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Tourlo

PKC790
TITLETourlo
WGS84 38.506359° N, 23.402405° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 38.506359, 23.402405
LON/LAT 23.402405, 38.506359

DMS 38° 30' 22.8924" N,23° 24' 8.658" E

W3Wensembles, blurbs, detail
UTM34 S, 709480, 4264734
EGSA87 447746, 4261881

Elevation m191
Elevation feet 626.6
RegionBoeotia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1973], 447    
2.    Sherds.   Fossey [1988], 261    'Several traces of occupation in antiquity are to be found on the South slopes of the hill towards the modern road.'
3.    Sherds.   Farinetti [2011 AI13], 4    'Prehistoric (EH and LH) surface materials are reported by Fossey at the site ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI13]: 4, Component AN_15
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 261, '(including EH II)'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 261, '(including EH II)'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI13]: 4, Component AN_14
    b.    AD[1973]: 447, Fossey says (Fossey [1988] about Sampson's article: '...surface finds (mostly prehistoric); ...'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 261, 'LH III, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1973]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 28, '', pg. 447.

2.  Farinetti [2011 AI13]:  Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.13; The Boeotian coastal area facing the Euboean sea N of Chalkis: ANTHEDONIA and SKROPONERI bay. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '5. Tourlo: Components AN_14 to AN_16 and AN_39', pg. 4. Specifically components AN_14, AN_15

3.  Fossey [1988]:  Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '3. Tourlo', pg. 261.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C790 is at 38.50939° N, 23.40075° E, a straight-line distance of 367.3 m.