Site details

Megara

PK	C949
TITLE	Megara
WGS84	37.998495° N, 23.343542° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.998495, 23.343542
LON/LAT	23.343542, 37.998495

DMS

37° 59' 54.582" N

23° 20' 36.7512" E

W3W	chilling, jacket, hopping
UTM	34 S, 705775, 4208240
EGSA87	442214, 4205564

Elevation m	49
Elevation feet	160.8
Region	Megaris

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Ålin [1962], 114    'Auf der Akropolis fand Rhousopoulos mykenische Scherben und Figurinen.'
2.    hab.   Payne et al. [1962], 9
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 39    'EH, MH, and LH sherds and Cyclopean walling were observed.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 73    ' ..., EH, MH, and LH sherds and Cyclopean walling were observed.'
5.    Sherds.   Fimmen [1921], 9    'Mykenische Scherben, Schliemann, Tiryns 94. ... '
6.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 114    'Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit sollen sich auch im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut in Athen befinden.'
7.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 73    ' ..., EH, MH, and LH sherds and Cyclopean walling were observed.'
8.    Wall.   Fimmen [1921], 9    'Kyklopische Mauerreste, Pouqueville V 163f., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 114, 'Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 39, 'EH II MH LH I? LH III(A-B) ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 73, 'EH II MH ... ', ' ..., EH, MH, and LH sherds ... were observed.'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 39, 'EH II MH LH I? LH III(A-B) ...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 114, 'Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 73, ' ..., EH, MH, and LH sherds ... were observed.'
    b.    Fimmen [1921]: 9, 'Kyklopische Mauerreste, ... ', ' ... Mykenische Scherben ... '
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 114, 'Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit ... '

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 39, 'EH II MH LH I? LH III(A-B) ...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 114, 'In Bonn befindet sich eine einhenkelige Tasse des Vaphio-Types aus SH I.'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 39, 'EH II MH LH I? LH III(A-B) ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 73, ' ... LH III(A-B) G A ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 39, 'EH II MH LH I? LH III(A-B) ...'
    b.    Payne et al. [1962]: 9,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 73, ' ... LH III(A-B) G A ... '

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Payne et al. [1962]: 9,

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 73, ' ... LH III(A-B) G A ... '

10. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 73, ' ... LH III(A-B) G A ... '

NOTES

1.  Marker placed notionally on the saddle between the two hills on which ancient Megara was built.

2.  Simpson and Hagel [2006] 71 are dismissive of the idea of Mycenaean or Cyclopean walls at Megara.

3.  Pausanias, Attica, xxxx,1 and see Frazer's remarks at that place.

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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., 'Megara.', pg. 114.

2. Fimmen [1921]: Fimmen, Dietrich. Die Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur. Verlag und Druck von B.G. Teubner, Leipzig und Berlin. 1921., 'g) Megaris und Korinthia; Megara', pg. 9. Online here.

3. Payne et al. [1962]: Payne, Humfry and Thomas James Dunbabin. Perachora: the sanctuaries of Hera Akraia and Limenia : excavations of the British school of archaeology at Athens, 1930-1933. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1962., '', pg. 9.

4. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: Simpson, R. Hope and D.K. Hagel. Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals. SIMA vol. 133. Paul Åströms Förlag. Sävedalen, Sweden. 2006., 'Megara', pg. 71.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 89 Megara', pg. 39. Online here.

6. 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 93 Megara', pg. 73. Online here.