| PK | C1626 |
| TITLE | Mitrou |
| WGS84 | 38.636176° N, 23.124344° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.636176, 23.124344 |
| LON/LAT | 23.124344, 38.636176 |
| DMS | 38° 38' 10.2336" N | , | 23° 7' 27.6384" E |
| W3W | kittens, bathwater, tottered |
| UTM | 34 S, 684898, 4278545 |
| EGSA87 | 423639, 4276480 |
| Elevation m | 5 |
| Elevation feet | 16.4 |
| Region | Locris |
| Subregion | Opuntia |
TYPE
1. Pottery. Vitale [2018], 151 ' ... to examine manufacturing practices in the pottery assemblages of Mitrou, East Lokris, ... '
2. Settlement. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008], 164 'At its northern end, the shore of the islet is delimited by tall scarps. Numerous walls, floor levels, and cist tombs are visible in these scarps.'
3. Settlement. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008], 244 'Although evidence for an EH I phase is lacking, settlement was uninterrupted from the EH II period through the Protogeometric.'
4. Settlement. Phialon [2011], 48
SITE SIZE
- ed rhc p. , Size: 802 sq. m. Measured with a Google Earth polygon created by me.
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Helladic: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 179, 'Some of the cist tombs may date to the MH period, but it is possible that a number of the ones located on the northwest shore at a lower level, ..., date to the EH period.'
2. Early Helladic II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 180, 'The EH II fine wares have very pale brown and pink to light reddish brown and reddish yellow fabrics and are fired medium hard ... '
3. Early Helladic III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 181, 'In the EH III period, in addition to the above fabrics, Gray Minyan makes its first appearance.'
4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 167, 'Some of the cist tombs may date to the MH period...'
b. Phialon [2011]: 48, ' ... ont fourni des vestiges HM à HR II.'
5. Middle Helladic IIIB: (1740 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 198, ' ..., the bridge spout of an Aiginetan hole-mouthed jar, ... It dates to the transitional period of MH IIIB-LH IA.'
6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 167, 'One tomb on the eastern side, ..., may be Mycenaean, given its carefully worked slabs ... and ... a large Early Mycenaean sherd ... with fresh breaks found in the spill below the tomb.'
7. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 177, ' ..., LH I-III fine-ware sherds are found predominantly in the northwestern part of the islet ... ','In the LH I phase Gray Minyan, Matt-Painted, and Polychrome Matt-Painted wares, ... '
b. Phialon [2011]: 48, ' ... ont fourni des vestiges HM à HR II.', 'Deux d'entre eux forment un batiment HR I, ... '
c. Vitale [2018]: 154, 'During the first half of LH I, two monumental complexes named Buildings H and D (Figs 8.2-8.4) were constructed ... ', ' ..., in the second half of LH I, Tomb 73, an L-shaped rectangular built chamber tomb ... was constructed ... '
8. Late Helladic IA: (1700 BC - 1660 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 198, ' ..., the bridge spout of an Aiginetan hole-mouthed jar, ... It dates to the transitional period of MH IIIB-LH IA.'
9. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 177, ' ..., LH I-III fine-ware sherds are found predominantly in the northwestern part of the islet ... '
b. Phialon [2011]: 48, ' ... ont fourni des vestiges HM à HR II.'
10. Late Helladic IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 201, 'The number of recovered sherds increases in the LH II phase and both LH IIA and IIB are well represented.'
b. Vitale [2018]: 159, ' ..., the moderate growth of medium-coarse tableware vessels may imply a slight decrease in labour investment from LH IIA to LH IIIB2 Late.'
c. Vitale [2018]: 160, ' ... in LH IIA 58 % of Mitrou's tableware was fully hand-made, ... '
11. Late Helladic IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 201, 'The number of recovered sherds increases in the LH II phase and both LH IIA and IIB are well represented.'
b. Phialon [2011]: 48, ' ..., au moins sept murs ont été en usage entre l'HM et l'HR II B.'
