Site details

Lepoura: Magoula

PK	C1220
TITLE	Lepoura: Magoula
WGS84	38.400112° N, 24.105812° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.400112, 24.105812
LON/LAT	24.105812, 38.400112

DMS

38° 24' 0.4032" N

24° 6' 20.9232" E

W3W	antiques, usurped, downbeat
UTM	35 S, 247260, 4254177
EGSA87	509091, 4249928

Elevation m	90
Elevation feet	295.3
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 231    'A low mound ... c. 500 m. SW of Lepoura, ... '
2.    Settlement.   Fachard [2012], 321    'Une occupation ... '
3.    Settlement.   Sackett et al. [1966], 71    'This was probably a small Bronze Age farming settlement, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 231    'Among a thin scatter of prehistoric sherds one EH and one LH sherd were recognized.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 56    '...thin scatter of prehistoric sherds the only recognizable fragments were one Early Helladic goblet foot and one Mycenaean kylix stem.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 71, '...and a low E.H. goblet foot were found.'
    b.    Fachard [2012]: 321, 'Une occupation remontant à l'Âge du Bronze ... (Helladique Ancien et Mycénien).'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, ' ... sherds one EH ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 71, '...Mycenaean kylix stem...'
    b.    Fachard [2012]: 321, ' ... (Helladique Ancien et Mycénien).'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, ' and one LH sherd ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 56, 'EH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, ' ... LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 56, 'EH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, ' ... LH III(A-B)'

NOTE

1. Marker placed following the sketch map in Sackett et al. [1966], p. 70, Fig. 11, 'Sketch Map of the Aliveri Area (After Theochares)', no. 69. Sackett also provides written directions on p. 71 which make this placement nearly certain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Fachard [2012]: Fachard, Sylvian. La Défense du Territoire; Étude de la Chora Érétrienne et de ses Fortifications, École suisse d'archéologie en Grèce. InFolio Editions, CH-Gollion. 2012, '104. Lépoura', pg. 321. Online here.

2. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '69. Lepoura: Magoula', pg. 71. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 73 Lepoura: Magoula', pg. 56. 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., 'F 90 Lepoura: Magoula', pg. 231. Online here.