Site details

Goritsa: Laina

PK	C999
TITLE	Goritsa: Laina
WGS84	37.012651° N, 22.586903° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.012651, 22.586903
LON/LAT	22.586903, 37.012651

DMS

37° 0' 45.5436" N

22° 35' 12.8508" E

W3W	errand, isomers, subtleties
UTM	34 S, 641178, 4097453
EGSA87	374136, 4096921

Elevation m	268
Elevation feet	879.3
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Cavanagh et al. [1996], 291    'Chamber-tombs reported nearby.'
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 111    'The site is about 2 km. SE of Goritsa on a hillock overlooking the plain to the E and the road to Geraki.'
3.    Settlement.   Cavanagh et al. [1996], 291    'a. At Tsaltas ravine, caves with Nl remains. Nearby, EH-LH III settlement on hillock.'
4.    Settlement.   Laconia I, 83    '...a prehistoric settlement, on a hillock overlooking the broad plainlands to the east ...'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 103    'The surface finds, over an area about 200 m. by 180 m., attest a considerable settlement, at least in LH IIIB ...'
6.    Sherds.   Banou [1996], 45    'Auf einem kleinen Hügel 2 km südostlich des modernen Dorfes Goritsa hat Hope Simpson zusammen mit frühelladischen und mittelhelladischen auch mykenische Scherben gefunden, ...'
7.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 93    'Auf einem kleinen Hügel fand Simpson Scherben ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 103,  Size: 36000 sq. m.  'The surface finds, over an area about 200 m. by 180 m, attest a considerable settlement, ... '

- Laconia I  p. 83,  Size: 36000 sq. m.  'The site is about 200 by 180 metres in extent.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 111,  Size: 36000 sq. m.  'It is about 200 m. by 180 m. in extent.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 83, 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. I-III pottery was found here, ...'
    b.    Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 291, 'Nearby, EH-LH III settlement on hillock.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 103, 'EH II MH LH I/II' LH III(A-B)
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 111, 'N EH II MH LH I/II LH III(A-B)'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 103, 'EH II MH LH I/II' LH III(A-B)
    b.    Laconia I: 83, 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. I-III pottery was found here, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 111, 'N EH II MH LH I/II LH III(A-B)'
    d.    Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 291, 'Nearby, EH-LH III settlement on hillock.'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III.'

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 103, 'EH II MH LH I/II' LH III(A-B)
    b.    Laconia I: 83, 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. I-III pottery was found here, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 111, 'N EH II MH LH I/II LH III(A-B)'
    d.    Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 291, 'Nearby, EH-LH III settlement on hillock.'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III.'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 103, 'EH II MH LH I/II' LH III(A-B)
    b.    Laconia I: 83, 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. I-III pottery was found here, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 111, 'N EH II MH LH I/II LH III(A-B)'
    d.    Banou [1996]: 45, 'Die von Hope Simpson mit Fragezeichen dem SH I zugeschriebenen Scherben würden wir mit annähernder Sicherheit aber im SH II datieren.'
    e.    Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 291, 'Nearby, EH-LH III settlement on hillock.'
    f.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III.'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 83, 'E.H., M.H., and L.H. I-III pottery was found here, ...'
    b.    Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 291, 'Nearby, EH-LH III settlement on hillock.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH I - III.', 'Aus SH III stammen Scherben von Skyphoi und Kylikes, ... '

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 103, 'EH II MH LH I/II' LH III(A-B)
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 111, 'N EH II MH LH I/II LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Banou [1996]: 45, '...die im SH I-IIIB datieren...'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 103, 'EH II MH LH I/II' LH III(A-B)
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 111, 'N EH II MH LH I/II LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Banou [1996]: 45, '...die im SH I-IIIB datieren...'

NOTE

1. This marker was placed following the directions in Waterhouse and Simpson [1960], p. 84, fig. 7a. For the 'chapel' and the 'farm' see features F3190 and F3221 respectively.

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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., 'Laina', pg. 93.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '15. Goritsa: Laina', pg. 45.

3. Cavanagh et al. [1996]: Cavanagh, William & Joost Crouwel, R. W. V. Catling, Graham Shipley, Pamela Armstrong, Tristan Carter, David Hibler, Richard Jones, Jo Lawson, Marco Overbeek, Apostolos Sarris, Heleen Visscher And Mark Ydo . Continuity and Change in a Greek Rural Landscape: The Laconia Survey. Volume II: Archaeological Data. The British School at Athens. Supplementary Volumes, No. 27, pp. iii-xxx, 1-459. 1996, 'GG97. Laina', pg. 291. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 10 Goritsa: Laina', pg. 103. 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., 'C 11 Goritsa: Laina', pg. 111. Online here.

6. Laconia I: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'Goritsa', pg. 83. See p. 84, fig. 7a, for a useful sketch map of this locale.
Online here.