Site details

Kephalari: Magoula

PK	C881
TITLE	Kephalari: Magoula
WGS84	37.593058° N, 22.708102° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.593058, 22.708102
LON/LAT	22.708102, 37.593058

DMS

37° 35' 35.0088" N

22° 42' 29.1672" E

W3W	retrial, similarities, birdman
UTM	34 S, 650797, 4162037
EGSA87	385799, 4161162

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1973], 246
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 25    'Burials of the MH/LH transitional period are said to have been found below a "pure" Mycenaean level.'
3.    hab.   Bintliff [1977], 326    'The tell is of quite extensive proportions, and when larger and deeper areas are opened up by excavation (only two small pits have been cleared) we may find substantial structures of the Bronze Age.'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 46    'The settlement was of moderate size, on the edge of the thin coastal plain.'

SITE SIZE

- Bintliff [1977]  p. 326,  Size: sq. m.  No size data but 'The tell is of quite extensive proportions, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977]: 326, '...stray finds of EH...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 25, 'EH II-III MH LH IIIB ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, 'N EH II-III ... '

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 25, 'EH II-III MH LH IIIB ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, 'N EH II-III ... '

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 25, 'EH II-III MH LH IIIB ...'
    b.    Bintliff [1977]: 326, '...notable burials of MH/LH date are found below the pure LH, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... MH LH IIIB A'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977]: 326, '...notable burials of MH/LH date are found below the pure LH, ...'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 25, 'EH II-III MH LH IIIB ...'
    b.    AD[1973]: 246,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... MH LH IIIB A'

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1973]: 246,

8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AD[1973]: 246,

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1973]: 246,

10. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... MH LH IIIB A'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1973]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 28, '', pg. 246.

2. Bintliff [1977]: Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part i. BAR Supplementary Series 28(i). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., 'Magoula', pg. 325. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 18 Kephalari: Magoula', pg. 25. 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., 'A 12 Kephalari: Magoula', pg. 46. Online here.