Site details

Magoula Evstratiou (Mases)

PK	C1029
TITLE	Magoula Evstratiou (Mases)
WGS84	37.406885° N, 23.141876° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.406885, 23.141876
LON/LAT	23.141876, 37.406885

DMS

37° 24' 24.786" N

23° 8' 30.7536" E

W3W	terminal, unframed, windscreen
UTM	34 S, 689567, 4142164
EGSA87	423906, 4140069

Elevation m	8
Elevation feet	26.2
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Jameson et al. [1994], 467    ' ... and an EH II mortar (Ayios Kosmas type) were collected.', ' ... 11 loom weights were collected.'
2.    Building.   Jameson et al. [1994], 467    ' ... the foundations of structures are found on all parts of the mound.', 'Ca. 5.0 ha (medium); ...'
3.    Lithics.   Jameson et al. [1994], 467    '15 pieces of worked obsidian and flint were collected.'
4.    Mound.   Jameson et al. [1994], 466    'The site is an artificial mound, or magoula, located in the kambos ... '
5.    Settlement.   Jameson et al. [1994], 466    ' ... the foundations of structures are found on all parts of the mound.'
6.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 266    'Site C 11 (Magoula Evstratiou) is an artificial mound, c. 5 ha in area, ... '
7.    Settlement.   Iliad,     ' ..., and the youths of the Achaeans that held Aegina and Mases, - these again had as leaders Diomedes, good at the war-cry, ... '
8.    Sherds.   Jameson et al. [1994], 467    '1,133 sherds, 305 roof-tile fragments, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Jameson et al. [1994]  p. 466,  Size: 50000 sq. m.  'Ca. 5.0 ha (medium); ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 266, 'Of the surface sherds EH were the most numerous (about 39% of the total) ... '

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 466, '13% of the identified sherds are EH I, ..'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 466, '.. 26% (of identified sherds, RHC) are EH II, ...'
    b.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 467, ' ... and an EH II mortar (Ayios Kosmas type) were collected.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 466, '..9% (of identified sherds, RHC) are LH, ...'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 267, ' ... and LH only 9%; ... '

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 466, "' ..., 2% are LG-SG, ... '"

6. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 467, ' ..., 2% are LG-SG, ... '

7. Subgeometric: (750 - 700)
    a.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 467, ' ..., 2% are LG-SG, ... '

8. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 267, ' ...; the remainder were Archaic (only a few) ... '
    b.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 467, ' ..., 4% are Archaic, ... '

NOTE

1. For the argument that equates Homeric Mases to Magoula Evstratiou see Simpson [2018] 266.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.562', Online here.

2. Jameson et al. [1994]: Jameson, Michael H, Curtis N. Runnels, Tjeerd H. van Andel. A Greek Countryside; The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California. 1994., 'C11. Magoula Evstratiou (Mases)', pg. 466.

3. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Mases (Il. 2. 562)', pg. 266. Online here.