PKey Report
PKC1264
TITLEGonnos
WGS84 39.855151° N, 22.495996° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 39.855151, 22.495996
LON/LAT 22.495996, 39.855151

DMS 39° 51' 18.5436" N,22° 29' 45.5856" E

W3Wsegment, gales, debit
UTM34 S, 627969.81, 4412751.37
EGSA87 371196, 4412476

Elevation m111
Elevation feet 364.2
RegionPelasgiotis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Apsidal.   Mazarakis-Ainian [1997], 86    'The date of the horseshoe shaped temple of Athena Polias at Gonnoi in Thessaly ... '

2.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 167    ' ..., and a Mycenaean to Geometric cemetery is reported near Besik Tepe.'

3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 285    ' ..., and a LH to G cemetery is reported near the prehistoric site.'

4.    hab.   Syriopoulos [1995], 966    

5.    Pottery.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 207    'There are three vases ... from Gonnos in the Almiros Museum; ... ' The vases are illustrated in Fig. 143, same page.

6.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 139    ...eine Siedlung mit Scherben aus FH, MH und SH, ...

7.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 167    'Hunter recorded sherds ... of EB, MH, and LH IIIA-C date from the small natural hill of Besik Tepe ... '

8.    Temple.   Mazarakis-Ainian [1997], 86    ' ... the temple presumably dates to the 7th c.'

9.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 167    'On the northwest slope of the acropolis itself there was a tholos tomb, ... '

10.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 285    'There was a tholos tomb on the NW slope of the acropolis, ... '

11.    Vases.   Desborough [1964/2007], 133    ' ..., there are IIIB (or C) vases from Gonnos, ... '



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167 'N EB MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? G C H'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 285 'Hunter recorded sherds ... of EB, MH, and LH IIIA-C from the small natural hill on the N side of the Peneios, ... '

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)

    a.    Ålin [1962]: 139 ' ... eine Siedlung mit Scherben aus FH, ... '

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

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167 'N EB MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? G C H'

    b.    Ålin [1962]: 139 ' ... eine Siedlung mit Scherben aus ..., MH, ... '

    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 285 'Hunter recorded sherds ... of EB, MH, and LH IIIA-C from the small natural hill on the N side of the Peneios, ... '

4. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)

    a.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: 207 'Mycenaean (L.M. III) vases from Gonnos'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    Ålin [1962]: 139 '...die letzteren in IIIA bis IIIC datiert.'

    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 966

    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 285 'Hunter recorded sherds ... of EB, MH, and LH IIIA-C from the small natural hill on the N side of the Peneios, ... '

6. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167 'N EB MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? G C H'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 285 'N EB MH LH IIIA1-B ... '

7. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167 'N EB MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? G C H'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167 'N EB MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? G C H'

    b.    Ålin [1962]: 139 '...die letzteren in IIIA bis IIIC datiert.'

    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 966

    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 285 'Hunter recorded sherds ... of EB, MH, and LH IIIA-C from the small natural hill on the N side of the Peneios, ... '

    e.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 133 ' ... vases from Gonnos, ... '

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167 'N EB MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? G C H'

    b.    Ålin [1962]: 139 '...die letzteren in IIIA bis IIIC datiert.'

    c.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 133 'For LH. III, there are III B (or C) vases from Gonnos, ... '

    d.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 133 'For LH. III, there are III B (or C) vases from Gonnos, ... '

    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 285 'N EB MH LH IIIA1-B LH IIIC? ... '

10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 966

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 285 ' ... LH IIIC? G C H'

    c.    Simpson [1981]: 167 ' ..., and a Mycenaean to Geometric cemetery is reported near Besik Tepe.'

11. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)

    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian [1997]: 86 ' ... the temple presumably dates to the 7th c.'


BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Gonnos', pg. 139.

2.  Desborough [1964/2007]:  Desborough, V.R.d'A.. The Last Mycenaeans and Their Successors: An Archaeological Survey, c. 1200 - c. 1000 B.C.. Wipf & Stock, 2007. Originally published in 1964 by Oxford University Press. , '', pg. 133.

3.  Mazarakis-Ainian [1997]:  Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander. From Ruler's Dwellings to Temples; Architecture, Religion and Society in Early Iron Age Greece (1100-700 B.C.). Paul Åströms Förlag. Jonsered, Sweden. 1997., 'Central Greece', pg. 86.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 34 Gonnos', pg. 167. 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., 'H 33 Gonnos', pg. 285. Online here.

6.  Syriopoulos [1995]:  Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 966.

7.  Wace and Thompson [1912]:  Wace, Alan John Bayard and Maurice Scott Thompson. Prehistoric Thessaly; Being Some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Borders of Macedonia. . Cambridge at the University Press, 1912., '', pg. 2007. Online here.