Site details

Analipsis

PK	C1120
TITLE	Analipsis
WGS84	37.327151° N, 22.450731° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.327151, 22.450731
LON/LAT	22.450731, 37.327151

DMS

37° 19' 37.7436" N

22° 27' 2.6316" E

W3W	gained, straddle, violas
UTM	34 S, 628529, 4132152
EGSA87	362591, 4132003

Elevation m	967
Elevation feet	3172.6
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   PAE[1954], 273
2.    Artifacts.   AA [1962], 257
3.    hab.   Laconia II, 130
4.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 123    'A burnt layer containing LH IIB pottery is reported ... as well as LH III kylix-sherds.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 110    '.. is the site of a large Classical settlement. A burnt layer containing LH IIIB pottery is reported ...'
6.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 74    'Zahlreiche Scherben aus den tieferen Schichten bei dem Tempel deuten auf eine mykenische Siedlung bei Analipsis, keine Baureste wurden aber bisher gefunden.'

SITE SIZE

- Laconia II  p. 130,  Size: sq. m.  Size not determined but the hill diameter is '(over 300 metres in diameter)'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 130, 'A celt, probably E.H., was previously found.'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'N MH LH I-IIIB C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, 'A child's burial in a cist is most plausibly dated to late MH ...'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 14, ' .... deuten auf eine mykenische Siedlung ... '

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'N MH LH I-IIIB C H'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'N MH LH I-IIIB C H'

6. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, 'A burnt layer containing LH IIB pottery is reported ...'

7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 130, 'Surface finds on the hill (1957) included L.H. III kylix fragments and obsidian chips.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, '...as well as LH III kylix-sherds.'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'N MH LH I-IIIB C H'
    b.    PAE[1954]: 273,
    c.    AA [1962]: 257,

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, 'N MH LH I-IIIB C H'
    b.    PAE[1954]: 273,
    c.    AA [1962]: 257,

10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1954]: 273,

NOTE

1. Ancient Iasos?

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1954]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1954., '', pg. 273.

2. AA [1962]: Archaeologischer Anzeiger: Beiblatt zum Jahrbuch des Deutschen archäologischen Instituts, Berlin. 1962, '', pg. 257.

3. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Analipsis', pg. 74.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 48 Vourvoura: Analipsis', pg. 110. 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., 'C 58 Vourvoura: Analipsis', pg. 123. Online here.

6. 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, 'Analipsis (Vourvoura)', pg. 130. Online here.