Site details

Chersonisi: Ayios Andreas

PK	C873
TITLE	Chersonisi: Ayios Andreas
WGS84	37.383203° N, 22.774197° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.383203, 22.774197
LON/LAT	22.774197, 37.383203

DMS

37° 22' 59.5308" N

22° 46' 27.1092" E

W3W	casing, cities, stitching
UTM	34 S, 657072, 4138860
EGSA87	391331, 4137801

Elevation m	18
Elevation feet	59.1
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AM[1975], 179
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 48    ' ..., prehistoric and later material has been found on the surface, ... '
3.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 48    ' ..., which uncovered EH II levels, and some MH, G, and A pottery.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 26    'On this small promontory ... prehistoric and later sherds, including Mycenaean, have been found on the surface...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, ' ..., which uncovered EH II levels, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Material from trial excavations indicates continuous habitation from the EH II p eriod ... '

2. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 26, 'EH II-III ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 26, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, ' ..., which uncovered EH II levels, and some MH, G, and A pottery.'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AM[1975]: 179,

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 26, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 26, ' ... attributed variously to the LH IIIB ... ', 'Fine Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds, especially LH IIIB, ... '

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 26, ' ... until late in the LH IIIC period.'

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AM[1975]: 179,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, ' ..., which uncovered EH II levels, and some MH, G, and A pottery.'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 26, ' ... and/or the Geometric periods.', 'The site may have been abandoned from this time until the Geometric period.'

9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, ' ..., which uncovered EH II levels, and some MH, G, and A pottery.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AM[1975]: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, Germany. 1975., '', pg. 179.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 23 Ayios Andreas: Chersonisi', pg. 26. 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., 'A 17 Ayios Andreas: Chersonisi', pg. 48. Online here.