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Epidauros Limera

PK	C1142
TITLE	Epidauros Limera
WGS84	36.73075° N, 23.025041° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.73075, 23.025041
LON/LAT	23.025041, 36.73075

DMS

36° 43' 50.7" N

23° 1' 30.1476" E

W3W	encoded, nice, aroma
UTM	34 S, 680824, 4066916
EGSA87	412797, 4065159

Elevation m	38
Elevation feet	124.7
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 107    'Some Mycenaean surface sherds were found on the summit and upper slopes (an area about 400 m. north to south by 250 m.) ...'
2.    hab.   Laconia II, 136    'It is likely that there was once an important Mycenaean fortress on the summit.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 117    'Thus the acropolis was certainly occupied in LH III, and perhaps before, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 117    ' ..., and some LH IIIA-B sherds were found in this area.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 107,  Size: 100000 sq. m.  ...(an area about 400 m. north to south by 250 m.)...'

- Laconia II  p. 136,  Size: sq. m.  Area not determined but: 'It is likely that there was once an important Mycenaean fortress on the summit.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 117,  Size: 100000 sq. m.  'The summit and upper slopes measure about 400 m. N-S by 250 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N? EH or MH? LH I-IIIC SMyc? C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, ' ... EH or MH? LH I-IIIC ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N? EH or MH? LH I-IIIC SMyc? C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, ' ... EH or MH? LH I-IIIC ... '

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N? EH or MH? LH I-IIIC SMyc? C H'
    b.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, ' ... EH or MH? LH I-IIIC ... '

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N? EH or MH? LH I-IIIC SMyc? C H'
    b.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, ' ... EH or MH? LH I-IIIC ... '

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N? EH or MH? LH I-IIIC SMyc? C H'
    b.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, ' ... some LH IIIA-B sherds were found in this area.'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 107, 'N? EH or MH? LH I-IIIC SMyc? C H'
    b.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, ' ... some LH IIIA-B sherds were found in this area.'

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 136, 'The pottery from the excavated tombs ranges from L.H. I to L.H. IIIC (including Close Style).'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 107, Several LH IIIC vases, some of which have clear connections with the Argolid and the Aegean, suggest that this site was an important survivor in LH IIIC.
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, 'The presences of a good number of LH IIIC vases, ... '

8. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 117, ' ...; some of the vases might be classed as SMyc.'

NOTE

1. Additional: 'Epidauros Limera - 2010' at the BCH/BSA website here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Gallou [2009]: Gallou, Chrysanthi. ‘Epidaurus Limera: the tale of a Laconian site in Mycenaean times’, British School at Athens Studies (16) pp. 85-93 2009., '', pg. 85. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 30 Ancient Epidauros Limera', pg. 107. 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 35 Ancient Epidauros Limera', pg. 117. Online here.

4. 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, 'Epidaurus Limera', pg. 136. Online here.