12. Late Helladic III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 177, ' ..., LH-III fine-ware sherds are found predominantly in the northwestern part of the islet ... '
b. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 204, 'The number of recovered sherds culminates in abundant quantities of inventoried LH III examples.'
13. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 204, 'Fabrics are pale pink to whitish yellowish in LH IIIA.'
14. Late Helladic IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 204, 'Typical LH IIIA1 motifs represented on Mitrou are spirals, bands, nets, stipples, and fish scales.'
b. Vitale [2018]: 155, 'Buildings H and D continued to be used into LH IIIA1 and LH IIIA2 Early ... '
15. Late Helladic IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 206, 'Late Helladic IIIA2'
b. Phialon [2011]: 48, 'Plus tard, l'habitat est occupé de l'HR III A2 au Protogéométrique et comprend d'importants bâtiments.'
c. Vitale [2018]: 155, 'Buildings H and D continued to be used into LH IIIA1 and LH IIIA2 Early ... ', ' ... a fire destruction affecting the NE excavation sector of the site during LH IIIA2 Early ... '
16. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Phialon [2011]: 48, 'Plus tard, l'habitat est occupé de l'HR III A2 au Protogéométrique et comprend d'importants bâtiments.'
17. Late Helladic IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 208, 'Sherds from Mitrou dating to the LH IIIB1 period are still numerous.'
b. Vitale [2018]: 160, 'During LH IIIB1 more and less intensive labour methods were roughly equally represented.'
18. Late Helladic IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 209, ' ..., and in fact only D87 and D88 have been assigned with certainty to LH IIIB2.'
b. Vitale [2018]: 155, ' ... the indications for a LH IIIB2 Late Palatial-style building at Mitrou including roof tiles ... ', ' ... The LH IIIB2 Late deposits from Mitrou postdate the materials dating the destruction of Gla, ... '
19. Late Helladic IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: 213, 'The inventoried LH IIIC material from Mitrou is quantitatively less than the earlier LH III material, but nevertheless interesting. It comes mainly from LH IIIC Middle kraters, ... '
b. Phialon [2011]: 48, 'Plus tard, l'habitat est occupé de l'HR III A2 au Protogéométrique et comprend d'importants bâtiments.'
c. Vitale [2018]: 170, ' ... a major element of continuity between late LH IIIB and early LH IIIC ceramics, as well as a hallmark of LH IIIC pottery productions not only at Mitrou, but, more generally, on the whole Greek mainland throughout the end of the Bronze Age ... '
20. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Phialon [2011]: 48, 'Plus tard, l'habitat est occupé de l'HR III A2 au Protogéométrique et comprend d'importants bâtiments.'
A good list of articles and books on the work at Mitrou can be found at the National Endowment for the Humanities grant page here.
The article in Hesperia by Kramer-Hajos and O'Neill is a fine source for the Mitrou survey.
Detailed sketch maps for the NE and NW sectors of the island are available in Vitale [2018] 156-7, figs. 8.2 and 8.3.
1. Caloi and Langohr [2018]: Calo, Ilariai and Charlotte Langohr (edd.). Technology in Crisis. Technological changes in ceramic production during periods of trouble. Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium. 2018., '',
2. Kramer-Hajos et al. [2008]: Kramer-Hajos, Margaretha and Kerill O'Neill. ‘The Bronze Age Site of Mitrou on East Lokris; Finds from the 1988-1989 Surface Survey’, Hesperia, vol. 77, pp. 163-250. 2008., 'The Bronze Age Site of Mitrou in East Lokris', pg. 163.
Online here.
3. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.2.10. Mitrou (près de Tragana) Phthiotide', pg. 48.
4. Vitale [2018]: Vitale, Salvatore. ‘8. The troubled century?’, In Caloi and Langohr [2018], pp. 151-175., '', Online here.