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Hydra: Choriza/Choritsa

PK	C891
TITLE	Hydra: Choriza∕Choritsa
WGS84	37.344257° N, 23.447972° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.344257, 23.447972
LON/LAT	23.447972, 37.344257

DMS

37° 20' 39.3252" N

23° 26' 52.6992" E

W3W	dinner, referring, rigged
UTM	34 S, 716843, 4135874
EGSA87	450956, 4132918

Elevation m	21
Elevation feet	68.9
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1965], 130
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 56    ' ... and the head of a LH figurine were found ... '
3.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 52    ' ..., fanden Frickenhaus und Muller 1910 viele mykenische und spätere Scherben.'
4.    Sherds.   Foley [1988], 177    'There is much LHIII material and Hope-Simpson also remarks sherds of the G, A, C, H and R periods.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 32    'On the north and northwest slopes many LH III sherds and the head of a Mycenaean figurine were found, ...'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 56    'Many LH III sherds ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 52, ' ... mykenische ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1965]: 130,

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 32, 'LH III(A-B) ... ', 'On the north and northwest slopes many LH III sherds and the head of a Mycenaean figurine were found, ... '
    b.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'LHIIIA-B G A ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 56, 'LH III(A-B) G C H'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 32, 'LH III(A-B) ... ', 'On the north and northwest slopes many LH III sherds and the head of a Mycenaean figurine were found, ... '
    b.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'LHIIIA-B G A ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 56, 'LH III(A-B) G C H'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1965]: 130,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 56, ' ... together with sherds of later periods.', 'LH III(A-B) G C H'
    c.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'LHIIIA-B G A ... '

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'LHIIIA-B G A ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1965]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 20, '', pg. 130.

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

3. 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., '20. Choritsa', pg. 177.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 46 Hydra: Choriza', pg. 32. 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 39 Hydra: Choriza', pg. 56. Online here.