)

Farinetti: Chapter 13

8. Paralimnos Pyrgos (= C793)
9. Paralimni Pyrgos E (= C919)
10. Paralimni Pyrgos NE (= C792)

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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., '51. Mouriki - Kamelovrisi: Components T_103 and T_152', pg. 20. Specifically Component T_152

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 30 Mouriki: Kamelovrysi', pg. 72. Online here.

3. 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 41 Mouriki: Kamelovrysi', pg. 252. Online here.