Site details

Thermisi

PK	C848
TITLE	Thermisi
WGS84	37.408373° N, 23.299665° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.408373, 23.299665
LON/LAT	23.299665, 37.408373

DMS

37° 24' 30.1428" N

23° 17' 58.794" E

W3W	radically, bandits, costs
UTM	34 S, 703530, 4142658
EGSA87	437872, 4140118

Elevation m	80
Elevation feet	262.5
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 31    'A small Mycenaean site seems to be indicated in this remote coastal plain.'
2.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 52    ' ... fand Heurtley spätmykenische Scherben.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 57    ' ... a small LH site in this remote coastal plain.'
4.    Sherds.   Foley [1988], 196    'Various sherds of the LHIIIA-B period have been recovered in this area.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 57, ' ... a small LH site ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 52, ' ... spätmykenische ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 31, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 57, 'LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Foley [1988]: 196, 'Various sherds of the LHIIIA-B period ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 31, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 57, 'LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Foley [1988]: 196, 'Various sherds of the LHIIIA-B period ... '

NOTE

1. Simpson and Dickinson quote RE VI 606: 'Thermisi, nordöstlich des gleichnamigen Kaps, auf einem Felsvorsprung über den Salzwerken, byzant. Festung and Spätmyk. Scherben (Mitt. Heurtleys)'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Thermisi', pg. 52.

2. Foley [1988]: Foley, Anne. The Argolid 800-600 B.C.: An Archaeological Survey : Together with an Index of Sites from the Neolithic to the Roman Period. Göteborg : P. Åströms Förlag, 1988., '106. Thermisi', pg. 196.

3. Frazer [1898]: Frazer, James G.. Pausanias's Description of Greece. Translated with a Commentary by J.G. Frazer, Vol. III., London, MacMillan and Co., New York: The MacMillan Company. 1898., '34. 6. a road from Troezen to Hermion etc.', pg. 290.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 40 Thermisi', pg. 31. Online here.

5. 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., 'A 40 Thermisi', pg. 57. Online here.