PKey Report

PK	C545
TITLE	Karvouni: Sfakovouni
WGS84	37.749066° N, 22.193244° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.749066, 22.193244
LON/LAT	22.193244, 37.749066

DMS

37° 44' 56.6376" N

22° 11' 35.6784" E

W3W	disguising, gardener, beginning
UTM	34 S, 605122, 4178644
EGSA87	340676, 4179223

Elevation m	647
Elevation feet	2122.7
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1. hab. Simpson [1981], 88 'On the rocky top and the terraced slopes ample evidence was found of Middle Helladic and Mycenaean occupation.'

2. Hab. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 82 ' ..., has produced ample evidence of MH and LH occupation.'

3. hab. Howell [1970], 99 'I found ample evidence of Middle Helladic ... and Mycenaean ... occupation, which included four fragments of obsidian ... '

4. Lithics. Howell [1970], 99 '... included four fragments of obsidian ..., three fragments of chert ... and part of a stone axe ...'

5. Pottery. Salavoura [2016], 411 'MH matt-painted, Minyan and Adriatic pottery ... ', ' ... along with a typical LH IIB Vapheio cup decorated with a foliate band ... '

6. Settlement. Salavoura [2016], 410 'Sphakovouni is a settlement with a long life ... '

7. Sherds. Howell [1970], 99 'I found ample evidence of Middle Helladic ... and Mycenaean ... occupation, which included four fragments of obsidian ..., three fragments of chert ... and part of a stone axe ...'

8.    Sherds.   Meyer [1991], 38    '...dagegen ist der ganze Hang sowohl wie die Kuppe des Berges übersät mit Ziegelbrocken und Vasenscherben, wenn es auch meistens uncharakteristische, zeitlose Ware ist; unter meinen bestimmbaren Scherben befinden sich prähistorische und klassische (schwarzgefirnisste), ferner ein Obsidiansplitter.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Meyer [1991]: 38, '...unter meinen bestimmbaren Scherben befinden sich prähistorische...'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)

    a.    Howell [1970]: 99, 'I found ample evidence of Middle Helladic ... and Mycenaean ... '

4. Late Helladic IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)

    a.    Salavoura [2016]: 411, ' ... along with a typical LH IIB Vapheio cup decorated with a foliate band ... '

5. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

6. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

    c.    Salavoura [2016]: 411, ' ... unril LH IIIB times.'

NOTE

1. In Richard Hope-Simpson's Mycenaean Greece and the Homeric Tradition [2018] 337 we see that Kamenitsa: Sakovouni has been proposed as the location of Homeric Enispe. And see C484 in this atlas.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eder and Zavadil (eds.) [2016]: Eder, Birgitta with Michaela Zavadil. (Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, '', Online here.

2. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '45. Karvounion (Kalyvia Lastas) - Sfakovouni', pg. 99. Online here.

3. Meyer [1991]: Meyer, Ernst. Peloponnesische Wanderungen. Verlag Adolf M. Hakkert. Amsterdam. 1991., 'Kap. 3. Gebiet von Methydrion und Torthyneion', pg. 31.

4. Salavoura [2016]: Salavoura, Eleni. ‘Early Mycenaean Arkadia: Space and Place(s) of an Inland and Mountainous Region’, In Eder and Zavadil (eds.) [2016] 423-452, 'Sphakovouni is a settlement with a long life ... ', pg. 410. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 15 Karvounion: Sfakovouni', pg. 88. 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., 'B 28 Karvounion: Sfakovouni', pg. 82. Online here.