Plaka/Prasia (Leonidi Skala)
| PK | C1119 |
| TITLE | Plaka∕Prasia (Leonidi Skala) |
| WGS84 | 37.148584° N, 22.890109° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.148584, 22.890109 |
| LON/LAT | 22.890109, 37.148584 |
| DMS | 37° 8' 54.9024" N | , | 22° 53' 24.3924" E |
| W3W | citadel, anonymously, deductions |
| UTM | 34 S, 667855, 4113028 |
| EGSA87 | 401288, 4111644 |
| Elevation m | 15 |
| Elevation feet | 49.2 |
| Region | Argolis |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. hab. Simpson [1981], 110 'This was presumably the site of a small port ...'2. hab. Laconia II, 131 ... the occupied area seems to have stretched inland nearly as far as the present-day Leonidi.
3. Lithics. Waterhouse [1956], 171 'Sherds, obsidian'
4. Lithics. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 124 ' ... some obsidian ... '
5. Lithics. Ålin [1962], 74 'H. Waterhouse meldet Scherben und Obsidian aus SH III von hier.'
6. Sherds. Ålin [1962], 74 'H. Waterhouse meldet Scherben und Obsidian aus SH III von hier.'
7. Sherds. Waterhouse [1956], 171 'Sherds, obsidian'
8. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 124 'A few LH III sherds and ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Laconia II: 131, ' ..., coarse Helladic pottery, and a few L.H. III sherds, notably Kylix stems ... '
b. Ålin [1962]: 74, ' ... Scherben und Obsidian aus SH III von hier.'
c. Waterhouse [1956]: 171, 'L.H. III'
2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 110, 'LH IIIA2-B C'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, 'LH IIIA2-B'
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 110, 'LH IIIA2-B C'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 124, 'LH IIIA2-B'
NOTE
1. City site is extensive
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Leonidi Skala', pg. 74.
2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 49 Leonidhi: Plaka (Ancient Prasia)', pg. 110.
Online here.
3. 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., 'C 60 Leonidhi: Plaka', pg. 124.
Online here.
4. Waterhouse [1956]: Waterhouse, Helen. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: A Note’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (51) 168-171. 1956., 'Leonidi Skala', pg. 171.
Online here.
5. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Leonidhi Plaka', pg. 131.
Online here.