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Agios Konstantinos

PK	C795
TITLE	Agios Konstantinos
WGS84	38.289555° N, 23.578984° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.289555, 23.578984
LON/LAT	23.578984, 38.289555

DMS

38° 17' 22.398" N

23° 34' 44.3424" E

W3W	justify, persuading, reviewers
UTM	34 S, 725553, 4241089
EGSA87	463033, 4237739

Elevation m	157
Elevation feet	515.1
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Farinetti [2011 AI14], 7    '... fine wares typical boetian prehistoric wares were found, such as EH Urfirnis and Agia Marina Ware, fine minyan and matt-painted MH wares, fine plain and decorated LH pottery ...'
2.    hab.   Fossey [1988], 53    '...there can be little doubt that here was the focus of this small site, ...'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 222    'A prehistoric settlement was found here c. 1.5 km. NW of Ayios Thomas on a high hill, steep on all sides except the NW where stands the chapel of Ayios Konstandinos.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 52    'The sherds on the flat hilltop included some from tall-stemmed Mycenaean kylikes.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 222, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 6, Component TA_20

3. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 53, 'Neo, EH I - II, MH (Grey Minyan and Matt-painted), LH II, III A-B, PG? Geometric, ...'

4. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 52, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 222, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'
    c.    Fossey [1988]: 53, 'Neo, EH I - II, MH (Grey Minyan and Matt-painted), LH II, III A-B, PG? Geometric, ...'

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 6, Component TA_21
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 52, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 222, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'
    d.    Fossey [1988]: 53, 'Neo, EH I - II, MH (Grey Minyan and Matt-painted), LH II, III A-B, PG? Geometric, ...'

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 6, Component TA_22

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 53, 'Neo, EH I - II, MH (Grey Minyan and Matt-painted), LH II, III A-B, PG? Geometric, ...'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 53, 'Neo, EH I - II, MH (Grey Minyan and Matt-painted), LH II, III A-B, PG? Geometric, ...'

9. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 52, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 222, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 52, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 222, 'N EH II MH LH III(A2-B) A C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Farinetti [2011 AI14]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.14; The Tanagra plain and Eastern Boeotia. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '15. Agios Konstantinos: Components TA_19 to TA_29', pg. 6. Specifically components TA_20, TA_21, TA_22

2. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '3. Kleidheti (mod. Kleidhi)', pg. 52.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 49 Ayios Thomas: Ayios Konstandinos', pg. 52. Online here.

4. 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., 'F 62 Ayios Thomas: Ayios Konstandinos', pg. 222. Online here.