PKey Report

PK	C840
TITLE	Midea Acropolis
WGS84	37.649647° N, 22.841397° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.649647, 22.841397
LON/LAT	22.841397, 37.649647

DMS

37° 38' 58.7292" N

22° 50' 29.0292" E

W3W	overpay, twos, enablers
UTM	34 S, 662443, 4168539
EGSA87	397645, 4167287

Elevation m	240
Elevation feet	787.4
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1. Fort. Simpson [1981], 19 'This was one of the chief Mycenaean fortresses in the Argolid.'

2. hab. Foley [1988], 177 '... one of the chief Mycenaean fortresses of the Argolid ...'

3. hab. AR[2008], 22

4. hab. Syriopoulos [1995], 1106

5. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 40 'The MH settlement may have been quite substantial, ... '

6.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 40    ' ... fortifications, erected during LH IIIB; ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 39,  Size: 35200 sq. m.  'This extensive site occupies the summit (c. 220 m. NW to SE by 160 m.) and N and W slopes ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Helladic: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)

    a.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'N EH MH LHI-IIIC SM PG G A C H R'

2. Early Helladic II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB2 G? ..'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 39, 'EH II-III MH ... '

3. Early Helladic III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB2 G? ..'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 39, 'EH II-III MH ... '

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

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB2 G? ..'

    b.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'Recent unpublished excavations have revealed a N habitation and MH tombs ...'

    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 40, ' ... late MH wares are well represented; ... '

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

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'This was one of the chief Mycenaean fortresses in the Argolid.', 'Mycenaean settlement, marked by sherds and house foundations, was widespread on the acropolis and its slopes, especially the northwest, ... '

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB2 G? ..'

    b.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'N EH MH LHI-IIIC SM PG G A C H R'

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB2 G? ..'

    b.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'N EH MH LHI-IIIC SM PG G A C H R'

    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 40, 'Traces of LH (II?-)III settlement have also been noted ... '

8. Late Helladic III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 40, 'Traces of LH (II?-)III settlement have also been noted ... '

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

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB2 G? ..'

    b.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'N EH MH LHI-IIIC SM PG G A C H R'

    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1106,

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

    a.    Foley [1988]: 177, 'N EH MH LHI-IIIC SM PG G A C H R'

    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1106,

    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 40, 'The acropolis settlement was apparently destroyed by fire at the end of LH IIIB; ... '

11. Late Helladic IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB2 G? ..'

12. Late Helladic IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'EH II-III MH LH I-IIIB2 G? ..'

13. Late Helladic IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Foley [1988]: 177, '.. but graves of the LHIIIC suggest that occupation at the site continued at that time, ..'

    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1106,

14. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)

    a.    AR[2008]: 22,

15. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 39, ' ... G? ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2008]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (55) 2008., 'Midea.', pg. 22. Online here.

2. 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., '21. Dendra (Palaiokastro)', pg. 177.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 8 Dendra: Paliokastro (Ancient Midea)', pg. 19. Online here.

4. 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 6 Dendra: Palaiokastro (Ancient Midea)', pg. 39. Online here.

5. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1106.