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Lagio

PK	C1130
TITLE	Lagio
WGS84	36.821711° N, 22.590484° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.821711, 22.590484
LON/LAT	22.590484, 36.821711

DMS

36° 49' 18.1596" N

22° 35' 25.7424" E

W3W	fumed, caning, multiplier
UTM	34 S, 641850, 4076275
EGSA87	374142, 4075733

Elevation m	119
Elevation feet	390.4
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Banou [1996], 20
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 112    '... with scant traces of EH and LH III habitation.'
3.    Settlement.   Laconia I, 105    '... there is a settlement of the E.H. and L.H. III periods.'
4.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 94    ' ... Spuren von Besiedlung ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 109    'Only two LH sherds were recognized, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Laconia I  p. 105,  Size: 8800 sq. m.  '.. its top surface measures in all 110 metres north to south by 80 metres east to west. It has remains of ruined stone huts on the tip ...'

- Laconia I  p. 105,  Size: 8800 sq. m.  '...its top surface measures in all 110 metres north to south by 80 metres east to west.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 112,  Size: 8800 sq. m.  'A small low hill (with top surface c. 110 m. N-S by 80 m.), ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 105, '...there is a settlement of the E.H. and L.H. III periods.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 94, ' ... in FH und SH III feststellen.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, 'EH II LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II LH III(A-B)'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 20,

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 105, '...there is a settlement of the E.H. and L.H. III periods.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 94, ' ... in FH und SH III feststellen.', 'Aus der letzteren Periode (LH III, RHC) fand sich nur wenig, darunter ein Kylixfragment.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, 'EH II LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II LH III(A-B)'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, 'EH II LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 112, 'EH II LH III(A-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Lagio', pg. 94.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '20. Lagio', pg. 48.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 40 Lagio', pg. 109. 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., 'C 15 Lagio', pg. 112. Online here.

5. Laconia I: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'Lagio', pg. 105. Online here.